Table 4 Salient features of promising germplasm of Coccinia identified during the study.
Sr No. | Germplasm | IC number | Salient features |
|---|---|---|---|
1. | CHESIG-2 (Thar Sadabahar) | IC632331 | Dark green colour with discontinuous strips, round oblong fruit shape without neck, round the year fruit production |
2. | CHESIG-3 | IC632332 | Round shape fruit, continuous white stripes |
3. | CHESIG-4 | IC632333 | Deep pentalobbed leaf, medium oblong, green colour fruit with discontinuous stripes |
4. | CHESIG-7 (Thar Dipti) | IC632334 | Dark green stripeless fruit appearance, trilobe leaf shape, small-medium size fruit and pointed styler end |
5. | CHESIG-8 | IC632335 | Shouldered oblong shape fruit, light green fruit colour having continuous white stripes and low TSS |
6. | CHESIG-9 | IC632336 | Less seeded, spindle shape fruit having natural green colour, pointed styler end and deep shoulder length |
7. | CHESIG-10 | IC632337 | Cordate leaf shape, small size green colour pear shape fruit with sparse white stripes, suits for winter season |