設施籃耕直立式栽培之西洋南瓜（Cucurbita maxima）品種適應性評估

Abstract

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the adaptation of basket culture pumpkin cultivars (Cucurbita maxima) with vertical training under plastic house from the winter of 2007 to the spring of 2008 in Northern Taiwan. Six cultivars, 'Akira Kuri', 'A Bisu', 'Bo jan', 'Mi ya ko', 'Eie pinn', and 'Dong senn', were included in this experiment. Pumpkin fruit as harvested at 110 days after transplanting. The results showed that 'A bi su' produced the highest total yield with 21,023 kg ha^(-1) among all cultivars, followed by 'Dong senn', while 'Bo jan' produced the lowest total yield with significant difference. Among the total yield, the highest yield of large fruit was also obtained from 'A bi su' with 18,534 kg ha^(-1). There was significant difference among cultivars. The average fruit size of 'Dong senn' was the largest among all cultivars followed by 'A Bi su' with 731 and 723 g fruit^(-1), respectively. There was also significant difference among cultivars. As for the relationship of pumpkin fruit size and node position of fruit setting, it seemed that the higher position node of fruit setting got the larger fruit than those on the lower node position in this experiment. Based on the yield and fruit size performance, the growth adaptation of 'Dong senn' and 'A Bi su' were better than the other tested cultivars.