Tropical and subtropical vegetables (2+1)

Varieties

• There are two types of ash gourd, purple-green and green. They are also classified as round and oblong types. Ash gourd is an annual hispid (rough with bristle-like hairs), climbing, herbaceous monoecious plant varying several meters in length.

CO 1
Medium duration, fruits are globular in shape weighing 5-6 kg with less seeds. Six to eight fruits are borne on a vine. The crop duration is 140 days. Released by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.


CO1                                           CO2

CO 2
• Early maturing variety (120 days), fruits small weighing 3kg, long spherical in shape, less seeds (around 200-300 seeds), light green coloured flesh, higher yielder than CO 1. Released by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.

Mudaliar
• Fruits are big, pale-green in colour. It is recommended for Tamil Nadu by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
  

  

  Mudaliar                                               Indu

Indu
Medium sized round fruits, tolerant to mosaic disease, average fruit length is 24.3 cm and fruit breadth is 23.78 cm and productivity is 24.5 tonnes per hectare. It was developed by Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur.

Shakthi
It is recommended by Andra Pradesh Agricultural University, Hyderabad. Friuts are long, cylindrical, yield 30 to35 t/ha in 140 to150 days.

Karikumbala
It is developed by University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. Local cultivar having dark green fruits without ashy coat.

Karikumbala                                                        Boodikumbala

Boodikumbala
Local cultivar where dark green fruits are covered with ashy coat. It is developed by University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.

IVAG-502
Fruits are oblong with average weight of 12 to13 kg. Yield is 30 to35 t/ ha. It is evolved at IIVR, Varanasi.