Abstract
Effect of different mode of pollination viz., open pollinationand self pollination on fruit and seed setting as well as theircharacteristics in monoecious (K-75 and UHF-CUC-101) andgynoecious (GYNO-1 and GYNO-2) varieties was studied atthe Experimental Research Farm, Department of VegetableScience, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture andForestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during Kharif, 2016. Openpollination had better effect on all the parameters (Meanfruit set, mean fruit weight, number of seeds per fruit andthousand seed weight) studied compared to self pollinationmethod. Maximum fruit weight of 278.02g was recorded inopen pollination system than in selfing (263.54g) and it wasrecorded maximum in cultivar UHF-CUC-101 (289.28g) andminimum in GYNO-2 (259.89g). Similarly, number of seedsper fruit was more in open pollination system (190.05 seeds/fruit) than in selfing (160.72 seeds/fruit) and among cultivars,it was found maximum in K-75 (256.30) and minimum inGYNO-1 (99.81). Likewise, thousand seed weight wasrecorded higher in open pollination system (20.12g) than inselfing (18.32g) and amid cultivars maximum in K-75 (22.65g)whereas minimum in GYNO-2 (18.26g). Interactions (Varieties× Conditions) had a significant effect on percent fruit set aswell as number of seeds per fruit and non-significant effecton mean fruit weight and thousand seed weight.
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