Fruit, Seed Characteristics and Seed Yield of Some Bottle Gourds (Lagenaria siceraria Molina Standl.) Genotypes From Turkish Germplasm

In this study, some fruit and seed characteristics and seed yield of a 22 genotypes of Turkish Lagenaria siceraria germplasm were determined. Ten seedlings from each genotype were transplanted with 3.0 m*0.5 m spacing to open field. 10 kg N da(-1), 10 kg P2O5 da(-1) and 10 kg K2O da(-1) fertilizers were added to the soil during soil preparation. Fruit diameter, fruit length, fruit seed yield, 100 seed weight, seed width, seed length and seed thickness were determined in three replication with five fruits. While the fruit length was between 134.2 and 1.15 cm, the fruit diameter varied between 2.34 and 9.42 cm. LS31-09 produced the highest seed yield with 153.85 g fruit(-1), and the lowest seed yield was obtained from LS01-18 with 2.53 g fruit(-1). Genotypic variation was significant in 100 seed weight, and the 100 seeds weight with a mean of 20.1 g ranged from 3.7 g to 28.1 g. The fruit diameter was positively correlated with the seed yield per fruit, seed length and 100 seed weight. Overall, 100 seed weight was positively correlated with fruit seed yield, seed width and seed index, and a strong positive correlation between 100 seed weight and seed length. This study showed that Turkish bottle germplasm have high seed yield genotypes..