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Breeding of Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.)

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Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.) is an important vegetable crop bearing health benefits and medicinal properties. Continuous increase in bottle gourd consumption, especially in the tropics and subtropics, is attributed to its purported health benefits. Successful cultivation of bottle gourd in these regions requires proper breeding strategies to develop superior genotypes with desired traits aimed at market-driven quality and high yield. For effective bottle gourd breeding, genetic diversity of this crop needs to be studied and documented. The monoecious and open-pollinated nature of bottle gourd supports conventional breeding by pure line selection, pedigree selection, recurrent selection and heterosis breeding. Besides traditional breeding, transgenic breeding, gene editing and marker-assisted selection are also needed to fully exploit the genetic resources of this crop to achieve desirable yield and quality. The main objective of this chapter is to provide an overall assessment of the importance of bottle gourd and its breeding strategies to develop high-yielding and nutritionally-rich varieties using conventional and advanced breeding tools.

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1.1 Appendix I: Research Institutes Relevant to Bottle Gourd

Institution name

Specialization and research activities

Address and Country

Contact information and website

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)

Agricultural research

Specially vegetables

Bangladesh

www.bari.gov.bd

Bangladesh agricultural development corporation (BADC)

Agricultural research

Bangladesh

www.badc.gov.bd

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)

Maintaining national agricultural research system

Bangladesh

www.barc.gov.bd

Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU)

Agricultural research

Bangladesh

www.sau.edu.bd

Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)

Agricultural research

Bangladesh

www.bau.edu.bd

Bangabandhu sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU)

Agricultural research

Bangladesh

Bsmrau.edu.bd

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)

Agricultural research

Bangladesh

www.brac.net

Lal Teer Seed Limited

Agricultural research and quality seed development

Bangladesh

https://www.lalteer.com/Contact/#

World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg)

Vegetable research

Taiwan

https://avrdc.org/about-avrdc/about-us

Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI)

Agricultural research, education and extension

India

www.iari.res.in

Department of Vegetable Science

Research related with vegetables

India

http://cohvka.kau.in/cohvka/department-olericulture

Indian Institute of Vegetable Research (IIVR)

Research related to vegetables

India

www.iivr.org.in

Aegean Agricultural Research Institute (AARI)

Agricultural research

Turkey

https://arastirma.tarimorman.gov.tr/etae/Sayfalar/EN/AnaSayfa.aspx

U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS)

Agricultural research and germplasm conservation

USA

www.ars-grin.gov

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Executing federal laws related to farming

United States

www.usda.gov

Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology

Food technology

Spain, Catalonia

www.irta.cats

Institute for Vegetable Crops

Research institute attributed for scientific work

Serbia

www.institut-palanka.co.rs

1.2 Appendix II: Genetic Resources of Bottle Gourd

Cultivar

Important traits

Cultivation location

BARI Lau-1

Cultivated whole year

Bangladesh

BARI Lau-2

Exportable for having attractive shape

Bangladesh

BARI Lau-3

Can be grown both in early and main season

Bangladesh

BARI Lau-4

Temperature tolerant

Bangladesh

BARI Lau-5

Narrow neck and dark colored

Bangladesh

BARI Shita Lau-1

Perennial in nature

Bangladesh

BU Lau 1

Early fruiting and less vegetative growth

Bangladesh

BU hybrid Lau 1

Less vegetative growth and low male female ratio

Bangladesh

Arka Bahar

Tolerant to blossom end rot

India

Pusa Naveen

Free from crooked neck

India

Punjab Komal

Tolerant to CMV (cucumber mosaic virus)

India

Bottle gourd round

Plant is creeper type

India

Calabash

Crooked neck

India

Apple

Used for arts and crafts

Africa

Extra long handle dipper

For making attractive decorations

USA

Speckled swan

Used for decorations and retains its color when dried

USA

Narendra Shivani

Both used for food and making musical instrument

India

PI 271353

Resistance to cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), squash mosaic virus, tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV), tomato ring spot virus (TmRSV), watermelon mosaic virus 1 (WMV1)

India

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Islam, A.K.M.A., Sarkar, S., Era, F.M. (2021). Breeding of Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.). In: Al-Khayri, J.M., Jain, S.M., Johnson, D.V. (eds) Advances in Plant Breeding Strategies: Vegetable Crops. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66961-4_4

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