This work discusses the use of multivariate analysis of variance to tackle the problem of investigating the effects of different vegetative covers on the physical properties of a selected Nigerian soil. An additive effect model was assumed and using data obtained from the Department of Soil Science of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, we tested for the equality of significant treatment effects. The result of the analysis revealed that the treatment effects were found to be significant being acceptable at 5 percent level. Based on our analysis, we recommended that the vegetative covers in question are useful and necessary and therefore should be used to improve the soil physical conditions for any overused land in Nsukka area of Nigeria and similar soils elsewhere not in Nsukka depending on the use and type of farming system the land is put to.
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CHUKWUDI JUSTIN OGBONNA, OPARA JUDE, HYCINTH CHUKWUDI IWU. (2013). Multivariate Analysis of Data on the Effects of Different Vegetative Covers on Some Physical Properties of a Selected Nigerian Soil. American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, 2(6), 210-220. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajtas.20130206.18
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abstract = {This work discusses the use of multivariate analysis of variance to tackle the problem of investigating the effects of different vegetative covers on the physical properties of a selected Nigerian soil. An additive effect model was assumed and using data obtained from the Department of Soil Science of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, we tested for the equality of significant treatment effects. The result of the analysis revealed that the treatment effects were found to be significant being acceptable at 5 percent level. Based on our analysis, we recommended that the vegetative covers in question are useful and necessary and therefore should be used to improve the soil physical conditions for any overused land in Nsukka area of Nigeria and similar soils elsewhere not in Nsukka depending on the use and type of farming system the land is put to.},
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