STUDY ON THE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT ON SOME PUMKIN VARIETIES IN THAI NGUYEN IN 2015

Abstract

The field experiment including 8 pumkin varieties was carried out in two reasons (The spring crop and autumn-winter crop in 2015) at College of Agriculture and Forestry. The results of experiment showed that all 8 pumkin varieties had a good growth and resistance to pests and diseases. The growth duration of the trialed varieties varied from 74 - 81 days shorter than that of both two local pumkin varieties (control). One plant produced from  2.5 - 3.6 female flowers and 1,5 -2,3 fruits which had average weight of  0,6 -1,1 kg/fruit. The fruit yields of the 8 experimented vireties were all higher than that of the control. The highest fruit yield group was observed in Goldstar 998 and TLP 868 which achieved 168.27 and 160.73 quintals/ha, in the spring crop, 152.52 and 152.44 quintals/ha in the autumn-winter crop, respectively).