Performance of Bottle Gourd Hybrids for Growth, Yield and Quality under Prayagraj Agro-Climatic Conditions

An experiment entitled “Performance of Bottle Gourd Hybrids for Growth, Yield and Quality under Prayagraj Agro-climatic conditions” was conducted during February to May. 2022, in field of Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj (U.P.) India. The results of the present investigation, regarding the performance of 09 hybrid genotypes of Bottle Gourd i.e. (AVT-II 2019/BOGHYB-1, AVT-II 2019/BOGHYB-2, AVTII 2019/BOGHYB-3, AVT-II 2019/BOGHYB-4, AVT-II 2019/BOGHYB-5, AVT-II 2019/BOGHYB-6, AVT-II 2019/BOGHYB-7, SARITA (check hybrid) and ARMAN (check hybrid)) obtained from different sources evaluated for plant growth, yield and quality have been discussed and interpreted in the light of previous research work done in India. The experiment was conducted in Randomized block design, where each replicated thrice. From the present experimental finding it was found that hybrid SARITA is with the maximum number of female flowers (17.7), number of fruits/plant (12.70 fruits), average yield per plant (10.57 kg/plant), yield per hectare (469.88 q/ha). TSS (3.2 °B) The highest cost benefit ratio (3.7) was found for bottle gourd in hybrid SARITA under Prayagraj Agro-climatic condition.