Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Yield and Yield Components as Influenced by Herbicide Application in Kaffa Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia
Table 9
Effect of treatments on economic return in wheat in 2020 main cropping season.
Treatments
Total cost (ETB ha−1)
Grain yield (kg ha−1)
Adjusted yield (kg ha−1)
Gross benefit (ETB ha−1)
Net benefit (ETB ha−1)
0.5 kg ha−1 2,4-D amine salt + one HW
4901.6
2132.1
1918.9
34156.2
29254.6
1 kg ha−1 2,4-D amine salt + one HW
5472.1
2490.2
2241.2
39893.0
34420.9
1.5 kg ha−1 2,4-D amine salt + one HW
6148.7
2929.0
2636.1
46922.5
40773.8
0.5 kg ha−1 clodinafop-propargyl 6% + fluroxypyr 12% + one HW
5811.2
2725.4
2452.9
43660.9
37849.7
0.75 kg ha−1 clodinafop-propargyl 6% + fluroxypyr 12% + one HW
6936.9
3494.5
3145.1
55982.0
49045.1
1 kg ha−1 clodinafop-propargyl 6% + fluroxypyr 12% + one HW
6698.1
3225.3
2902.8
51669.3
44971.2
0.4 kg ha−1 pyroxsulam + one HW
5963.0
2650.7
2385.6
42464.2
36501.2
0.5 kg ha−1 pyroxsulam + one HW
7124.8
3443.5
3099.2
55164.9
48040.1
0.6 kg ha−1 pyroxsulam + one HW
7497.1
3635.6
3272.0
58242.3
50745.2
1 kg ha−1 2,4-D amine salt
3042.2
2041.2
1837.1
32700.0
29657.8
0.75 kg ha−1 clodinafop-propargyl 6% + fluroxypyr 12%
4213.1
2822.0
2539.8
45208.4
40995.3
0.5 kg ha−1 pyroxsulam
4476.4
2828.3
2545.5
45309.4
40833.0
Two HW 30 and 45 days after emergence
8260.9
3547.1
3192.4
56824.5
48563.6
Weed-free check
19088.1
4252.8
3827.5
68129.9
49041.8
Weedy check (unweeded)
1744.3
1327.4
1194.7
21264.9
19520.6
Cost of pyroxsulam, 1200 ETB/kg; cost of clodinafop-propargyl 6% + fluroxypyr 12%, 460 ETB/kg; for spraying, 160 ETB/ha; cost of hand weeding for one time, 46 persons at ETB 40/person; cost of postharvest activities, 135 ETB/100 kg; costs for packaging materials, packaging, and transportation, 11 ETB/100 kg; sale price of wheat, 17.80 ETB/kg. HW, hand weeding.
