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.

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-

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*

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*

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-

CV (%)

3.72

3.91

2.21

3.23

3.71

8.19

6.19

1.89

1.89

20.73