Agro-morphological characterization of spine gourd (Momordica dioica Roxb.)

Abstract

Spine gourd showed huge diversity in all morphological traits. Nine qualitative and seventeen quantitative characters were assessed for each of fifteen promising genotypes at Horticulture research farm, IGKV, Raipur during kharif 2021.Categorical differences were observed for all 26 characters. The knowledge and nature magnitude of genetic analysis existed will provide the foundation of designing breeding program and selection of parents for the eventual development of new productive cultivars of spine gourd.