Author(s):

GM Malve, NS Titirmare and RS Karangami

Abstract: The present investigation was carried out in two different seasons with aim to find out the gene action for inheritance of growth, yield and quality traits in bitter gourd. The present study was comprised of 21 crosses developed through 7x7 half diallel mating design using 7 parents namely, Phule green gold (P1), Preethi (P2), Arka harit (P3), Co-white long (P4), DVBTG-7 (P5), Hirkani (P6), Konkan tara (P7), at Instructional-Cum-Research Farm, Dept. of Horticulture, College of Agricuilture, Latur (M.H.) India during kharif 2015. The experiments were laid out in RBD with two replications having each experimental unit of single row with spacing of 1.5 × 0.5m. The observations were recorded on parents and F₁’s for fifteen quantitative traits viz Number of nodes per vine, Inter nodal length (cm), number of female flowers, number of male flowers, Sex ratio, days required for first harvest, vine length (cm), number of branches per vine, fruit length (cm), fruit diameter (cm), fruit weight (g), number of fruits per vine, fruit yield per vine (kg), Fruit yield per ha (q).

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