Treatments | Plant height (cm) | Days to first flowering | Days to first harvest | Fruit length (cm) | Fruit breadth (cm) | Number of fruits/plant | Average fruit weight (g) | Yield/plant (kg) | Yield (t/ha) | TSS (%) |
Silver over black (T1) | 159 a | 62.33 a | 98 b | 7.2 a | 5.8 a | 33 a | 90 a | 2.94 a | 98.05 a | 4.0 a |
Black (T2) | 144 b | 65.33 a | 100 ab | 6.9 ab | 5.5 ab | 26 b | 82 ab | 2.10 b | 70.13 b | 4.0 a |
No mulch (T3) (control) | 129 c | 66.33 a | 103 a | 6.5 b | 5.2 b | 23 b | 72 b | 1.63 c | 54.34 c | 3.8 a |
Level of sig. | ** | - | . | * | * | ** | * | ** | ** | - |
CV (%) | 3.72 | 3.91 | 2.21 | 3.23 | 3.71 | 8.19 | 6.19 | 1.89 | 1.89 | 20.73 |