GROWTH AND YIELD PERFORMANCE OF FOUR PUMPKIN (Cucurbita moschata) LINES

An experiment was conducted at Horticultural farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh during period from November 2013 to March 2014 to evaluate the performance of four pumpkin lines (L₁ to L₄). From the result of the current study maximum number of branches/plant (3.7), vine length (4.0 m), leaf area (946.6 cm²), single fruit weight (3.5 kg) and yield (26.5 kg/plant) was found from L₂ but maximum number of fruit/plant was found from L₄ (10.0). Early flowering (56.3 days) and maturity (93.7 days) was found from L₂ while minimum sex ratio (male flower : female flower) from L₄ (0.33).