Vol. 10, Issue 7 (2021)

Author(s):
Satyendra Kumar, Dr. IN Shukla, Dr. HC Singh, Bankey Lal, Mahendra Kumar Yadav, Vipul Pratap Singh and Arun Kumar Verma

Abstract:
The present study was undertaken on cucumber in a Line x tester was undertaken with the study of combining ability variances and their effect. The 36 F₁ hybrid along with their twelve line and three testers were crossed in line x tester fashion to obtained 36 F₁ and evaluated in randomized block design in three replications having each experimental unit of single row with spacing of 2.5 m x 0.5 m at Vegetable Research Farm, Kalyanpur, C. S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur during zaid and summer - 2018-19.The selected parental lines areconsisted 12 lines (No-100, No.-512, No.- 40, No.-1, 5- URC-11-1, Panjab Naveen, Pusa Barkha, Poinsett-76, Pahari Barsati, Poinsett, Swarn Ageti, Pusa Uday with 3 testers (PCUC-8, Swarna Poona and Boro Patana). Observations were recorded on all the six plants maintained for 20 metric traits viz. day to first male flower initiation day to first female flower initiation, number of node for first male flower, number of node for first female flower, number of branches per plant, vine of length @ 60das, number of fruit per plant, day to first fruit set, number of fruit per vine @ 60das, length of fruit (cm.), number of node/wine, duration of crop average weight of fruit diameter of fruit, fruit yield (kg.)/plant, day to first fruit picking, T.S.S, specific gravity of fruit, dry matter (%).