Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch. ex Poir.) is an important vegetable that belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae. In Tamil Nadu, maximum diversity is found for pumpkin's fruit shape, fruit colour, vine length and yield characters. Among the cucurbitaceous vegetables, pumpkin has a place of high value due to its long shelf life, long period of availability, excellent response to vegetable forcing, high nutritive estimates and better transport qualities. This book holds the detailed study to estimate direct and indirect effects of different component characters on yield of pumpkin using path coefficient analysis. Also the study of genetic divergence using Mahalanobis D2 statistics and grouping of genotypes and to identify parental genotypes for hybridization programme based on diversity and per se performance.
Anusa Pavunraj is a budding Horticulturist who completed her Masters in Hortiulture, Vegetable Science from Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India on 2019. She is continuing her interest in Research of Vegetables alongside working as an Assistant Professor.
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Anusa Pavunraj é uma jovem horticultora que completou o seu mestrado em Horticultura, Ciência Vegetal da Universidade Annamalai, Tamilnadu, Índia, em 2019. Ela continua o seu interesse na Investigação de Hortaliças a par do seu trabalho como Professora Assistente.
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Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch. ex Poir.) is an important vegetable that belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae. In Tamil Nadu, maximum diversity is found for pumpkin's fruit shape, fruit colour, vine length and yield characters. Among the cucurbitaceous vegetables, pumpkin has a place of high value due to its long shelf life, long period of availability, excellent response to vegetable forcing, high nutritive estimates and better transport qualities. This book holds the detailed study to estimate direct and indirect effects of different component characters on yield of pumpkin using path coefficient analysis. Also the study of genetic divergence using Mahalanobis D2 statistics and grouping of genotypes and to identify parental genotypes for hybridization programme based on diversity and per se performance.
