Genetic variability in bottle gourd

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out at Main

Mean Performance of Various Quantitative Characters in Bottle Gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.] Genotypes Under Temperate Conditions of Kashmir

“…Genotypes like IC-316017-1 (159.20) followed by IC-307077 (155.90) and IC-276552 (150.10) were found superior for number of male flowers plant -1 ; IC-310206 (18.64) followed by IC-306422 (18.24) and IC-382258 (16.82) for number of female flowers plant -1 ; IC-294891-1 (61.06 days) followed by SKUA-BG-4 (61.57 days) and Pusa Naveen (61.67 days) for days to 1 st fruit harvest; IC-424502 (147.78 days) followed by IC-385816 (147.57 days) and IC-321410 (147.33 days) for days to last fruit harvest; SKUA-BG-8 (8.98 m) followed by IC-321121 (8.53 m) and SKUA-BG-3 (8.19 m) for vine length; IC-371747-1 (21.33) followed by IC-398541 (21.31) and IC-536594 (21.22) for number of primary branches. This is in conformity to the findings of Jain et al [10], Rambabu et al [11] and Kandasamy et al [13], Khan et al [14] and Rashid et al [12]. IC-310206 (8.6) followed by SKUA-BG-4 (8.2) and SKUA-BG-3 (7.4) were found superior for number of fruits plant -1 ; IC-382258 (4.40 kg) followed by IC-371747-1 (4.36 kg) and IC-398541 (4.17 kg) for fruit weight; IC-382258 (63.54 cm) followed by SKUA-BG-1 (61.46 cm) and IC-316017-1 (56.16 cm) for fruit length; IC-421962 (16.43 cm) followed by IC-319460 (16.42 cm) and Pusa Santushti (16.00 cm) for fruit diameter; IC-371747-1 (22.64 kg) followed by IC-382258 (16.96 kg) and IC-398541 (16.93 kg) for fruit yield plant -1 ; IC-371747-1 (1132.21 q) followed by IC-382258 (848.199 q) and IC-398541 (845.33 q) for fruit yield ha -1 .…”

Evaluation of Genetic Variability, Heritability and Genetic Advance in Thirty-Five Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria Siceraria) Varieties for Yield and Yield Related Traits

“…In bottle gourd Varalakshmi et al (2018) also opined the same for vine length. Khan et al (2020) and Rashid et al (2020) have also come out with such results for node of male flower appearance. Shah et al (2018) in cucumber in ridge gourd did observe cognate results for vine length.…”