PERFORMANCE OF PARENTS AND HYBRIDS FOR YIELD AND YIELD ATTRIBUTING CHARACTERS IN RIDGE GOURD (LUFFA ACUTANGULA (ROXB.) L.)

Abstract

The present study was carried out to know the performance of hybrids and their parents for the sixteen quantitative traits attributing for yield in ridge gourd. Among the parents used for investigation T₁, T₃ and L₄ were high yielding of 1.36, 1.09 and 1.07 kg per vine, respectively. The promising hybrids L₄ x T₁, L₅ x T₁ and L₁ x T₂ recorded high yield of 2.27, 2.16 and 1.93 kg per vine, respectively over the two commercial checks. The hybrid L₄ x T₁ was most promising for various traits which contribute to early and highest fruit yield per vine. The best performing parents can be used for further breeding programmes and hybrids could be exploited for cultivation.