Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Som Prakash, RS Verma, Viplaw Kumar, Harvindra Pal and Bhag Chand Shivran

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted during 2018-19 and 2019-20 at Horticulture Research Farm-1, BBAU, Lucknow, “Studies on growth, yield and quality parameters in bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.)”, revealed that node number to first staminate flowers, node number to first pistillate flowers, days to anthesis of first staminate flowers, days to anthesis of first pistillate flowers, days to first fruit harvest, vine length (m), fruit length (cm), nodes per plant, number of branches per plant, number of seeds per plant, fruit diameter (cm), number of fruits per plant, seeds weight per fruit (g), average fruit weight (g), ascorbic acid (mg/100 g), reducing sugar (%), non-reducing sugar (%), total sugars (%), T.S.S.(⁰Brix), titratable acidity (%) and marketable fruit yield per plants (kg) were maximized.