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)

Silver over black mulch (T1)

139 a

63 b

94 b

8.9 a

6.7 a

35 a

130 a

4.51 a

54.11 a

Black mulch (T2)

131 a

65 b

96 b

8.2 b

6.3 ab

30 b

117 b

3.47 b

41.66 b

No mulch (T3)

119 b

72 a

102 a

7.5 c

6.1 b

25 c

114 b

2.81 b

33.73 c

Level of sig.

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CV (%)

4.14

3.78

2.28

2.68

3.21

7.46

4.19

10.05

3.17