Practice Name:

Native Race of Ridge Gourd

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Category	Crop pest and disease management
Crop	Ridgegourd
Crop Family	Cucurbitaceae
Scientific Name	(Luffa acutangula)
Vernacular Name	Turai, Turiya
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Native Race Of Ridge Gourd (Luffa Acutangula)
Details Of Innovation	The fruits of native ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) crop, is 1.5 foot long with thickness of 2-2.5 inch, and weighes 500 to 750 g. The native variety of ridge gourd exists from many years. Duration of this crop is four months and the crop starts to yield after two months from the date of sowing. It is a traditional method. In the prevailing variety of ridge gourd crop, the yield starts after 90 days, while native ridge gourd crop provides yield in 60 days.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Hiraman Shahidubhai Kover
District	Nashik
KVK District	Krishi Vignyan Kendra,Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik. PIN 422 005
Address	Kalvan Nashik Maharashtra
Languages Spoken	Marathi/Hindi
Vocation	Farming
State	Maharashtra
PIN Code	423501

Agro Ecological Zone	Agro-Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Western Ghat and coastal plain hot humid (6.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Western plateau and hills region (IX), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Western Ghat Zone - ZARS, Igatpuri, Dist. Nashik Western Maharashtra Scarcity Zone (MH-6),- ZARS, Solapur Sub Montane Zone – ZARS, Kolhapur Plain Zone – ZARS, Ganeshkhind, Pune
Practice ID	DTP0010000001915
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/589
Reference	Nasik
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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