Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Soundarya CC, K Usha Kumari, AVD Dorajee Rao, TSKK Kiran Patro and K Umakrishna

Abstract:
The present investigation was carried out to evaluate ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis L.) genotypes for growth, yield and yield attributes. The experiment was conducted at College of Horticulture, Venkataramannagudem during late kharif season of 2021-22 with two replications in Randomized Block Design. Total fifteen ivy gourd genotypes were evaluated for growth, yield and yield attributes. Significant variation was observed among all the genotypes. Mean performance of genotypes for growth, yield and yield attributes revealed that genotype VRGIG-11 recorded highest vine length, internodal length, petiole length, leaf area and fruit yield per vine. Number of primary branches recorded maximum in VRGIG-12, chlorophyll content was highest in VRGIG-6. First female flower appearance at earlier node, minimum days taken for first female appearance, minimum days to first fruit set and minimum days for first harvest noticed in VRGIG-5. Minimum days taken for 50% flowering, less number of days taken from fruit set to maturity and more number of fruits per vine was recorded in VRGIG-7. Most of the genotypes showed 100.00 percentage fruit set except VRGIG-2, VRGIG-5 and VRGIG-3. VRGIG-13 recorded maximum fruit diameter and fruit weight. Fruit length recorded highest in VRGIG-4 and number of seeds found minimum in VRGIG-2.