Research Article
Physicochemical Properties and Fertility Assessment of Soils in Foumban (West Cameroon)
Table 1
Statistical study of the physical properties of Foumban soil groups.
| | Soil group | Number of values | %S | %L | %A | pHeau | Da (g/cm3) | IB (%) | ISS (%) | | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| | Nipha | 13 | 64.1 | 5.4 | 16.5 | 5.1 | 19.3 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.05 | −7.3 | 17.9 | 12.2 | 17.9 | | Umca | 20 | 59.4 | 8.3 | 16.5 | 4.3 | 24.2 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.08 | −5.6 | 10.6 | 14.7 | 10.6 | | Flua | 10 | 55.2 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 4.8 | 29.2 | 15.2 | 4.9 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.05 | −1.0 | 2.1 | 12.9 | 2.1 | | Nimfh | 4 | 50.1 | 3.4 | 20.9 | 4.7 | 29.0 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.05 | −2.1 | 0.6 | 9.9 | 0.6 | | FLchp B | 17 | 52.3 | 7.7 | 18.2 | 6.0 | 30.1 | 9.8 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.07 | −0.3 | 1.5 | 13.0 | 1.5 | | Pluph | 14 | 44.8 | 7.4 | 18.0 | 6.3 | 37.4 | 10.3 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.08 | −0.5 | 6.0 | 9.8 | 6.0 | | CHnp | 2 | 37.7 | 2.3 | 29.0 | 3.0 | 33.3 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.07 | −4.2 | 3.4 | 12.0 | 3.4 | | Ump | 4 | 42.7 | 5.3 | 28.4 | 3.9 | 28.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.85 | −3.9 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 1.0 | | FLchp T | 3 | 35.3 | 5.2 | 29.5 | 5.6 | 35.2 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.03 | 16.5 | 58.7 | 6.5 | 58.7 | | FGcp | 3 | 45.7 | 2.8 | 19.3 | 0.6 | 35.0 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.04 | 13.2 | 28.2 | 6.2 | 28.2 |
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Plaggic hortic NITISOLS (arenic) = NIpha, Chernic arenic UMBRISOLS = UMca, Umbric arenic FERRALSOLS = Flua, Mollic fragic NITISOL (hortic) = NImfh, Cambic hortic FERRALSOLS (plaggic) = FLchp on Basalts, Umbric pisoplinthic PLINTHOSOLS (haplic) = PLuph, Nitic CHERNOSOLS (pretic) = CHnp, Cambic hortic FERRALSOLS (plaggic) = FLchp on Trachytes, pretic UMBRISOLS = UMp, and cambic FRAGISOLS (plaggic) = FGcp.
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