Soil Properties, Crop Yield, and Economic Return in Response to Lime Application on Acidic Nitisols of Southern Highlands of Ethiopia

Table 1

Some soil physical and chemical properties at 0–20 cm depth before treatment application.

Soil texture			Bulk density	Soil chemical properties
Clay (%)	Silt (%)	Sand (%)	(g/cm^3)	pH	OC (%)	TN (%)	C/N	Av. P (mg/kg)	Ca	Mg	EA	CEC
									cmol (+)/kg
50.3	34.6	15.1	1.05	5.2	3.5	0.4	8.75	4.24	4.23	0.87	3.48	31.15

Note. EA = exchangeable acidity; CEC = cation exchange capacity; OC = organic carbon; TN = total nitrogen; C/N = carbon to nitrogen ratio; Av. P = available phosphorus; Ca⁺² = exchangeable calcium; Mg⁺² = exchangeable magnesium.