Research Article

Forms and Dynamics of Soil Potassium in Acid Soil in the Wolaita Zone of Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Distributions of potassium forms of the soils as influenced by locations and land uses systems.

LocationLand usePotassium forms (cmolc kgāˆ’1)
H2O-KNH4OAC-KHNO3-KExchangeable-KNonexchangeable-KK saturation (%)

Sodo ZuriaEnset-coffee0.330.500.400.170.230.77
Crop land0.150.310.240.160.081.06
Grass land0.130.270.190.140.050.82
Damot GaleEnset-coffee0.340.610.480.190.290.95
Crop land0.160.230.230.070.160.46
Grass land0.100.140.150.040.110.23
Damot SoreEnset-coffee0.170.350.270.180.090.78
Crop land0.120.170.160.050.110.25
Grass land0.130.170.140.130.010.54
Boloso SoreEnset-coffee0.280.390.280.110.210.47
Crop land0.230.320.220.040.240.20
Grass land0.130.270.180.050.170.23
Means0.170.280.250.140.110.57
CV (%)9.428.377.009.298.885.85
LSD (5%)0.010.020.010.010.040.01