Influence of Plastic Mulching and Irrigation Levels on Soil Temperature, Moisture and Water Use Efficiency of Tomato Crop (Solanum lycopersicum)

Farmers in India rarely employ plastic mulches tomato cultivation, despite the fact that it has potential to save irrigation water, manage weeds, and increase output. The precision of water for production using various colour was evaluated an experimental farm at UAS-Raichur. Because effect levels, 120 percent evapotranspiration based treatment had most soil moisture availability, while 60 by drip lowest, optimal maintained mulches. maximum temperature recorded white on black mulch (3.690C), which absorbs 100 solar radiation, highest measured radiation (2.250C). use efficiency when 80 ET combined with (26.77 kg/m3).