Environmental Engineering Reference
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Table 15.4 Mean values
90 per cent confidence interval of soil chemical properties under four indigenous trees canopies and in the open
grassland on gleysol in the north-east savanna zone of Ghana
Diospyrum
Faidhebia albida
mespiliformis
Vitellaria paradoxa
Parkia biglobosa
Soil property
Open
Canopy
Open
Canopy
Open
Canopy
Open
Canopy
pH (KCI)
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
5.45
5.67
5.00
5.00
% organic matter
1.33
2.42*
0.50
1.20*
0.87
1.31*
0.99
1.47*
% total nitrogen
0.06
0.11*
0.03
0.07*
0.03
0.05*
0.04
0.07*
C:N ratio
13.00
12.00
15.00
12.00
17.00
15.00
14.00
12.00
Available P (mg kg
1
)
0.54
2.10
7.30
8.54
1.25
1.59
0.45
1.15
Exchange cations
(cmol kg
1
)
Calcium
2.20
4.20*
2.37
4.30*
2.53
3.37
2.07
4.40*
Magnesium
1.40
2.80
1.67
2.47
1.78
2.77
1.43
2.38
Potassium
1.45
0.23
0.12
0.21
0.09
0.23
0.10
0.17
Sodium
0.45
0.62*
0.28
0.61*
0.18
0.33*
0.23
0.42*
Total exchangeable
bases (cmol kg
1
)
4.17
7.71*
4.55
7.59*
4.84
5.84
3.84
7.37*
Cation exchange
Capacity (cmol kg
1
)
6.11
9.02*
6.55
8.58*
6.12
6.82
5.12
8.40*
% base saturation
74.00
83.31
65.73
86.47*
76.67
85.80
73.81
88.11*
* Differences significant at
P
0.05 between values for canopy and open lands.
