1Department of Botany, RBS College, Agra-282 002 (Uttar Pradesh).
2Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences, Dr BR Ambedkar University, Agra-282 002 (Uttar Pradesh).
Exploration for watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris L.) was undertaken in south-west and central parts of Uttar Pradesh where wide range of fruit and seeds variability was observed. The species was uniformly distributed throughout south-east region of Ganga river bank at Farrukhabad and Kanpur. It exhibited considerable variation in fruit shape, rind colour and mottling, colour of stripes, glossiness, fruit size, weight and flesh colour.
Watermelon, Diversity, Exploration, Collection
