Studies on the effect of spacing and pruning on growth parameters of bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) Var. Samrat under Konkan agro-climatic condition

Abstract

The present investigation entitled, “Effect of spacing and pruning on growth parameters of bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) var. Samrat” was conducted at Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri (M.S.) during summer season of 2017. The experiment was laid out in Split plot design with three main plot treatments of spacing viz. S1 (1.5 m x 0.5m), S2 (1.5 m x 0.75 m), S3 (1.5 cm x 1m) and three sub- plot treatments of pruning P1-pruning at 1m length, P2-pruning at 2 m length, P3­- No pruning each treatment replicated thrice. During present investigation, in case of effect of the interactions between spacing and pruning on growth of bottle gourd vine, growth parameters differ significantly. In case of interactions of spacing and pruning results showed that at last harvest stage maximum length of vine was recorded by interaction S1P3 (256.93 cm) and S3P3 recorded maximum internodal length (13.18 cm) and basal stem diameter (20.21 mm).