Role of Acacia seyal on Selected Soil Properties and Sorghum Growth and Yield: A Case Study of Guba Lafto District, North Wollo, Ethiopia

Table 2

Mean values (±SD) of selected soil physical parameters under soils in different distances from trees and two soil depths in Acacia seyal parkland system.

Soil properties	Soil depth	Distance from tree				value
		Near tree bole	Under canopy	Edge of canopy	Far from canopy
Clay (%)	1	55.25^a ± 1.73	56.25^a ± 4.47	56.17^a ± 3.25	55.0^a ± 7.86	0.958
	2	56.67^a ± 5.79	56.83^a ± 6.13	58.58^a ± 3.56	55.42^a ± 9.44	0.871
Silt (%)	1	22.83^a ± 3.02	23.58^a ± 1.36	21.42^a ± 2.13	23.75^a ± 3.45	0.418
	2	23.17^a ± 4.86	24.75^a ± 2.21	20.83^a ± 2.62	23.75^a ± 3.45	0.272
Sand (%)	1	21.92^a ± 2.94	20.83^a ± 3.47	22.42^a ± 4.23	21.25^a ± 5.9	0.921
	2	20.17^a ± 4.6	18.42^a ± 5.65	20.08^a ± 3.92	20.83^a ± 7.3	0.891
MC (%)	1	34.64^a ± 1.16	35.06^a ± 1.06	35.72^a ± 2.02	34.77^a ± 1.83	0.649
	2	35.09^a ± 1.44	34.90^a ± 0.32	35.18^a ± 1.04	34.86^a ± 0.89	0.937
BD (gm/cm^3)	1	1.06^a ± 0.04	1.06^a ± 0.03	1.03^a ± 0.08	1.07^a ± 0.08	0.63
	2	1.05^a ± 0.06	1.04^a ± 0.03	1.05^a ± 0.04	1.06^a ± 0.04	0.94

Rows with the same superscript letters are not significantly different at ; soil depth with 1 and 2 represents 0–20 cm and 20–40 cm, respectively.