Snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumerina L.)

The present investigation was conducted to 36 hybrids were evaluated for growth and earliness through line x tester method to identify combinations expressing high hybrid vigour in snake gourd. The analysis of variance revealed that mean squares due to progenies and parents were highly significant for all the traits like growth, earliness and yield characters. Among the 36 hybrids, seven hybrids viz.

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Line x Tester analysis was carried out for thirteen diversified parents at the department of Horticulture, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, to study the combining ability for yield and yield contributing characters in snake gourd. The analysis for combining ability revealed significant mean sum of squares of both general combining ability (GCA) and specific combining ability (SCA) for all the characters which indicate that the presence of both additive and non-additive gene actions.

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Snake gourd plant is a crop of great potentials. It is a crop that grows well in a tropical climate. The crop can be cultivated for personal consumption or for commercial purpose. The esfruit is highly nutritious and good source of vitamins. It has been proofed that it improves appetite and used in the treatments of disease like fever, head ache, alopecia, skin rachises etc. For the potential of this crop to be harness, more research should be encouraged on its mechanization and utilization which will eventually promote its commercialization.

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