Productivity of Selected Cabbage Varieties under Varying Drip Irrigation Schedules in Humic Nitisols of Embu County, Kenya

Table 3

Economic analysis for drip irrigated cabbage varieties over different irrigation schedules.

Factor		Season 1		Season 2
		Production cost (USD)	Net revenue (USD)	Production cost (USD)	Net revenue (USD)
Irrigation schedule	S1	2,103^a	5,947^a	2,103^a	4,460^a
	S2	1,992^b	3,443^b	1,992^b	2,872^b
	S3	1,966^c	2,903^b	1,966^c	2,753^b
	S4	1,854^d	1,575^c	1,854^d	2,011^c
	LSD	25.98	819.82	25.98	692
Cabbage variety	Gloria	1,959^a	3,853^a	1,959^a	3,033^a
	Riana	1,959^a	3,519^ab	1,959^a	3,302^a
	Triperio	2,019^b	3,028^b	2,019^a	2,737^a
	LSD	59.56	709.9	59.65	599.4
	R^2	1	0.86	1	0.69
	CoV	0	24.19	0	23.70
	Mean	1,979	3,467	1,979	3,024
	Interactions	NS	NS	NS	NS

Means followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different. R²: coefficient of determination; CoV: coefficient of variation; NS: not significant.