Table 8: The effect of Eucalyptus plantation on available phosphorus, cation exchange capacity and electric conductivity at different distance and direction.
|
Parameters |
Directions |
Distance (m) from the woodlot |
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|
Center |
5m |
10m |
15 |
40m |
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|
Available phosphorus (ppm) |
East |
8.42a |
21.50a |
28.80a |
30.31a |
21.83a |
|
West |
8.42a |
18.70a |
14.92a |
12.62a |
14.47a |
|
|
North |
8.42a |
18.16a |
21.20a |
17.02a |
13.21a |
|
|
South |
8.42a |
26.04a |
30.31a |
19.93a |
21.36a |
|
|
CV (%) |
83.06 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
LSD 0.05 |
27.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cation exchange capacity (Cmol/kg) |
East |
36.73a |
33.96a |
34.44a |
29.19a |
33.66a |
|
West |
36.73a |
35.31a |
31.28a |
30.64a |
34.38a |
|
|
North |
36.73a |
32.13a |
29.48a |
28.11a |
37.35a |
|
|
South |
36.73a |
35.67a |
32.92a |
32.45a |
32.89a |
|
|
CV (%) |
14.60 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
LSD 0.05 |
8.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electric conductivity(ds/m) |
East |
0.03a |
0.026a |
0.03a |
0.023a |
0.023a |
|
West |
0.03a |
0.02ba |
0.023ba |
0.026ba |
0.026ba |
|
|
North |
0.03a |
0.03ab |
0.03a |
0.026ab |
0.023a |
|
|
South |
0.03a |
0.026ba |
0.023a |
0.023a |
0.02a |
|
|
CV (%) |
40.63 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
LSD 0.05 |
0.01 |
|
|
|
|
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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.