Effect of Soil Management Practices on Soil Physico-Chemical Properties: A Case of Wera Sub-Watershed, Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

Effect of soil management practices at different landscape positions on soil physical properties.

Soil properties	Landscape positions	Soil management practices
		SBD	FD	NSC	Overall
Sand (%)	Upper (>30%)	36.00 ± 3.4^c	35.33 ± 1.15^c	46.00 ± 0.00^a	39.11 ± 5.49^A
	Middle (15–30%)	21.33 ± 2.3^a	21.33 ± 1.15^a	34.00 ± 2.00^b	25.56 ± 6.54^B
	Lower (<15%)	18.00 ± 0.0^b	17.33 ± 1.15^b	20.67 ± 2.31^c	18.67 ± 2.00^C
	Overall	25.11 ± 8.5^b	24.66 ± 8.25^b	33.56 ± 11.08^a
	LSD 5%		1.8282
Silt (%)	Upper (>30%)	28.00 ± 1.1^d	28.67 ± 2.31^d	24.00 ± 1.15^c	26.89 ± 2.67^C
	Middle (15–30%)	36.00 ± 2.00^b	35.33 ± 1.15^b	30.67 ± 3.05^d	34.00 ± 3.16^B
	Lower (<15%)	36.67 ± 0.0^b	37.33 ± 1.15^b	40.67 ± 1.15^a	38.22 ± 2.11^A
	Overall	33.56 ± 4.3^a	33.78 ± 4.17^a	31.78 ± 7.51^b
	LSD 5%		1.7469
Clay (%)	Upper (>30%)	36.00 ± 3.46^a	36.00 ± 3.46^a	30.00 ± 2.00^b	34.00 ± 4.00^B
	Middle (15–30%)	42.67 ± 3.05^b	43.33 ± 1.15^b	35.33 ± 4.62^a	40.44 ± 4.70^A
	Lower (<15%)	45.33 ± 1.15^b	45.33 ± 2.31^b	38.67 ± 1.15^a	43.11 ± 3.62^A
	Overall	41.33 ± 4.8^a	41.56 ± 4.94^a	34.66 ± 4.58^b
	LSD 5%		2.7223
BD (g/m^3)	Upper (>30%)	1.01 ± 0.03^b	0.98 ± 0.07^b	1.13 ± 0.11^a	0.99 ± 0.09^A
	Middle (15–30%)	0.97 ± 0.07^b	0.94 ± 0.09^b	1.08 ± 0.09^a	0.86 ± 0.11^A
	Lower (<15%)	0.83 ± 0.02^c	0.78 ± 0.11^c	0.98 ± 0.02^b	1.04 ± 0.07^B
	Overall	0.94 ± 0.09^b	0.90 ± 0.12^b	1.06 ± 0.06^a
	LSD 5%		0.0621

At , mean values followed by different small letters (a, b, c) along the same rows and capital letters (A, B, C) along the same column differ significantly. LSD stands for least significant difference, BD stands for bulk density, SBD stands for soil bund with desho grass, FD stands for fanya-juu with desho grass, and NSC stands for non-soil conservation practices as a control.