Morphological characterization and genetic variability studies in bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standley.]

The present investigation was carried out at Horticultural Research Station, Mondouri, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India during spring summer seasons of 2015, 2016 and 2017 in a Randomized Block Design with three replications. The morphological characterization was done as per minimal descriptors of NBPGR developed for bottle gourd. The results revealed that the greatest diversity was observed in fruit characters especially fruit shape and fruit colour among the genotypes for various characters studied.