Determination of Variability for Yield Advancement in Bottle Gourd [Lagenaria Siceraria (Molina) Standl]

An experiment entitled “Determination of variability for yield advancement in Bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl]” was carried out at Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Applied Plant Science (Horticulture), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow during Kharif season of 2008 and 2009. The trial was conducted in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The observations were recorded on twelve characters of bottle gourd viz. days to fifty percent germination, days to first male flower anthesis, days to first female flower anthesis, node number to first male flower, node number to first female flower, vine length (m), number of nodes per vine, number of primary branches per plant, length of fruit (cm), weight per fruit (kg), number of fruits per plant and fruit yield per plant (Kg). The analyzed data revealed that among the 15 parents PSPL followed VRBG-88 and VRBG-105 gave maximum results and among the 36 F₁ hybrids, cross VRBG-44 x Pusa Naveen followed by VRBG-105 x Pusa Naveen and VRBG-44 x PSPL gave maximum fruit yield per plant.