Analysis of Selected Soil Properties in Relation to Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Sibiya Arera, Soro District, South Central Ethiopia

Table 1

Effects of land management on soil physical properties (mean ± standard deviations).

Land management types	Sand (%)	Clay (%)	Silt (%)	BD (g/cm^−3)
Fanya juu not supported with desho grass	32.6 ± 2.413^a	38.7 ± 3.773^a	28.6 ± 2.119^a	1.18 ± 0.000^a
Fanya juu supported with desho grass	30.80 ± 1.936^a	40.50 ± 2.455^a	28.70 ± 1.537^a	1.17 ± 0.000^a
Landscape without conservation practice (control field)	40.2 ± 3.521^b	27.4 ± 2.989^b	32 ± 1.491^b	1.36 ± 0.000^b
Mean	34.43 ± 4.890	35.53 ± 6.606	29.77 ± 2.329	1.24 ± 0.000
F	34.362	52.974	12.251	32.439
Sig

Means within a column followed by same letters in superscripts are not significantly different from each other at ; .