Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Anoj Yadav and GC Yadav

Abstract:
Present investigations were carried out in bottle gourd to assess the mean performance, general mean and range for twenty three quantitative characters. Twenty seven bottle gourd hybrids generated by crossing 9 lines with 3 testers cross, along with their twelve parents were evaluated salt affected in randomized complete block design with three replication at the Main Experiment Station, Department of Vegetable Science, ANDUA&T, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, during the of Zaid seasons of year 2020 and 2021. The pooled estimates of mean performance for total fruit yield per plant varied from 2.34 to 3.71 kg for parents and 3.35 to 7.38 kg fruit for hybrids. The mean values over the parental lines and F₁ hybrids were 3.05 and 4.66 kg, respectively. The highest mean performance for most desirable traits fruit yield per plant was exhibited by Narendra Pooja (3.71 kg) followed by NDBG-Sel-1 (3.42 kg), Narendra Prabha (3.40 kg), Narendra Rashmi (3.36 kg) and NDBG-28 (3.33 kg) for parent. Among the hybrids, the highest fruit yield per plant was exhibited by NDBG-13 × Narendra Rashmi (7.38 kg) followed by NDBG-13 × Narendra Prabha (6.48 kg), NDBG-Sel-1 × Narendra Rashmi (6.17 kg), Narendra Kamna × Narendra Rashmi (5.84 kg) and Narendra Pooja × Pusa Naveen (4.89 kg) in descending order.