EVALUATION OF F1 HYBRIDS IN ORIENTAL PICKLING MELON (Cucumis melo var. conomon)
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore
Abstract
Oriental pickling melon is one of the melon group vegetable of the
Cucurbitaceae. In Karnataka it is called by local name as samber southe
or Mangalore southe. Which contain moderate amount of vitamins and
minerals and the fruits possess cooling properties and are used as a skin
moisturizer and as a digestive agent. Present field experiment was carried
out at Department of Horticulture, GKVK, UAS, Bengaluru during the
year 2010-2011 to evaluate 25 Oriental pickling melon F1 hybrids for
yield, quality and pest and diseases. The F1 hybrid CMC GKVK 1 X CMC
GKVK 2 have shown better performance for characters such as fruit
length and fruit diameter, while the F1 hybrid CMC GKVK 2 X CMC
GKVK 4 performed well for other characters such as per cent fruit set,
number of fruits, total fruit yield per vine and also it was moderately
resistant to powdery mildew. However, the fruit flesh thickness and total
soluble solids where high with the F1 hybrid CMC GKVK 1 X CMC GKVK
12. Finally it can be inferred that among the F1 hybrids CMC GKVK 2 X
CMC GKVK 4, CMC GKVK 1 X CMC GKVK 2, CMC GKVK 5 X CMC
GKVK 8 and CMC GKVK 9 X CMC GKVK 2 were high yielding. For the
purpose of processing F1 hybrids CMC GKVK 1 X CMC GKVK 12, CMC
GKVK 7 X CMC GKVK 9, CMC GKVK 1 X CMC GKVK 2 and CMC GKVK
2 X CMC GKVK 4 were suitable.