2.8 Statistical Analysis
The least significant difference (LSD) was executed along with one-way
analysis of variance (ANOVA) with four replications in randomized
complete block design (RCBD) to determine mean differences between
different treatments for plant and soil variables, besides runoff and
soil loss. The R studio (Version 3.5.1) software was used for
statistical analysis. The statistical significance was determined and
compared using Duncan multiple range test at a significance level of P
< 0.05 (Gomez & Gomez, 1984). To demonstrate relationship
between different parameters and their interaction with various
treatments, we utilized above software to conduct principal component
analysis (PCA) and correlation matrix.