Plant height (195 cm) and leaf area (5556 cm2 / plant) were significantly higher in the treat­ments which received irrigation at 0.8 IW/CPE ratio with black polythene mulch spread over the entire area and irrigation at 0 8 IW/CPE ratio with paddy straw mulch, respectively than control Significantly higher yield (53.50 q/ha) was obtaind in the treatment which received irrigation at 0.8 IW/CPE ratio with black polythene mulch spread between the rows as compgrd to control (36.20 q/ha). The lowest consumptive use of water (471-50 mm) was found in the treatment which received irrigation at 0.4 IW/CPE ratio with black polythene mulch spread over the entire area. Highest water use efficiency of 12.30 kg(ha/mm was obtained from irriga­tion at 0.4 IW/CPE ratio with polythene mulch spread between the rows. Maximum irrigation water (24 80%) was saved in the treatment which received irrigation at 0.4 IW/CPE ratio with black polythene mulch spread over the entire area.