CUSTO DE PRODUÇÃO E RENTABILIDADE DE ALFACE CRESPA E AMERICANA EM MONOCULTURA E QUANDO CONSORCIADA COM RÚCULA

Abstract

The experiment was carried out at Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP during the period of March to May of 2006, with the objective of evaluating the production cost and profit margin of crespleaf lettuce cv. 'Verônica' and American lettuce cv. 'Lucy Brown' in sole crop and intercropping with rocket cv. 'Folha Larga'. The determination of the production cost was based on the total operational cost. The estimate of the operational cost for crespleaf and american lettuces and rocket in sole crop were about R$ 5, 446.42; R$ 4, 923.25 and R$ 3,829.84, respectively. The estimate of the total operational costs of crispleaf lettuce x rocket and American lettuce x rocket intercrops were about R$ 7,195.46 and R$ 6,041.38 per hectare. Higher operational profits were observed in intercropping systems, being highest in the american lettuce x rocket intercrop, with R$ 45,437.68 per hectare.