Journal ID : AMA-14-09-2023-12588
[This article belongs to Volume - 54, Issue - 09]
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Title : Impact of pinching on yield and economics aspects of bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.]

Abstract :

A research experiment entitled “Impact of pinching on yield and economics aspects of bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl.]” was conducted at Punjab Agricultural University - Vegetable Research Farm, Ludhiana and Regional Research Station, Abohar during kharif season, 2022. The experimental were laid out in randomized block design with three replications having nine pinching treatments at different nodes. Pinching treatment was given at main branch and lateral branches of bottle gourd vines in each plot according to the assigned treatments. The results revealed that pinched plants on main branch and lateral branches at 6th node remarkably significantly increased polar diameter of fruit (14.75 cm), equatorial diameter of fruit (13.76 cm), fruit weight (587.91 g), number of fruits per vine (7.23), early fruit yield per plot (14.17 kg), fruit yield (42.50 kg plot-1 and 566.7 q ha-1), harvest duration (68.03 days), overall B: C ratio (3.70:1) and least number of days to fruit harvest (61.97 days). Based on the outcomes presented above, it can be inferred that pinching on main branch and lateral branches at 6th node demonstrates superior results concerning the comprehensive yield aspects in bottle gourd.

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