Table 3. Economic analysis growing mungbean under different Fe levels and application methods.

Treatments		Total cost (US$ ha-1)	Gross income (US$ ha-1)	Net income (US$ ha-1)	Benefit: cost ratio
Application methods	Iron levels (kg ha-1)
Control (No iron application)		463	1502 f	1039 f	3.20 f
Basal application	5	469	1552 de	1083 de	3.31 de
	10	471	1585 bc	1114 b-d	3.36 b-d
	15	473	1567cd	1094 c-e	3.31 c-e
Side dressing	5	469	1552 de	1083 de	3.31 de
	10	471	1591 bc	1120 bc	3.38 bc
	15	473	1606 b	1133 b	3.39 b
Split application	5	471	1575 b-d	1104 b-d	3.35 b-d
	10	472	1576 b-d	1194 b-d	3.33 b-e
	15	474	1668 a	1116 a	3.52 a

Means not sharing the similar letters, within a column, differ significantly from each other at p ≤ 0.05