Table 5: The interaction effects of coffee husk compost and lime on soil exchangeable bases (Ca2+, Mg2+, K+ and Na+).

Treatment description

Exchangeable bases

CHC

rate(t/ha)

L rate (t/ha)

Ca2+

(cmol(+)/kg)

Mg2+

(cmol(+)/kg)

K+

(cmol(+)/kg)

Na+

(cmol(+)/kg)

0

0

2.41g

1.23h

0.49h

0.053c

 

1.6

5.13e

1.49gh

0.53h

0.067ab

 

3.2

7.60d

1.62gh

0.57h

0.067ab

 

4.8

9.18bc

1.79fgh

0.77gh

0.067ab

5

0

3.48f

1.88fg

1.09ef

0.070ab

 

1.6

5.80e

2.34ef

1.04fg

0.060bc

 

3.2

8.26cd

3.24cd

0.99fg

0.060bc

 

4.8

10.00ab

3.73c

0.97fg

0.067ab

10

0

4.97e

2.80de

1.70b

0.063ab

 

1.6

7.27d

3.36cd

1.45bcd

0.073a

 

3.2

8.94bc

4.48b

1.38cde

0.070ab

 

4.8

10.88a

4.95b

1.24def

0.067ab

15

0

5.75e

3.49c

2.39a

0.070ab

 

1.6

7.74d

4.35b

1.70b

0.063ab

 

3.2

9.18bc

4.88b

1.63bc

0.067ab

 

4.8

9.98ab

5.57a

1.75b

0.070ab

DMRT (5%)

*

**

**

*

CV (%)

 

8.40

10.79

13.23

8.02

DMRT = Duncan’s Multiple Range Test; CHC = coffee husk compost; L = Lime; * = significant at p ≤ 0.05; ** = highly significant at p ≤ 0.01; CV = Coefficient of Variation. Mean values followed by the same letters with in a column are statistically not different from each other at p ≤ 0.05

a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h: Indicate statistically  significance difference of each treatment from each other at 5% by Duncan Multiple Range Test.