. 2021 Dec 23;8(1):e08657. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08657

Table 3.

The effect of lime rates on soil exchangeable bases, BS and AS.

Treatment	Parameters
Treatment	Ca	Mg	K	Na	BS (%)	AS (%)
Initial values	9.8	2.68	1.14	0.31	69.83	12.13
Control (no lime)	10.73^de	2.90^bc	1.38^dc	0.48^bc	69.03^ab	8.69^a
0.060 ton ha⁻¹	10.18^e	2.30^c	1.20^d	0.44^c	62.06^b	8.80^a
0.120 ton ha⁻¹	10.85^cde	2.68^bc	1.43^bcd	0.45^c	71.61^ab	8.01^a
0.180 ton ha⁻¹	11.38^bcd	3.03^b	1.48^abc	0.44^c	70.43^ab	3.81^b
1 ton ha⁻¹	12.30^ab	3.05^b	1.63^ab	0.61^ab	72.37^ab	1.92^bc
2 ton ha⁻¹	11.85^abcd	3.05^b	1.53^abc	0.58^abc	68.69^ab	1.84^bc
3.5 ton ha⁻¹	12.95^a	3.98^a	1.70^a	0.65^a	75.85^ab	0.27^c
4 ton ha⁻¹	11.75^bcd	3.15^b	1.42^bcd	0.56^abc	74.64^ab	0.49^c
7 ton ha⁻¹	12.03^abc	3.88^a	1.52^abc	0.47^bc	78.71^a	1.25^c
14 ton ha⁻¹	12.50^ab	4.30^a	1.52^abc	0.64^a	78.19^a	0.19^c
Mean	11.65	3.23	1.48	0.53	72.16	3.53
P	∗∗	∗∗	∗	∗	∗	∗∗
CV (%)	7.02	14.13	10.96	19.29	13.58	46.65

Note: ∗ = significant, ∗∗ = highly significant, CV = Coefficient of variation. Means followed by the same letter in a column are not significantly different at p < 0.05.