Treatment | Insecticide supplication frequency | Output | Input | Net profit | Cost–benefit ratio | ||||
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Seed cotton yield (kg/ha) | Increased yield over control (kg/ha) | Value of increased yield (Gh¢) | Cost of insecticide (Gh¢) | Labour charges for spraying (Gh¢) | Total cost (Gh¢) | ||||
FK 95 BG II | 6 | 1657.7 | 1148.3 | 987.3 | 120.0 | 300.0 | 420.0 | 567.3 | 1:1.35 |
FK 95 BG II | 2 | 1173.0 | 663.6 | 570.7 | 32.0 | 100.0 | 132.0 | 438.7 | 1:3.32 |
FK 37 | 6 | 1149.7 | 640.3 | 550.4 | 120.0 | 300.0 | 420.0 | 130.4 | 1:0.31 |
FK 37 | 2 | 509.4 | – | – | – | – |  |  |  |