Physicochemical Properties and Fertility Assessment of Soils in Foumban (West Cameroon)

Table 2

Statistical study of the chemical properties of Foumban soil groups.

Soil group	Number of values	OM (%)		N (%)		C/N		S (méq/100)		CEC (méq/100)		P (mg/kg)		IF		(Ca + Mg)/K		m (%)
		Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd	Mean	Sd
Nipha	13	4.29	2.33	0.14	0.06	20.04	11.14	12.33	5.51	20.54	5.70	13.29	15.31	5.39	4.77	48.06	41.73	5.11	3.78
Umca	20	5.67	2.13	0.10	0.05	37.52	20.63	11.00	6.64	20.33	6.36	9.54	2.12	4.20	6.25	58.24	141.30	11.58	5.39
Flua	10	4.72	1.73	0.09	0.04	34.76	16.52	10.78	4.78	20.82	5.07	10.47	2.23	3.29	2.54	19.66	14.01	11.39	3.86
NImfh	4	4.90	0.31	0.09	0.02	32.75	8.98	15.20	9.29	24.33	9.41	8.89	0.80	5.71	6.14	22.42	24.93	7.87	5.26
FLchp B	17	6.00	2.54	0.11	0.03	32.69	11.94	10.87	4.63	22.40	5.46	9.21	3.39	2.64	1.85	130.57	327.56	8.45	5.67
Pluph	14	5.38	1.76	0.10	0.04	35.66	18.72	8.67	5.58	18.25	6.99	8.85	5.00	2.00	3.14	43.17	29.46	11.81	19.48
CHnp	2	7.60	3.48	0.13	0.06	32.08	1.56	17.11	4.41	29.76	3.68	38.40	22.82	4.93	2.25	27.98	23.57	6.26	1.62
Ump	4	4.42	0.36	0.13	0.05	21.34	7.50	5.92	5.26	17.67	14.65	7.76	5.96	1.00	1.20	22.80	26.13	31.47	39.26
FLchp T	3	4.19	0.78	0.12	0.03	21.31	4.15	6.91	4.06	16.23	8.58	6.51	4.40	0.96	0.64	19.05	12.88	23.39	36.33
FGcp	3	3.39	0.71	0.07	0.01	29.00	9.35	7.96	3.09	16.00	2.81	5.44	1.53	1.25	0.92	37.13	31.01	7.07	6.00