. 2023 Oct 31;14:1283588. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1283588

Table 6.

Effect of summer green manuring and Zn fertilizer sources on economic returns of Basmati rice (pooled data of 2 years).

Treatment	Cost of cultivation (US $ ha^–1)	Gross returns (US $ ha^–1)	Net returns (US $ ha^–1)	Net benefit: cost ratio
Summer green manuring
G1	757.3	1684.5^c	927.2^c	1.22^b
G2	814.8	1942.1^a	1127.3^a	1.38^a
G3	826.3	1808.5^b	982.2^b	1.19^b
S/NS (p=0.05)	–	S	S	S
Zinc fertiliser sources
ZnF1	791.0	1463.0^d	672.0^d	0.85^d
ZnF2	795.8	1760.7^c	965.0^c	1.21^c
ZnF3	807.9	1871.0^b	1063.0^b	1.32^bc
ZnF4	802.1	1965.8^a	1163.7^a	1.45^a
ZnF5	798.7	1865.4^b	1066.7^b	1.33^b
ZnF6	801.6	1944.6^ab	1143^ab	1.42^ab
S/NS (p=0.05)	–	S	S	S

Means followed by the same letter(s) within a column do not differ significantly at 5% probability level at DMRT. S, Significant at p=0.05; NS, Non–significant at p=0.05.