Determination of Lime Requirement with Compost on Acidic Ultisols for Wheat Crop in the Gurage Zone of Ethiopia

Table 5

Mean value of soil chemical properties treated with different rates of lime and compost.

Treatment	OC (%)	TN (%)	Av. P (ppm)	Ex. acidity (cmolc·kg^−1)
1	2.57^bc	0.21^bc	3.26^ed	Trace
2	2.38^d	0.19^c	3.80^dc	Trace
3	2.56^bc	0.19^c	3.25^ed	Trace
4	2.49^c	0.21^bc	2.90^edf	Trace
5	2.54^c	0.21^bc	4.35^bac	Trace
6	2.54^c	0.24^a	2.18^gf	Trace
7	2.51^c	0.21^bc	3.25^ed	Trace
8	2.50^c	0.20^bc	3.86^bdc	Trace
9	2.58^bc	0.19^c	4.84^ba	0.003^e
10	2.65^ba	0.22^bac	4.58^bac	0.001^b
11	2.49^c	0.22^ba	3.05^edf	0.001^b
12	2.74^a	0.20^bc	2.38^egf	0.001^b
13	2.57^bc	0.21^bc	4.61^bac	0.001^b
14	2.51^c	0.21^bc	5.27^a	1.03^a
15	2.49^c	0.21^bc	4.72^bac	1.05^a
16	2.50^c	0.19^c	1.63^g	0.73^b
CV (%)	2.49	8.23	16.34	18.60
LSD	0.11	0.03	0.98	0.10
Mean	2.45	0.21	3.62	0.33

Means within column followed by the same letter are not statistically different from each other at p > 0.05; LSD = least significant difference; CV = coefficient of variation.