Phosphorous Sorption Characteristics of Soils in Smallholding Land Use in Southern Ethiopia

Table 6

Mean value of Q_max, b_L, MBC, PBC, K_f, and 1/n by land use.

Langmuir isotherm parameters						Freundlich isotherm parameters
Factor	Treatment	Qmax (mg·kg^−1)	bL (L mg^−1)	MBC (L kg^−1)	PBC0.2 (L·kg^−1)	Kf (mg kg^−1)	1/n	PBC0.2 (L kg^−1)
Land use	Home garden	333^c	0.15^a	50^c	47^c	42^d	0.71^a	48^c
	Grazing	500^b	0.09^c	45^d	43^d	52^b	0.63^c	54^b
	Cropland	1000^a	0.06^d	60^a	59^a	64^a	0.56^d	73^a
	Wood lot	500^b	0.11^b	55^b	53^b	47^c	0.68^b	37^d

mean values of treatments in each factor in a column with the same letter are not statistically different.