Effect of Soil Management Practices and Slope on Soil Fertility of Cultivated Lands in Mawula Watershed, Loma District, Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

Effect of soil management practices and slope range on physical properties of soils in Mawula watershed.

SMP	Sand (%)	Silt (%)	Clay (%)	STC	BD (Mg·m^−3)	PD (Mg·m^−3)	MC (%)	TP (%)
NM	50.7^a	21.5^b	27.7^d	SCL	1.165^a	2.58^c	12.2^d	56.2^c
SB	47.2^b	23^b	29.7^c	CL	1.08^b	2.61^b	22.47^c	57.4^cb
FYM	41.7^c	26.5^a	31.7^b	CL	1.08^b	2.62^b	27.65^b	58.8^b
SBFYM	38.5^d	27^a	34.5^a	CL	0.99^c	2.64^a	32.57^a	62.3^a
LSD (0.05)	1.25	1.86	1.67		0.06	0.014	4.39	2.26
SEM (±)	0.50	0.07	0.57		0.014	0.004	1.30	0.60
CV%	2.34	6.19	4.01		4.79	2.85	16.52	3.74
Slope range
US	45.7^a	23.92^b	30.42^a	Loam	1.11^a	2.62^a	22.67^a	57.64^b
LS	43.3^b	25.25^a	31.33^a	Loam	1.05^b	2.61^a	24.78^a	59.68^a
LSD (0.05)	0.89	1.32	1.18		0.04	0.06	3.11	1.60
SEM (±)	0.89	1.32	1.18		0.045	0.06	3.1058	1.60
CV%	0.36		0.49		0.010	0.003	0.92	0.42

Means within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different from each other at  ≤ 0.05; SMP, soil management practices; STC, soil texture class; SCL, sandy clay loam; CL, clay loam; BD, bulk density; PD, particle density; MC, moisture content; TP, total porosity; US, upper slope; LS, lower slope.