Journal of Scientific Research and Reports

The field experiment was conducted during rabi 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 at Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, SHUATS, Prayagraj, (U.P).  The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with twelve treatments, including control, which were replicated thrice. The main objective of the experiment was to evaluate the relation to growth, yield and quality, suitable Nutrient composition and shelf life of pointed gourd. The analysis of variance revealed that mean sum of squares due to hybrids was highly significant for all characters like Days to germination, Days to first Female Flowering, Vine length (m), Nodes per vine, Ascorbic acid %, Total Soluble Solids (⁰Brix), Reducing sugar, Non reducing sugar, Total sugar, in Pointed gourd indicated significant variation among the genotype under the current study. This research analysed the growth and development of a variety of plants, specifically pointed gourds. Kashi Suphal recorded the earliest days to bud germination (15.01 days, 16.20 days, and 15.50 days), with the longest days being recorded by Narendra Parwal 307 at 24.67 days. The earliest recorded days till the first female blossoming were 125.10, 127.86, and 126.43 days in Kashi Suphal, followed by Kashi 141 (129.01 days, 130.26 days, and 130.14 days). Rajendra Parwal had the quickest time to the first female blooming (146.67 days, 137.11 days, and 141.89 days, respectively). The Kashi Suphal variety of pointed guard was taller than other types (8.60m, 8.83m, 8.72m) and had the highest number of nodes per vine (69.67 node, 66.89 node, and 68.28 node) compared to other types. The Kashi Suphal variety of pointed guard was taller than other types in terms of fruit diameter (cm), fruit length (cm), and no of fruits per vine (141.08, 138.80, 139.90). Fruit weight per plant was much higher in the Kashi Suphal variety of pointed guard than other types (6.38 kg, 6.25 kg, 6.25 kg), while the lowest was in Narendra Parwal 307 in both the year and pooled analysis. The Kashi Suphal variety of pointed guard had the highest fruit yield per plot (kg) and the lowest fruit yield per hectare (t/ha). Overall, the study highlights the significant differences in growth and development of pointed guard varieties across different genotypes.