Ridge gourd Questions and Answers
Horticulture
Ridge gourd
| S.N. | Question | Answer |
| 1 | Botanical name? | Luffa acutangula |
| 2 | Local Names? | Ribbed Gourd, Turrel ,Turia , Sirola |
| 3 | Family? | Cucurbitaceae |
| 4 | Origin? | Asia |
| 5 | Climate Warm and humid climate is favorable for its growth and development. The optimum temperature requirement is? | 25-30ºC |
| 6 | Chromosome number? | 2n=26 |
| 7 | Seed rate? | 4-5 kg/hac |
| 8 | Spacing? | 2 x 1 |
| 9 | Commercially trained on? | kniffin system |
| 10 | It is used in? | Bathing Sponge |
| 11 | Ridge gourd is cultivated both as summer and rainy season crop. Summer crop: January to April and Rainy season crop? | June to July |
| 12 | The full-grown should be harvested when they are still green. Delay in harvesting causes the fruit to become? | Unfit for marketing |
| 13 | The average yield of ridge Gourd is? | 80-120 q/ha. |
| 14 | Main insect pests found in ridge gourd cultivation? | Beetles, fruit flies and caterpillars |
| 15 | The fruits start to form after ….. from the day of sowing in pits? | 55 to 60 days |
| 16 | On an average one can obtain up to yield ridge gourd crop? | 90 quintals from 1 hectare |
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| Varieties | ||
| Pusa Nasdar | Satputia – Hermaphrodite variety | Punjab Sadabahar |
| Konkan Harita | ||
| Hybrid | ||
| Surekha | Arka Sujat | Swarna Uphar (2006) |
| Swarna Sawani (2013) | Arka Prasan | Akra Vikram |
| SPONGE GOURD | Swarna Manjari | Kashi Shivani |
| PKM-l | ||
Disease -:
| S.N. | Disease Name | Causal organism |
| 1 | Anthracnose | Colletotrichum spp. |
| 2 | Bud Nemesis | Virus |
| 3 | Downy mildew | Pseudoperonospora cubensis |
| 4 | Powdery mildew | Ensiphe cichoracearum |
| 5 | Witches broom | Mycoplasma |
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