EVALUATION OF VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND YIELD PERFORMANCE OF RIDGE GOURD HYBRIDS ENTRIES [Luffa acutangula L. Roxb.]- ALL INDIA CO-ORDINATED VEGETABLE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (AICVIP) HYBRID TRIALS (IET)

R. PANDIYAN¹*, L. PUGALENTHI², V.A. SATHYAMURTHY^3
1Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
²Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
³Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
* Corresponding Author : kalaivanipandiyan.74@rediffmail.com

Received : 02-11-2018     Accepted : 26-05-2019     Published : 30-05-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 5       Pages : 1585 - 1587
Int J Microbiol Res 11.5 (2019):1585-1587

Keywords : ICAR-AICVIP-VC, Ridge gourd hybrids entries (IET), Vegetative growth, Yield
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India. Authors are also thankful to All India Co-Ordinated Vegetable Improvement Project
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

A field experiment was carried out to study on Evaluation of vegetative growth and yields performance of Ridge Gourd hybrids entries - All India Co- ordinated Vegetable Improvement Project (AICVIP) hybrid trials (IET) from 2013 to 2014 at the Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications, which included the seeds of the Ridge gourd hybrid entries viz. 2013/RIGHYB-1, 2013/RIGHYB-2, 2013/RIGHYB-5, 2013/RIGHYB-6, PUSA NASDAR (C) were sown with care in the field during the year 2013to 2014 at the spacing of 150 X 75 cm with the plot size of 4.2 x 3.5 m. Significant differences were observed among the genotypes for growth and yield parameters. Among the different ridge gourd genotypes tested, the highest fruit yield (245.1 q/ha) was recorded in 2013/RIGHYB-1 followed by 2013/RIGHYB-5(220.0 q/ha).Whereas the check, PUSA NASDAR (C) recorded the yield of 217.8 q/ha respectively

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