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

Table 2

Change in root length with time.

Treatments	Days	Root length (cm)
–	–	R1	R2	R3	R
T1: Black mulch + 20% deficit irrigation
	30	13.4	13.7	12.6	13.2
	60	38.3	36.7	35.9	36.9
	90	66.3	64.2	65.3	65.3
	131	88.2	86.3	86.4	86.9
T2: Black mulch + 40% deficit irrigation
	30	12.6	12.1	11.5	12.1
	60	34.0	36.3	35.2	35.2
	90	64.2	64.9	65.3	64.8
	131	85.3	84.6	84.2	84.7
T3: Transparent mulch + 20% deficit irrigation
	30	12.1	12.3	12.9	12.4
	60	35.5	32.6	33.6	33.9
	90	65.7	64.8	66.2	65.6
	131	86.3	84.2	85.8	85.4
T4: Transparent mulch + 40% deficit irrigation
	30	11.2	11.6	11.0	11.3
	60	33.5	31.3	31.4	32.1
	90	62.4	63.9	62.8	63.0
	131	83.2	82.8	84.3	83.4
T5: Wheat straw mulch + 20% deficit irrigation
	30	13.1	11.4	10.3	11.6
	60	34.6	35.1	33.2	34.3
	90	61.3	62.2	61.7	61.7
	131	78.3	79.2	78.8	78.8
T6: Wheat straw mulch + 40% deficit irrigation
	30	12.7	10.9	11.2	11.6
	60	35.4	33.2	32.8	33.8
	90	60.9	59.8	59.3	60.0
	131	76.1	74.9	74.1	75.0
Control: Without any mulch under furrow irrigation
	30	10.2	9.6	10.8	10.2
	60	30.2	28.3	29.2	29.2
	90	55.6	58.7	56.7	57.0
	131	68.5	67.0	67.9	67.8