Effect of Organic Mulching on Soil Moisture, Yield, and Yield Contributing Components of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)

Table 3

Effect of mulching organic mulching on phenology, yield, and yield component of sesame.

Mulch	Treatments
	DF	DM	PH	NCP	NSPC	TSW	GY (kg/ha)
Sudan grass	40.0	92.9	83.0	37.5	40.0	3.8	664.0
Sesame straw	40.0	93.9	85.0	35.4	43.0	3.5	525
Sorghum straw	41.0	92.4	79.0	36.3	45.0	3.4	520
Rice straw	41.0	92.2	74.0	26.3	39.0	3.2	470
Control	38.0	90.4	54.0	22.8	34.0	3.2	190
CV (%)	7.0	1.2	4.5	14.7	6.1	5.4	7.6
LSD 0.05	2.7	1.1	1.6	6.3	2.4	0.2	35.3

DF = days to 50% flowering, DM = days to 90% maturity, PH = plant height (cm), BR = number of branches per plant, NCP = number of capsules per plant, NSPC = number of seeds per capsule, TSW = thousand-seed weight (g), and GY = grain yield.