Impact of pinching on growth, flowering and yield of bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.]

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dc.contributor.advisorMahala, Prakash
dc.contributor.authorSharma, Pragati
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-03T10:33:18Z
dc.date.available2024-01-03T10:33:18Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe field experiment was conducted to study the “Impact of pinching on growth, flowering and yield of bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.]” in loamy sand and sandy loam soils of the Vegetable Research Farm, Ludhiana and Regional Research Station, Abohar, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana during kharif 2022. The experiment comprising of 9 pinching treatments (no pinching, pinching on main branch at 2nd node, pinching on main and lateral branches at 2nd node, pinching on main branch at 4th node, pinching on main branch and lateral branches at 4th node, pinching on main branch at 6th node, pinching on main branch and lateral branches at 6th node, pinching on main branch at 8th node and pinching on main branch and lateral branches at 8th node) and replicated three times, was laid out in randomized block design. The results of the study have clearly shown that the pinching on main branch and lateral branches at 6th node significantly increased total number of branches at the time of final harvest (7.36), days to first male flower appearance (49.18 days), number of female flowers (24.35), polar diameter of fruit (14.75 cm), equatorial diameter of fruit (13.76 cm), fruit weight (587.91 g), number of fruits per vine (7.23), early fruit yield per plot (14.17 kg), fruit yield (42.50 kg plot-1 and 566.7 q ha-1), harvest duration (68.03 days) and significantly reduced vine length at the time of final harvest (383.17 cm), days to first female flower appearance (53.97 days) and number of male flowers (121.69) and days taken to fruit harvest (61.97 days). Maximum net returns Rs. 357007 of bottle gourd was obtained with the pinching on main branch and lateral branches at 6th node. Further, maximum B: C ratio (3.70:1) in bottle gourd was observed in pinching on main branch and lateral branches at 6th node. Further it may be concluded that significantly better yield, net returns and maximum B: C ratio can be obtained from bottle gourd by the pinching on main branch and lateral branches at 6th node.
dc.identifier.citationSharma, Pragati (2023). Impact of pinching on growth, flowering and yield of bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.] (Unpublished M.Sc. thesis). Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
dc.identifier.urihttps://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810205417
dc.keywordsBottle gourd
dc.keywordspinching
dc.keywordsmain & lateral branch and yield.
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.pages63
dc.publisherPunjab Agricultural University
dc.research.problemImpact of pinching on growth, flowering and yield of bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.]
dc.subVegetable Science
dc.themeImpact of pinching on growth, flowering and yield of bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.]
dc.these.typeM.Sc
dc.titleImpact of pinching on growth, flowering and yield of bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.]
dc.typeThesis
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