Study of physio-morphological characters of snake gourd germplasm

• Published in: Bulletin of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University Vol. 38; no. 1; pp. 025 - 030
• Main Authors: Ara, N., Hossain, M.F., Bashar, M.K., Hiossain, J., Choudhuary, R.U.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University 2015
• Subjects: germplasm and yield; Physio-morphological; snake gourd
• ISSN: 0915-499X; 1881-4212
• DOI: 10.11189/bita.38.025

Physio-morphological characters of twenty one germplasm of snake gourd were studied at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Ishwardi, Pabna, Bangladesh during the growing season of 2012. Wide variations were found among the germplasm in respect of flower, yield and qualitative characters. All parameters were significant difference except days to 1st male flowering. The maximum number of fruit per plant (30.39) was obtained from the germplasm TDISDOO8, while the minimum number of fruits per plant (15.90) was found from check 1ocal cultivar. Regarding, length and diameter of fruit, the longest and the widest fruit were produced by TDISOO6 (51.00 cm) and TDISDO15 (16.80 cm), respectively. The highest yield per plant (16.88 kg) was recorded in TDISDO18 which was statistically similar toTDISD003 (6.84 kg) and the lowest yield per plant (3.64 kg) was obtained from local cultivar. However, the highest marketable yield (45.44 t/ha) was obtained from TDISD018 and the lowest yield (24.32 t/ha) was found in local (24.32 t/ha), respectively.