Estimating the extent of heterosis for yield and yield contributing characters in Bitter gourd

Out 40 crosses many of the crosses had shown significant heterosis over their respective better parent and also over standard check for the traits studied. As yield is the important trait for crop production. The ideal hybrid or parent producing high fruit yield per hectare will be the one having traits like higher fruit weight and fruit yield per vine. The hybrids like IC-085618 X Phule green gold and IC-085618 X CO-1 performed significant heterosis.