This work was carried out in the CENID RASPA INIFAP Experimental Field located in Gomez Palacio, Mexico. It determined the water productivity measured as the amount of fruit produced (kg) per unit volume of water (m3) consumed and muskmelon (Cucumis melo L) yield (t ha-1). The factors evaluated were color of plastic mulch (C) and two depths of placement drip tape (P). For color of plastic mulch were studied four treatments: black (N), gray (G), blue (AZ) and without mulch (SA). To find the best location of drip tape were compared two depths: buried at 25 cm (P1) and placed on the soil surface (P2). It used soil temperature like an auxiliary variable to find the best performance of plastic mulch. It used a factorial design 4 x 2 and was distributed in a completely randomized experimental design with three replications for a total of 24 experimental plots. The results showed that Gray (G) mulch treatment produced the best yield (49.7 t ha-1) as compared to the other colors and no-mulching treatments (37.1 t ha-1). Drip tape depth proved to be not an influential factor.

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