Treatments | Days to 50% curd initiation | Days to curd harvest | Curd length (cm) | Curd breadth (cm) | Whole plant weight (kg) | Only curd wt. (g) | Marketable curd wt. (g) | Marketable curd yield (t/ha) |
Silver over black mulch (T1) | 77 a | 92 b | 19.3 a | 17.2 a | 1.52 a | 635 a | 785 a | 26.09 a |
Black mulch (T2) | 79 ab | 95 ab | 18.5 ab | 16.8 b | 1.46 a | 617 a | 690 b | 22.93 b |
No mulch (T3) | 82 b | 97 a | 16.6 b | 15.7 c | 1.25 a | 510 b | 610 c | 20.28 c |
Level of sig. | * | * | * | * | - | ** | ** | ** |
CV (%) | 3.18 | 2.65 | 6.23 | 7.64 | 15.74 | 2.48 | 2.09 | 2.57 |