1Department of Horticulture, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
2Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, R.V.S.K.V.V, Indore, Gwalior
Department of Horticulture, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221 002, India
*Corresponding author's e-mail: mbgbhu@gmail.com
Studies were carried out to estimate heterosis for yield and yield traits in bottle gourd. Heterosis for fruit yield per vine ranged from-35.2 to 23.9 per cent over mid parent and-17.6 to 68.5 per cent over standard check Samrat. For number of fruits per plant and average fruit weight was ranged from-28.2 to17.9 per cent and-22.1 to 22.4 per cent over mid parent and-17.6 to 53.3 per cent and-11.7 to 44.6 per cent over standard check Samrat, respectively. Regarding fruit length the heterosis ranged from-15.1 to 19.9 over mid parent while standard heterosis ranged from-7.05 to 48.9. Heterosis for days to first fruit harvest ranged from-0.53 to-12.4 and-0.55 to-14.7 over mid parent and standard check respectively. It was important to note that six F1 hybrids viz., Samrat X Aditi followed by Aditi X TC 092372, IC 093236 X TC 092372, Samrat X TC 092372, Samrat X IC 093236 and Aditi X PSPL produced significantly higher yield than the standard check Samrat.
Fruit diameter, Fruit length, Heterosis, PSPL, Samrat, Yield per vine
