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Genetic Variability and Field Performance of Some Sweet Gourd (cucurbita Moschata Duch) Accessions

Most. Altaf-Un-Nahar
Dept. of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh; and Exim Bank Bangladesh Agricultural University, Chapai-Nawabgonj

Shahnaz Begum
Rural Reconstruction Foundation (RRF), Jessore, Bangladesh

M.G. Rabbani
Dept. of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh;and EximBank Bangladesh Agricultural University, Chapai-Nawabgonj

Md. Rezaul Karim
Dept. of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh;and EximBank Bangladesh Agricultural University, Chapai-Nawabgonj

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Keywords: Genotypes, Genetic divergence, Sweet gourd

Location: Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

Start Date: 00-10-2003

End Date: 00-04-2005

Program Area: Variety and Species

Commodity: Sweet gourd

Objectives:

The present experiment was conducted to evaluate the field performances and genetic variability of 43 sweet gourd accessions.

Methodology:

The experiment was conducted at the field and laboratory of “Collection, Evaluation, Conservation and Utilization of Land races and Wild relatives of Some Important Vegetables and Fruits in Bangladesh (CVFB)” project, Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during the period from October 2003, to April, 2005. Forty three local sweet gourd genotypes were included in this study. The materials were collected by ‘CVFB’ project from different parts of Bangladesh which have been described previously. The experiment was conducted to evaluate the variability, character association and field performance and genetic divergence of 43 sweet gourd accessions. Each sweet gourd accession was considered as an individual treatment of the experiment. Therefore, there were 43 treatments in this experiment. The sources of the sweet gourd accessions have described previously. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design with three replications. One accession represented one treatment and two plants in an accession considered one replication. The unit plot was 12 m2maintaining a distance of 0.5 m between the plots. Treatments were randomly assigned to different plots of each block separately. The organic and inorganic fertilizers were applied at the rate of 15 ton cowdung, 12 kg triple super phosphate (TSP), 150 kg urea and 100 kg muriate of potash (MoP) per hectare, respectively (BARC, 1997). Fifty percent cowdung was applied at the time of final land preparation. The remaining cowdung, entire quantity of TSP and half of each urea and MoP were applied as basal dose during pit preparation. The rest of urea and MoP were top dressed in two installments at 30 and 50 days after transplanting.Three plants were selected at random from each plot for recording data. Data on different parameters were collected at vegetative and reproductive stages, and on fruit characters as well. The significance of different among the means was evaluated by least significant difference (LSD) test for interpretation of the result (Gomez and Gomez, 1984).

Source of Information: J. Sci. Technol. Environ. Inform. 04(02): 301-312| Nahar et al.(2016)

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI: 10.18801/jstei.040216.33

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Achievement/Findings:

Results revealed that wide variability exists among the sweet gourd accessions used in the present experiment. This variability can be used for selection of superior genotypes for cultivation at farmers' level as well as breeding for developing new varieties of sweet gourd. Selection criteria should include characters such as fruit length, fruit diameter, number of fruits per plant and average fruit weight for the development of high yielding varieties of sweet gourd. Further collection of sweet gourd germplasm should be continued for wider genetic variability and selection of desired traits.

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