Ridge gourd is an important cucurbitaceous vegetable, which is an annual herbaceous plant with creeping and climbing habit. Most of the farmers’ traditionally cultivating ridge gourd on soil surface with surface irrigation. Farmers are getting not only less yields but also inferior quality fruits with this method of cultivation. This may be due to incidence of more soil borne pests and diseases and unsuitable growing condition to both vine and fruits when compared to trellis or pandal system of cultivation. Previous studies indicated that more yields were produced in trellis and pandal system of cultivation. To evaluate pandal system of ridge gourd cultivation in Nalgonda district of Telangana State, an On-Farm Trial was conducted in three locations during kharif 2016 and repeated in 2017kharif season. | Evaluating performance of ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula Roxb.) cultivation in pandal system in Nalgonda district of Telangana, India
