Agriculture Reference
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The cost of mung bean cultivation was calculated on the basis of pre-
vailing rates of inputs, and gross income was calculated on the basis of
procurement price of mung bean grain and prevailing market price of
mung bean stover. The income was obtained by subtracting the cost of
cultivation from the gross income, i.e.,
Net income = gross income - cost of cultivation (1)
The net profit of the rotation was calculated by adding the net profits of the
rice and wheat together.
6.2.4 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
The data relating to each character were analyzed by applying the tech-
nique of 'analysis of variance' for randomized block design as described
by Cochran and Cox (1957). Critical difference at 5% level of significance
was calculated for comparing the mean of difference presented in the sum-
mary table.
6.3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
6.3.1 YIELD ATTRIBUTES
During both years of study, application of FYM had no significant effect
on the number of pods of mung bean, whereas all other combinations of
organic manures and biofertilizers significantly (p = 0.05) increased the
number of pods per plant over the control (Table 2). During the second
year of experiment, the combination of VC + CR + B was significantly su-
perior to FYM and VC alone. The increased pod formation in treatments,
where organic manures and crop residues were applied, may be attributed
due to better plant development through efficient utilization of soil re-
sources by the plant, where primary growth elements were available in
