Eight parental lines including one gynoecious line PDMGy-201 (Gy-23) and their 28 F1 hybrids obtained from half diallel analysis were used to estimate the extent of heterosis for earliness, yield and its contributing traits in bitter gourd. The F1 hybrids developed using gynoecious line as one parents were found to be superior in performance over mid and standard parents for several earliness and yield characters. | Exploiting gynoecious line for earliness and yield traits in bitter gourd Momoredica charantia L.
