Abstract:
The investigation was conducted at Model Floriculture Center of G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar during 2016-17 and 2017-18. This experiment was laid out in three factorial completely randomized design with eighteen treatment combinations under two protected conditions i.e., polyhouse (PC
1) and shade net house (PC
2) conditions, three irrigation levels i.e., V Epan (I
1), 0.8 V Epan (I
2) and 0.6 V Epan (I
3) and three fertilizer levels i.e., 120 (F
1), 100 (F
2) and 80 (F
3) per cent of RDF. The results based on the year 2016-17, 2017-18 and pooled data. The maximum cost of cultivation (Rs. 376.75 only) was estimated in treatment combination PC
2I
1F
1. The maximum gross return (Rs. 660.00 only) was estimated in treatment combinations PC
1I
1F
1, PC
1I
1F
2, PC
1I
1F
3, PC
1I
2F
1, PC
1I
2F
2 and PC
1I
2F
3while, minimum cost (Rs. 495.00) of cultivation was noted in treatment combinations PC
1I
3F
1, PC
1I
3F
2, PC
1I
3F
3, PC
2I
3F
1, PC
2I
3F
2 and PC
2I
3F
3 during both years and pooled data. The maximum net return (Rs. 310.99, 317.27 and 314.13 only, respectively) was found in treatment combination PC
1I
2F
3 however, the lowest net return (Rs. 157.81, 166.38 and 162.09 only, respectively) was calculated in treatment combination PC
2I
3F
3. The maximum benefit-cost ratio (1.89, 1.93 and 1.90) was recorded in treatment combination PC
1I
2F
3 while, minimum benefit-cost ratio (1.45, 1.48 and 1.46) was noted in treatment combinations PC
2I
3F
1.