Table 7. The impact of different mulch types on morphological and yield related traits of wheat crop.
| Mulch type | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
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| Plant height (cm) | Productive tillers (m-2) | Spike length (cm) | Spikelets (spike-1) | Grains (spike-1) | 1000-grain weight (g) | Grain yield (t ha-1) | Straw yield (t ha-1) |
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| CIM-616* | 95.7 | 95.4 c | 160 b | 161 b | 12.5 ab | 12.8 ab | 19.8 | 20.5 | 56.1 b | 57.3 b | 35.9 b | 36.4 b | 5.90NS | 6.02 ab | 11.4 b | 10.2 bc |
| GH-Mubarik* | 96.6 | 96.8 bc | 146 c | 149 c | 11.8 b | 12.2 b | 19.9 | 20.4 | 55.7 b | 56.3 b | 34.3 b | 36.0 b | 5.78 | 5.94 b | 10.9 b | 10.0 c |
| CIM-620** | 97.3 | 97.8 ab | 166 ab | 164 b | 12.2 ab | 12.5 ab | 20.8 | 21.3 | 60.8 a | 60.3 a | 41.4 a | 40.7 a | 6.02 | 6.13 a | 11.8 ab | 11.4 ab |
| N-414** | 98.2 | 98.9 a | 172 a | 173 a | 12.8 a | 13.1 a | 20.9 | 21.4 | 59.0 ab | 60.3 a | 39.0 a | 39.7 a | 5.96 | 6.05 ab | 12.5 a | 11.9 a |
| LSD (p ≤ 0.05) | NS | 1.8 | 11.17 | 7.56 | 0.78 | 0.78 | NS | NS | 4.01 | 1.69 | 2.67 | 2.19 | NS | 0.16 | 0.90 | 1.21 |
* = Bt cultivars
** = non-Bt cultivars, Means followed by varying letters for an experimental year differ at significantly (p ≤0.05) from each other, NS = Non-significant