Agro-economic response of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) as affected by the interaction of cultivars and combined application of organic fertilizers under stored moisture conditions
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The results revealed that potato cultivars Rudolph and Constance gave highly significant results (p ≤ 0.05) for agronomic characteristics of potato and had maximum tuber yield of 32.5 t ha-1 and 38.8 t ha-1 and 30.95 t ha-1 and 33.54 t ha-1 in two cropping years compared to Vogue and Kuroda, respectively. Maximum yield of tubers 33.72 t ha-1 and 38.42 t ha-1 was observed in a treatment with application of humic acid + vermicompost + compost and it was significant (p ≤ 0.05) when differentiated with any other treatment. The partial budget analysis indicated that cultivars Rudolph gave highest net income benefits of US$ 2517.82 ha-1 and US$ 2916.95 ha-1 and Constance with benefits of US$ 2352.21 ha-1 and US$ 2787 ha-1 under similar treatment in two cropping years, respectively. The similar varieties gave highest marginal return rate of 3248 %, 4529 % and 2957 %, 2733 % which is highly recommended for commercial growing farmers.
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