Effects of Soil Conservation Practice and Crop Rotation on Selected Soil Physicochemical Properties: The Case of Dembecha District, Northwestern Ethiopia

Table 2

Interaction effects of crop rotations and conservation practice on soil physical and chemical properties.

Treatments

Sand

Silt

Clay

pH

Ex. aci

Ex. Ca

Ex. Mg

Ex. K

Ex. Na

Av.P

TN

OM

(%)

(H2O)

(cmolc/kg)

(cmolc/kg)

(ppm)

(%)

MMMUn

20.3^a

19^cd

60.7^h

5.1^a

2.56^f

9.3^g

5.4^d

0.3^j

0.8^e

7.8^e

0.23^h

4.56^e

MMMCo

19^a

20.3^a

60.7^h

5.6^d

1.81^h

11.3^e

6.6^b

0.4^i

0.2^f

12.6^a

0.24^fgh

4.6^de

MWMUn

16^b

14.3^f

69.7^de

4.7^f

2.75^c

9.6^fg

6^c

0.4^i

0.8^d

7.4^ef

0.22^i

4.53^e

MWMCo

12^c

19.3^cd

68^ef

5.6^a

1.71^i

12.8^d

7^ab

1.2^g

0.2^f

9.3^c

0.24^ef

4.9^c

MWWUn

15.7^b

22^b

62.3^gh

4.9^e

4.89^a

10.2^f

4.9^d

2.01^a

0.8^d

5.6^h

0.2^j

4.53^e

MWPCo

12.3^c

20.3^cb

67.3^ef

5.3^c

3.34^b

12.94^d

6.8^b

2.04^a

0.2^f

6.6^g

0.22^i

4.64^d

MWWUn

8.7^e

19^cd

72.3^abc

4.8^ef

2.3^ef

10.17^f

5.1^d

1.5^e

1.04^c

5.3^h

0.24^gh

5^bc

MWPCo

7.3^ef

17.3^ed

75.3^abc

5.03^d

1.81^h

13.02^d

7^ab

1.8^b

0.2^f

10.3^b

0.26^cd

5.1^b

MPPUn

6^f

18.3^d

75.7^ab

4.83^e

2.72^c

13.3^cd

5.24^d

1.44^f

1.18^a

5.6^h

0.24^fg

5.1^bc

MPPCo

7.3^ef

15.7^ef

77^a

5.1^d

2.36^e

14.5^b

6.82^b

1.71^c

0.2^f

8.97^cd

0.25^cd

5.2^a

MWFbUn

9.3^de

25^a

65.7^fg

5.31^c

2.51^d

13.8^c

5.3^d

1.04^h

1.1^cb

7.1^fg

0.25^cd

4.9^c

MWFbCo

12.7^c

24.7^a

65.7^fg

5.6^ab

2.03^g

14.7^b

6.8^b

1.6^d

0.22^f

8.5^d

0.27^b

5.1^bc

MFbPUn

11.3^cd

18^d

72^cd

5.32^c

2.3^ef

15.12^ab

5.1^d

1.03^h

1.11^b

7.02^fg

0.23^bc

5.1^bc

MFbPCo

12.3^c

18.3^cd

70^de

5.5^b

2.02^g

15.44^a

7.3^a

1.52^de

0.2^f

8.9^cd

0.28^a

4.96^c

p-value

CV (%)

11.06

5.81

2.78

1.52

1.96

3.16

3.91

2.24

4.49

4.02

1.71

3.26

Means followed by the same letter(s) within the same treatment group are statistically the same and showed no significant difference by DMRT (). , , and mean significant differences at 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001 probability levels, respectively, and NS means nonsignificant differences.