The Status of Selected Essential Plant Micronutrients under Enset (Ensete Ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) Farming Systems in Sidama Region, Ethiopia
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Keywords:
Enset, Ethiopia, Soil nutrients, Soil organic matterAbstract
Information regarding micronutrients’ status under enset farming system soils is rare. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess the status of micronutrients in soils under an enset farming system and their relationship with soil properties in Hula, Dale and Hawassa-Zuriya districts of Sidama region, Ethiopia. Soil samples were collected from Woinadega (warm subtropical climate) and ‘Dega’ (wet and cool temperate climate) agro-ecologies using stratified random sampling technique. The acidic reaction was high, medium and low in Hula, Dale and Hawassa-Zuriya districts, respectively. The lowest (2.0 mg/kg) Zinc, the highest (259 mg/kg) and the lowest (15 mg/kg) Manganese (P<0.0001) were recorded in Hawassa-Zuriya, Dale and Hawassa-Zuriyadistricts, respectively. The highest (0.0028) iron (214 mg/kg) and copper (2.0 mg/kg) were determined in a Hula district. Boron was low (0.5-0.8 mg/kg) in a Hula district while optimum (0.8-2 mg/kg) in Dale and Hawassa-Zuriya districts. Zinc was optimum in Hawassa-Zuriya while high in Dale and Hula districts. Manganese was very low (<60 mg/kg) in Hawassa-Zuriya district while optimum (100-300 mg/kg) in Dale and Hula districts. Iron (25-300 mg/kg) and Cu (0.9-2.0 mg/kg) were optimum in the districts. Positive correlations occurred between Boron, pH and CEC; Cu, Mn and CEC and SOM, and the micronutrients while pH and micronutrients such as Fe and Zn; and phosphorus and zinc correlated negatively. Agro-ecological and soil type variations influenced the size of essential plant micronutrients across the districts with the lowering effect from the low to high altitudes except for Boron. Hence, it is concluded that there should be soil micronutrients management to tackle the altitudinal variation effects that lowers their level in soils.
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