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Table 5 Effect of SWC measures on rhizosphere soil physicochemical properties

From: Effect of community-based soil and water conservation practices on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi types, spore densities, root colonization, and soil nutrients in the northern highlands of Ethiopia

Physicochemical properties

Soil and water conservation measures

Non-conserved grazing lands

Terraces

Exclosures + terraces

Exclosures alone

pH

8.22b

8.21b

8.1a

7.9a

Ec (cS/M)

0.13a

0.12a

0.12a

0.11a

TN (%)

0.21c

0.24bc

0.28ab

0.31a

Avail. P (ppm)

4.13 ± 1a

4.60 ± 1a

5.70 ± 1a

6.99 ± 1a

Avail. K cmol (+)/kg

0.49b

0.59b

0.61b

0.8a

Sand (%)

36.48 ± 3a

31.43 ± 2b

28.67 ± 2b

32.57 ± 2ab

Silt (%)

29.81 ± 1a

31.33 ± 1a

29.81 ± 1a

32.38 ± 2a

Clay (%)

33.71 ± 3b

37.24 ± 1ab

40.29 ± 2a

35.14 ± 2b

  1. Means followed by the same letter across each column do not differ significantly at P ≤ 0.05
  2. AvaP available phosphorus, AvaK available potassium, OC organic carbon, TN total nitrogen, Ec electrical conductivity