Assessment of breeding potential of ridge gourd [Luffa acutangula (roxb.) L.] germplasm for growth, yield and quality using diversity (D2 ) analysis

An investigation on evaluation of ridge gourd germplasm was carried out at College Orchard, Department of Vegetable Crops, Horticulture College and Research Institute, TNAU, Coimbatore. Totally thirty five ridge gourd genotypes were grouped into five clusters based on D2 values, which exhibited no association between geographical and genetic divergence.