Evaluation of wax gourd [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.] genotypes for growth, yield and quality attributes.
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2021-10-11
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Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India
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The present investigation entitled “Evaluation of wax gourd [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.)
Cogn.] genotypes for growth, yield and quality attributes’’ was conducted during kharif season
of 2020 at Vegetable Research Farm of College of Horticulture, Banda University of Agriculture
and Technology, Banda. The experiment was laid out in a Randomize Block Design including
21 genotypes of ash gourd viz., BUAG-1, BUAG-2, BUAG-3, BUAG-4, BUAG-5, BUAG-6,
BUAG-7, BUAG-8, BUAG-9, BUAG-10, BUAG-11, BUAG-12, BUAG-13, BUAG-14,
BUAG-15, BUAG-16, BUAG-17, BUAG-18, Kashi Dhawal, Kashi Ujwal and Kashi Surbhi in
three replications. The treatments were applied in three replications. The data were recorded on
vine length (m), number of primary branches, internodal length (cm), crop duration (DAS), polar
diameter of fruit (cm), fruit peripheral thickness (cm), flesh thickness (cm), average fruit weight
(kg), number of seeds per fruit, 100 seed weight (g), fruit yield (q/ha), total soluble solid (0Brix),
vitamin C (mg/100g) and protein (mg/100g).
The genotype BUAG-11 showed maximum values for fruit yield (355.89 q/ha), vitamin C (44.60
mg/100 g), fruit peripheral thickness (71.02 cm) and polar diameter of fruits (46.31.cm) and at
par to highest values for fruit protein (358.45 mg/100 g), average fruit weight (4.71 kg), flesh
thickness (5.68 cm) and vine length (6.04 m).
The genotype BUAG-10 had highest value of flesh thickness (6.18 cm and average fruit weight
(7.52 kg) and second highest fruit yield (344.64 kg). Highest value for number of primary
branches (3.69) and at par to highest fruit yield (333.69 q/ha) along with lowest vine length
(3.10 m) and 100 seed weight (2.74 g) was noted in BUAG-7. Similarly, BUAG-18 registered
highest vine length (8.55 m) and TSS (4.36 0Brix).
Lowest 100 seed weight (2.74 g) and at par to highest fruit yield (333.69 q/ha) was noted in
BUAG-7 whereas minimum number of seeds per fruit was observed in BUAG-15 (384.08).
The ideotype (ideal plant) in wax gourd may be defined as 7.75 m-8.50 m vine length, 3.30-3.70
primary branches, 9.0-11.50 cm internodal length, 130-135 DAS maturity duration, 46 cm polar
and 52 cm peripheral thickness of fruits, 5.7 cm-6.20 cm flesh thickness, 7.50 kg fruit weight,
380-390 seeds per fruit, as low as 2.7g-3.3g 100 seed weight, 4.3- 4.4 0Brix TSS, 40-45 mg/100
g vitamin C, 300-375 mg/100 g protein and 333-355 q/ha fruit yield.
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Hradesh Shivhare 2021. Evaluation of wax gourd [Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.] genotypes for growth, yield and quality attributes. M.Sc. Thesis.