Evaluation of Root Zone Behavior and Cucumber Yield under Different Mulch Materials and Irrigation Schedules under Tunnel Farming

Table 1

Crop agronomic parameters.

Treatments	Number of leaves/plant	Plant height (cm)	Number of fruits/plant (nos.)	Fruit weight/plant (g)	Total yield (tons/ha)
T1 (black mulch + 20% deficit irrigation)	31.99^d	172.67^d	30.67^b	1610^b	44.54^b
T2 (black mulch + 40% deficit irrigation)	41.16^a,b	181.5^b	21.92^d,e	1358.67^e	37.59^e
T3 (transparent mulch + 20% deficit irrigation)	35.50^c	178.5^b,c	36.17^a	1710.33^a	47.31^a
T4 (transparent mulch + 40% deficit irrigation)	44.16^a	185.33^a	28.67^b,c	1491.83^c	41.26^c
T5 (wheat straw + 20% deficit irrigation)	28.64^e	168.33^e	25.5^c,d	1405^d	38.87^d
T6 (wheat straw + 40% deficit irrigation)	38.23^b,c	175.5^c,d	19.25^e	1260.67^f	34.87^f
Control (without mulch + furrow irrigation)	25.48^e	164.33^f	15.33^f	1151.67^g	31.86^g
Significance value	3.50	3.82	3.17	100.33	1.27

^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}Different superscript alphabets denote the significance between various values of a particular parameter.