Spine Gourd Farming in India
Ganesh Kumar Koli*
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana (125 004), India
Deepak Kumar Koli
Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (110 012), India
Ravindra Kumar Meena
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana (125 004), India
Deepak Kumar
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana (125 004), India
Kiran
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana (125 004), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Cucurbitaceous, Kankoda, Katwal, Spine Gourd
Abstract
Spine gourd is an important vegetable crop grown in different parts of India. It is a member of cucurbitaceous family. Spine gourd provides many types of health benefits like it works as anti-aging agent, maintain blood sugar level, reduces the chances of cancer and the kidney stone. It is mainly cultivated in Karnataka and West Bengal. Spine gourds are known with many types of local names like Kankoda in Rajasthan and Katwal in Gujarati. Two types of Spine gourd, Small kantola and bigger kantola are available in Indian Market. Indira Kankoda I (RMF 37) is a new commercial variety of Spine gourd. An average yield of 75-100 quintals ha-1 of Spine gourd can be obtained with good crop management practices.
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