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

Table 4

Mean values of exchangeable acidity, cation exchange capacity, and exchangeable bases in response to crop rotation treatments and conservation practice.

Treatment	Ex. acidity	CEC	Ex. Ca	Ex. Mg	Ex. K	Ex. Na
	cmolc/kg
Crop rotation (CR)
MMM	2.03^e	45.17^f	10.29^d	6.00^b	0.36^f	0.45^d
MWM	2.23^c	46.73^e	11.57^c	6.48^a	0.8^e	0.48^cd
MWW	4.12^a	48.05^bc	12.17^c	5.88^b	2.03^a	0.49^c
MWP	2.04^e	47.5^cd	11.59^c	6.03^b	1.64^b	0.62^b
MPP	2.53^b	48.03^bc	13.87^b	6.03^b	1.58^c	0.68^a
MWFb	2.27^c	48.57^b	14.22^b	6.02^b	1.29^d	0.65^b
MFbp	2.16^d	49.47^a	15.28^a	6.17^b	1.27^d	0.65^b
Con. Practice (CP)
Conserved	2.15^b	48.3^a	13.53^a	6.89^a	1.46^a	0.2^b
Unconserved	2.82^a	46.87^b	11.61^b	5.28^b	1.11^b	0.56^a
CR
CP
CV(%)	1.96	0.99	3.16	3.91	2.24	4.49

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.