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