Fertility Status of Acid Soils under Different Land Use Types in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Table 6

Mean values (n = 108) of cation exchangeable capacity in different locations and land use types.

Sodo zuria				Damot gale
Land use types	ECEC	CEC soil	CECap	ECEC	CEC soil	CECap
	(C molc·kg^−1)			(C molc·kg^−1)
Enest-coffee	15.56	20.33a	70.10	16.36	18.70a	93.50
Crop land	14.10	19.22b	66.27	15.36	18.80a	72.30
Grazing land	13.92	19.11b	50.28	16.07	19.40b	52.43
Mean	14.52	19.55	62.21	15.93	18.96	72.74
CV (%)		11.10			12.01
LSD (0.05)		1.56			2.09
	Damot sore			Boloso sore
Enest-coffee	15.72	21.20a	93.36	15.42	17.60a	67.69
Crop land	15.17	20.60b	52.82	15.02	17.60a	55.00
Grazing land	15.58	19.50b	52.70	15.35	18.60b	53.14
Mean	15.67	20.43	66.29	15.26	17.93	58.61
CV (%)		11.6			10.3
LSD (0.05)		1.79			1.85