Division of Olericulture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Science and Technology (K), Shalimar, Srinagar, 191 121.
*Corresponding author's E-mail: drkouserpwani2000@yahoo.com
**Central Instt. on Temperate Horticulture, Sanatnagar, Srinagar, J&K
Combining ability effects were estimated for 14 different characters in bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl) comprising 45 hybrids obtained by crossing 15 lines and 3 testers by line x tester method. Significant differences were observed among the parents and hybrids/crosses for gca and sca effects respectively. Analysis of gca effects for parents revealed that line NDBG-123 possessed high gca effects for 10 out of 14 traits followed by SHBG-11 (8 traits), KLG (5 traits) and SHBG-12 (3 traits). Crosses exhibiting sca effects for most of the traits were NDBG-4000 × PSPL (2 traits), L-27 × BGS-50 (5 traits) L-10 × PSPL (2 traits), BTG-1 × SHBG-11 (2 traits), Punjab Round × PSPL (3 traits), NDBG-20 × PSPL (2 traits), L-10 × SHBG-11 (6 traits), NDBG-123 × SHBG-11 (5 traits) and Kalyanpur Long Green × SHBG-11 (6 traits). Pb. Round × SHBG-11 (5 traits), Local Long Green × SHBG11 (5 traits) and SHBG-12 × BGS-50 (3 traits).
Bottle gourd, combining ability effects, gca, sca, line x tester
