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SOIL & CROP SCIENCES

Integrated application of compound NPS fertilizer and farmyard manure for economical production of irrigated potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) in highlands of Ethiopia

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Article: 1724385 | Received 27 Nov 2019, Accepted 27 Jan 2020, Published online: 09 Feb 2020

Figures & data

Table 1. Physical and chemical properties of the experimental soil at Koga Irrigation Scheme

Table 2. Height of potato plants as affected by the combination of NPS fertilizer and FYM

Figure 1. Main stem shoot numbers of potato as affected by of FYM

Means followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different.
Figure 1. Main stem shoot numbers of potato as affected by of FYM

Figure 2. Main stem shoot numbers of potato as affected by NPS fertilizer

Means followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different.
Figure 2. Main stem shoot numbers of potato as affected by NPS fertilizer

Figure 3. Days to flowering and maturity of potato as influenced by rate of farmyard manure

Means followed by the same letter(s) in each parameter are not significantly different.
Figure 3. Days to flowering and maturity of potato as influenced by rate of farmyard manure

Figure 4. Days to 50% flowering and physiological maturity of potato as influenced by rate of NPS fertilizer

Means followed by the same letter(s) in each parameter are not significantly different
Figure 4. Days to 50% flowering and physiological maturity of potato as influenced by rate of NPS fertilizer

Table 3. Yield of potato as affected by the interaction effects of NPS fertilizer and FYM

Table 4. Variable cost and gross incomes of potato as affected by different rates of FYM and NPS fertilizer in Koga Irrigation scheme

Table 5. Marginal rate of return of potato as influenced by the combination of different rates of FYM and NPS fertilizer in Koga Irrigation Scheme