Advances in Agriculture

Research Article

Integrated Management of Late Blight Potato (Phytophthora infestans, (Mont) de Bary) Disease through Potato Varieties and Fungicides in Lay-Armachiho District, Ethiopia

Table 8

Partial budget analysis for fungicide treated and untreated plots in controlling late blight of potato main cropping season.


Variety	Fung.	MY (tha⁻¹)	P (Br·t⁻¹)	SR (Brha⁻¹)	TIC (Brha⁻¹)	MC (Brha⁻¹)	NP (Brha⁻¹)	MNB (Brha⁻¹)	MRR (%)

Local	NO	2.07	6,000	12,420	0	0	12,420	0	0
	MM	5.2	6,000	31,200	900	900	30,300	17.880	1,986.7
	RR	6.86	6,000	41,160	1,200	1,200	39,960	27.540	2,295

Jalene	NO	8.5	6,000	51,228	0	0	51228	0	0
	MM	19.99	6,000	119,988	900	900	119,088	67,860	7,540
	RR	20.83	6,000	124,992	1,200	1,200	123,792	72,564	6,047

Gudene	NO	7.50	6,000	45,000	0	0	45,000	0	0
	MM	10.42	6,000	62,520	900	900	61,620	16,620	1,846.7
	RR	12.91	6,000	77460	1,200	1,200	76260	31,260	2,605.2

Belete	NO	10.83	6,000	64,980	0	0	0	0	0
	MM	28.12	6,000	168,720	900	900	167,820	102,840	11,426
	RR	32.08	6,000	192,480	1,200	1,200	191,280	126,300	10,525

MY = marketable yield, P = price, SR = sale revenue, TIC = total input cost, MC = marginal cost, NP = net profit, MNB = marginal net benefit, MRR = marginal rate of return, NO = control, MM = mancozeb and RR = ridomil fungicide, Brha⁻¹ = (birr per hectare), tha⁻¹ = (ton per hectare).