Vol. 4 (3) : May-June 2013 issue
Green Farming Vol. 4 (3) : 291-293 (May-June, 2013)
Evaluation of F1 hybrids in oriental pickling melon (Cucumis melo var. conomon) for important pest and diseases
G.N. THYAGARAJ1*, T.B. PUTTARAJU2 and N. SANTHOSH3
Division of Horticulture, Gandhi Krishi Vignana Kendra, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru - 560 065 (Karnataka)
Designation : 1,3PG. Student *(thyaguhort@gmail.com), 2Professor
Subject : Fruit Science and Pomology
Paper No. :
Total Pages : 3
Received : 18 December 2012
Revised accepted : 18 May 2013
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Citation :
G.N. THYAGARAJ, T.B. PUTTARAJU and N. SANTHOSH. 2013. Evaluation of F1 hybrids in oriental pickling melon (Cucumis melo var. conomon) for important pest and diseases. Green Farming Vol. 4 (3) : 291-293 ; May-June, 2013
ABSTRACT
An field experiment was carried out during 2010-2011 at vegetable seed production block, Department of Horticulture, GKVK, UAS, Bangalore. 25 F1 hybrids of oriental pickling melon are used to evaluate for important pest and diseases. Results have clearly exhibited the F1 hybrids such as CMC GKVK 2 X CMC GKVK 4, CMC GKVK 3 X CMC GKVK 11 and CMC GKVK 5 X CMC GKVK 13 are moderately resistant F1 hybrids for powdery mildew incidence, downy mildew incidence and fruit fly infestation respectively.
Key words :
Evaluation, Fruit fly, Oriental prickling melon, Powdery mildew.
