Evaluating the Effect of Cultivars and Seeding Rates on the Yield of Lentil Grown under the Vertisols Production System
Table 1
Soil analysis results of Enewari and Deneba areas for the year 2017.
Parameter
Burtilik site
Deneba site
Farmer field
Mean value (mean ± SE)
Rating/soil reaction class
Soil texture (%)
Clay
70
68
68
68.67 ± 0.667
Sand
10
12
14
12 ± 1.155
Silt
20
20
18
19.33 ± 0.667
Texture class
Clay
Clay
Clay
Clay
Clay
pH (1 : 2.5 H2O)
6.36
6.60
6.44
6.467 ± 0.0706
Slightly acidic
OM (%)
1.03
1.64
1.02
1.23 ± 0.206
Low
TN (%)
0.074
0.094
0.073
0.0803 ± 0.00678
Low
Av. P (ppm)
n.d
n.d
n.d
n.d
n.d.
Ex. K (cmol(+)/kg soil)
0.59
0.63
0.69
0.637 ± 0.0296
Medium (at Burtilik) to high (at Deneba and farmer field)
CEC (cmol(+)/kg soil)
35.50
29.60
29.92
31.67 ± 1.916
High
SE, standard error of the mean; OM, organic matter; n.d, not determined; TN, total nitrogen; Av.P, available phosphorus; Ex. K, exchangeable K; CEC, cation exchange capacity. Source: Debre Berhan Agricultural Research Center Laboratory result.
