Table 1.
Effect of soil texture (clay–loam—CL; sandy loam—SL) and mulching (biodegradable film—MB; low density polyethylene—LDPE) on the number of marketable fruits and their average weight, unmarketable yield, and percentage incidence of unmarketable to marketable yield.
| Treatments | Marketable Fruits (M) | Not Marketable (NM) | NM/M Yield | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n° pt−1 | g fruit−1 | t ha−1 | % | ||
| Clay–loam | MB | 4.1 ± 0.3 | 1134.7 ± 53.3 | 0.98 ± 0.10 a | 3.73 ± 0.45 a |
| LDPE | 3.6 ± 0.1 | 1183.7 ± 8.6 | 0.43 ± 0.04 b | 1.82 ± 0.17 b | |
| Sandy loam | MB | 5.6 ± 0.2 | 1272.8 ± 11.1 | 0.73 ± 0.04 b | 2.08 ± 0.17 b |
| LDPE | 5.5 ± 0.1 | 1227.4 ± 10.5 | 0.61 ± 0.05 c | 1.84 ± 0.15 b | |
| CL | 3.8 ± 0.2 b | 1159.2 ± 26.7 b | 0.70 ± 0.10 | 2.78 ± 0.39 a | |
| SL | 5.5 ± 0.1 a | 1250.1 ± 10.5 a | 0.67 ± 0.04 | 1.96 ± 0.11 b | |
| MB | 4.9 ± 0.3 | 1203.8 ± 34.5 | 0.85 ± 0.07 a | 2.91 ± 0.35 a | |
| LDPE | 4.5 ± 0.3 | 1205.5± 9.7 | 0.52 ± 0.04 b | 1.83 ± 0.11 b | |
| Significance | |||||
| Soil texture (S) | ** | ** | ns | ** | |
| Mulching (M) | ns | ns | ** | ** | |
| S × M | ns | ns | ** | ** | |
ns: not significant; **: significant at p ≤ 0.01. Different letters within each column indicate significant differences according to Tukey’s test (p ≤ 0.05). M = marketable; NM = not marketable.