Abstract

Ridge gourd [Luffa acutangula (L.)] commonly known as kalitori, angled gourd, angled loofah, silky gourd and ribbed gourd, belongs to Cucurbitaceae family with chromosome number 2n = 26. The current experiment was conducted at the College of Horticulture, Bagalkot, Karnataka during the Rabi- Summer season of 2023–2024 to evaluate thirty-eight different genotypes of ridge gourd. The experiment had two replications and was set up using a randomized complete block design. Analysis of variance showed that existence of high degree of variability among the genotypes. On the basis of mean performance, Hireharukuni local performed better for parameters like vine length (501.25 cm), number of primary branches per vine (4.08), node at first female flower (7.17), days to first harvest (55.18) and yield parameters with highest yield of 3.86kg/vine.

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