Vol. 10, Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
Shisamen Pongen, Anita Kerketta and Vijay Bahadur

Abstract:
The present investigation entitled “Evaluation of different hybrids for growth, yield and fruit quality in Sponge Gourd (Luffa cylindrical M. Roem)” was carried out at Vegetable Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Prayagraj (U.P.) during zaid season of 2020-2021 of 24 hybrids, with 3 replications in Randomized Block Design (RBD). Analysis of variance in the present investigation indicated that the hybrids evaluated differed significantly among all the treatment for all thecharacter traits. The study revealed that the hybrid 2019/SPGHYB-4 recorded the minimum in days to first female flower appearance (36.67 days), minimum in male flower appearance on node (7.33), maximum in vine length (6.60 cm), fruit length (27 cm), fruit diameter (3.90 cm), no. of fruits per plant (12.21), fruit yield per plant (1.55 kg/plant) and maximum yield (137.17 q/ha). The hybrid 2018/SPGHYB-5 recorded the minimum in days to first male flower appearance (40.16 days), the maximum fruit weight (138.30 kg) and TSS (4.81° Brix).The minimum days to first harvest was observed in hybrid 2020/SPGHYB-5 (43.20 days) while the minimum days to last harvest was recorded in hybrid 2020/SPGHYB-7 (94.49 days).The hybrid 2019/SPGHYB-4 was found to be the superior hybrid in terms of growth, yield and fruit quality.