Table 6: The main effect of Eucalyptus plantation directions and distances on soil chemical properties.
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Soil chemical properties |
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pH |
EC |
OM |
TN |
CEC |
Av. P |
Ex. Ca |
Ex. Mg |
Ex. K |
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East |
5.69a |
0.027a |
3.16a |
0.16a |
32.81a |
25.61a |
17.43a |
13.63a |
1.52a |
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West |
5.64a |
0.024a |
2.45a |
0.12a |
33.15a |
15.17a |
16.96a |
13.97a |
1.54a |
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South |
5.61a |
0.025a |
3.03a |
0.14a |
33.73a |
24.41a |
17.24a |
14.63a |
1.50a |
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North |
5.45a |
0.028a |
3.04a |
0.15a |
31.77a |
17.39a |
14.62b |
14.88a |
1.42a |
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LSD |
0.25 |
0.010 |
1.22 |
0.06 |
5.53 |
15.29 |
2.12 |
5.26 |
0.27 |
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Sig. |
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Center |
5.28a |
0.030a |
6.41a |
0.32a |
35.73a |
8.41a |
14.90a |
18.07a |
1.44a |
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5 |
5.66b |
0.025a |
3.26b |
0.16b |
34.76a |
21.10b |
17.71a |
14.85a |
1.58a |
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10 |
5.65b |
0.030a |
2.97b |
0.14b |
34.57a |
23.80b |
16.87a |
13.26a |
1.59a |
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15 |
5.54b |
0.025a |
2.64b |
0.13b |
32.03a |
19.97b |
15.39a |
13.12a |
1.39a |
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40 |
5.40b |
0.024a |
2.82b |
0.13b |
30.10a |
17.71b |
16.28a |
15.88a |
1.43a |
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LSD |
0.34 |
0.014 |
1.70 |
0.08 |
5.41 |
22.68 |
3.53 |
6.24 |
0.33 |
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Sig. |
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Note: Column refers along a direction and rows refer distance with the same letters are not significantly different at p < 0.05; 'a' letter represents significance comparison between distances and 'b' represent between directions.