Validation of Farmer Perceived Soil Fertility Improving Tree Species in Agropastoral Communities of Bushenyi District

Table 3

Variation in the nutrient content of litter for the farmer perceived soil fertility improving tree species retained on livestock farms in Kyeizooba subcounty bushenyi district.

Nutrients	Tree species
	Erythrina abyssinica	Croton macrostachyus	Markhamia lutea	Grand mean	LSD	𝐹-value
Nitrogen g/Kg	20.4	18.1	17.3	18.6	1.9	0.017*
Phosphorus g/Kg (10^−3)	0.29	0.33	0.28	0.30	0.12	0.509
Potassium cmol/Kg	8.3	17.1	7.1	10.8	7.1	0.026*
Calcium cmol/Kg	6.9	8.0	6.4	7.1	3.1	0.483
Carbon g/Kg	405.7	431.3	429.7	422.2	18.0	0.023*

*Significant differences at 𝑃≤.05 for the level of nutrient content among the tree species.