Table 2: Effect of K fertilizer on soil chemical properties.

K Fertilizer
(kg ha-1)
N
(%)
P
(mg kg-1)
K
(cmol kg-1)
Ca
(cmol kg-1)
Mg
(cmol kg-1)
2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016
0.0 0.17d 0.15e 9.4d 8.5d 0.13d 0.13d 1.70a 1.74a 0.40a 0.38a
40.0 0.18c 0.16d 10.5c 9.5c 0.22c 0.20c 1.68a 1.70a 0.38b 0.36b
80.0 0.19b 0.17c 10.9b 10.3b 0.27a 0.26a 1.60a 1.63a 0.35c 0.33c
120.0 0.22a 0.20b 11.9a 10.9a 0.26a 0.25a 1.56bc 1.57bc 0.33d 0.32d
160.0 0.22a 0.21a 11.9a 10.9a 0.27a 0.25a 1.50c 1.53c 0.31e 0.30d

Values followed by similar letters under the same column are not significantly different at p=0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test