Research Article

Identification of Yield-Limiting Nutrients for Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) Yield, Nutrient Uptake and Use Efficiency on Vertisols of Raya Kobo District, Northeastern Ethiopia

Table 3

Selected physicochemical property of the soil (before planting).

Soil parametersUnitsValues

Sand%25
Clay%47.5
Silt%27.5
TextureClay
Bulk densityg/cm31.26
Ph1 : 2.5 H2O6.3
Total nitrogen (TN)%0.09
Organic matter (OM)%1.96
Available phosphorusppm11.8
CECCmol (+) kg−117
Exch. potassiumCmol (+) kg−11.2
Available sulfurppm5.7
Zincmg kg−11.42
Boronppm0.77