Table 4.

Yield parameters of viviparous and non-viviparous accessions of Lagenaria siceraria.

Traits12	Viviparous accessions		Non-viviparous accession		ANOVA result
	NI128	NI153	NI063	NI189	F	P
PL (m)	4.25 ± 1.07c	3.41 ± 0.81d	7.29 ± 1.10b	9.15 ± 1.44a	227.97	<0.001
NB	13.07 ± 3.45c	10.92 ± 3.30d	15.80 ± 3.26b	27.52 ± 4.21a	189.28	<0.001
NF	1.65 ± 0.66b	1.50 ± 0.64b	2.65 ± 0.66a	2.90 ± 0.63a	46.51	<0.001
FW (kg)	0.94 ± 0.21c	0.74 ± 0.20c	1.19 ± 0.31b	2.02 ± 0.57a	181.33	<0.001
NS	112.89 ± 33.76c	112.31 ± 37.42c	220.60 ± 33.09b	274.87 ± 47.00a	351.82	<0.001
100-SW (g)	13.48 ± 2.25c	11.54 ± 2.17d	17.25 ± 3.80b	20.92 ± 4.90a	71.63	<0.001
VS (%)	35.88 ± 22.53b	46.09 ± 21.87a	0.00 ± 0.00c	0.00 ± 0.00c	249.20	<0.001
SY (kg/plant)	0.054 ± 0.030c	0.042 ± 0.025c	0.218 ± 0.094b	0.362 ± 0.016a	71.82	<0.001

¹PL: plant length; NB: number of branches; NF: number of fruit per plant; FW: fruit weight; NS: number of seed per fruit; 100-SW: 100-seed weight; VS: percentage of viviparous seed; SY: plant seed yield.

²For each trait, values followed by the different letter in a line are significantly different (P < 0.05) using LSD.