Effect of Fruit Maturity Stages and Post Harvest Ripening Period on Seed Quality of Bitter Gourd (Momordica charantia L.)

摘要

The present experiment was conducted to ascertain the effect of different fruit maturity stages and post harvest ripening period on seed quality of bitter gourd in the laboratory of Department of Seed Science and Technology, University of AgriculturalSciences, Raichur during the year 2018. The experiment consisted of three stages of fruit maturity (M : Partial yellow, M2: Half yellow and M3: Complete yellow) and four different post harvest ripening periods (R, (0 days), R2 (3 days), R., (6 days) andR4 (9 days) and their combinations. The experiment was laid down in two FCRD (Factorial Completely Randomized Design) with four replications. The results obtained revealed that among the various fruit maturity stages M3 (Complete yellow) recorded significantly higher seed quality parameters and among the various ripening period studied, R2 (3 days) were found to be best and among the interaction, the MjRj (complete yellow 0 days) recorded significantly higher seed quality parameters in bitter gourd compared to other treatments.