Performance of Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria L.) Genotypes for Growth, Yield and Quality

Abstract

An experiment on the “Performance of Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria L.) Genotypes for Growth, Yield and Quality” was conducted during February to May. 2022, in field of Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (U.P.) India. The results of the present investigation, regarding the performance of 10 genotypes of Bottle Gourd i.e. (IET/2021/BOGVAR-1, IET/2021/BOGVAR-2, IET/2021/BOGVAR-3, IET/2021/BOGVAR-4, IET/2021/BOGVAR-5, IET/2021/BOVAR-6, IET/2021/BOGVAR-7, IET/2021/BOGVAR-8, IET/2021/BOGVAR-9 and IET/2021/BOGVAR-10) obtained from different sources evaluated for plant growth, yield and quality have been discussed and interpreted in the light of previous research work. The experiment was conducted in Randomized block design, were each replicated thrice. From the present experimental findings it was founded that the genotype IET/2021/BOGVAR-8 was recorded with the maximum number of female flowers (15.40), vine length (228.33cm), number of fruits/plant (10.80 fruits), yield per hectare (438.7 q/ha), TSS (4.13ºB) gross return (658050), net return (508807), and B:C ratio (4.4).