Research Article
Validation of Farmer Perceived Soil Fertility Improving Tree Species in Agropastoral Communities of Bushenyi District
Table 7
Relative change in selected soil chemical properties.
| | Type of tree | Location | Relative change for the soil top soil (0–15 cm) properties | | pH | SOM | N | P | K | Ca |
| | Erythrina abyssinica | A | 11.6 | 23.6 | 161.1 | 4.81 | 135.0 | 53.0 | | B | 5.7 | 27.5 | 98.3 | 4.53 | 90.0 | 5 | | C | 0.8 | 29.3 | 71.1 | 3.24 | 171.0 |
−16
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| | Croton machrostachyus | A | 20.5 | 55.0 | 187.1 | 5.79 | 198.0 | 260.0 | | B | 4.9 | 41.1 | 85.5 | 4.64 | 151.0 | 64.0 | | C | 4.7 | 72.6 | 135.2 | 5.59 | 157.0 | 96.0 |
| | Markhamia lutea | A | 7.8 | 39.9 | 79.9 | 4.45 | 241.0 | 60.0 | | B |
−3.2
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−0.1
| 21.7 | 3.73 | 118.0 |
−15.0
| | C |
−3.2
| 7.3 | 62.5 | 4.15 | 98.0 |
−3
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| | LSD (SFTI) | | 11.07 | 23.75 | 42.53 | 0.848 | 149.6 | 74.8 | | (SFTI) | | .215 | .006 | .003 | .11 | .879 | .003 | | LSD (location) | | 11.07 | 23.75 | 42.53 | 0.848 | 149.6 | 74.8 | | (Location) | | .06 | .317 | .005 | .164 | .598 | .013 | | LSD (SFTI* location) | | 19.18 | 41.13 | 73.67 | 1.468 | 259.1 | 129.5 |
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