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A promising triploid of little gourd
... They may have seedless yellow, sweet fl esh ( Fig. 19.4 ). Babu and Rajan ( 2001 ) developed a triploid variety of Coccinia grandis , fruit of which is used as a vegetable. It was also produced by crossing a normal diploid parent with colchicine-induced tetraploid. ...
... Comparative evaluation of diploid, tetraploid and triploid of Coccinia grandis (Source:Babu and Rajan 2001 ) ...
Triploid hybrids have one of the most important traits, seedlessness, which is the characteristic for the fresh-fruit market. Triploid embryos are found in small seeds that do not germinate. Hybridization-based extensive breeding programmes require very efficient methodologies for embryo rescue and evaluation of ploidy. Biotechnology provides powerful tools for plant breeding. Triploid plants raised from endosperm are generally sterile. Endosperm-ploidy levels and its applications in plant breeding have been discussed here. Endosperm-raised triploid plants are of commercial value, e.g. timber-yielding plants, edible fruit plants or ornamentals propagated vegetatively and multiplied mainly through micropropagation. Illustration cases of many successful endosperm cultures are described here.
... It is one of the most important nutritious vegetable and medicinal plants and it has been recognized as a rich source of Beta-carotene, a major vitamin A precursor [10,11] . It is also considered as a good source of iron, vitamin C, protein and fiber [12] . Hundred gram (100 gm) of ivy gourd fruit has a number of essential nutrients such as water 93.5g, carbohydrate 3.1g, fiber 1.6 g, protein 1.2g, fat 0.1g, calcium 40 mg, phosphorus 30 mg, iron 1.4 mg and energy 75KJ. ...
An experiment was conducted in the field of Department of Nematology located at Instructional-cum-Research (ICR) Farm, AAU, Jorhat during the rabi season of 2015 to estimate the avoidable yield losses in local variety of ivy gourd due to root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita in nematode infested field (374 J2/200 cc soil). The experiment was laid out in paired plot technique with ten replications. Required quantity of Carbofuran granules @ 3 kg a.i./ha was applied at the spot two days before planting. Ten plots each of 3.0m x 3.5m size were treated and another ten plots were kept untreated control (without Carbofuran application). The results indicated that the loss in yield of ivy gourd was recorded to the extent of 35.09 per cent, when the crop was treated with Carbofuran granules @ 3 kg a.i./ha.
... Ivy gourd, (Coccinea indica L.) is one of the most important nutritious vegetable and medicinal plants belong to the family Cucurbitaceae that has been recognized as a rich source of Beta-carotene, a major vitamin A precursor [10,12] . It is also considered as a good source of iron, vitamin C, protein and fiber [13] . A hundred grams (100 gm) of ivy gourd fruit has a number of essential nutrients and 75KJ of energy. ...
... Ivy gourd, (Coccinea indica L.) is one of the most important nutritious vegetable and medicinal plants belong to the family Cucurbitaceae that has been recognized as a rich source of Beta-carotene, a major vitamin A precursor [10,12] . It is also considered as a good source of iron, vitamin C, protein and fiber [13] . A hundred grams (100 gm) of ivy gourd fruit has a number of essential nutrients and 75KJ of energy. ...
A pot experiment was carried out during the rabi season of 2015-2016 to study the interaction of Meloidogyne incognita and Colletotrichum lagenarium on ivy gourd. Experimental study revealed that, the dual inoculation treatments significantly decreased plant growth parameters were the treatment with M. incognita @ 1000J2/kg of soil and C. lagenarium @ 2% (w/w). The treatment with M. incognita @ 1000J2/kg of soil + C. lagenarium @ 2% (w/w) simultaneous inoculation was statistically superior in decreasing the plant growth parameters of ivy gourd. The number of galls, eggmasses and final nematode population were maximum in the treatment with M. incognita @ 1000 J2/kg of soil. The maximum disease incidence was observed in the treatments with M. incognita @ 1000J2/kg of soil + C. lagenarium @ 2% (w/w) after 15 days of inoculation and simultaneous inoculation of M. incognita @ 1000J2/kg of soil + C. lagenarium @ 2% (w/w).
... Ivy gourds are beneficial and provide a respectable source of calcium, protein, and fiber as well as vitamins and β carotene (Suresh-Babu and Rajan, 2001). It possesses medicinal values such as antioxidant properties, antihyperglycemic, and antihyperlipidemic (Attanayake et al., 2016). ...
The adequate potential of food and agriculture is a vital key to ensuring a healthy and secure future for the
increasing population. The developed crop improvement program has moderately fulfilled the food demand, but
with the growing population, the quality of food production needs to be improved to combat global hunger.
Further, the process of preservation must be improved to nullify the issue of deterioration of fruits and
vegetables, which are considered highly perishable commodities. The introduction of the postharvest technique
gives an immense boost to this shelf-life extension of fruit and promotes sustainable agriculture. There is no
doubt that multiple preservatives are available to fulfill these requirements. Nevertheless, a few of them may
not be suitable due to their negative residual effects; instead, an exogenous coating that can extend the shelf�life period of fruits and delay the deterioration process is preferred. The core point behind the concept is to check
the barrier of moisture, respiratory passage, and invasion of solutes through the skin of the fruit. A perfect
coating would extend the shelf life without affecting its quality. In recent years, genetic, transcriptomic, and
metabolomic research has revealed that different polyamines regulate tolerance to abiotic stress in complex
ways. This chapter looks at polyamines as coatings, their biosynthesis, and how polyamines can be applied to
cucurbits to confirm the slowing down of the ripening process and maintain the quality of the fruit. These
techniques also provide a wealth of ideas to major vendors involved in the storage and transportation of
perishable commodities.
... Ivy gourd, (Coccinea indica L.) is one of the most important nutritious vegetable and medicinal plants belong to the family Cucurbitaceae that has been recognized as a rich source of Beta-carotene, a major vitamin A precursor (Sinchaipanit et al., 2000;Sungpuag et al., 1999). It is also considered as a good source of iron, vitamin C, protein and fiber (Suresh-Babu and Rajan, 2001). A hundred grams (100 g) of ivy gourd fruit has a number of essential nutrients and 75KJ of energy. ...
... It is one of the most important nutritious vegetable and medicinal plants and it has been recognized as a rich source of Beta-carotene, a major vitamin A precursor [10,11] . It is also considered as a good source of iron, vitamin C, protein and fiber [12] . Hundred gram (100 gm) of ivy gourd fruit has a number of essential nutrients such as water 93.5g, carbohydrate 3.1g, fiber 1.6 g, protein 1.2g, fat 0.1g, calcium 40 mg, phosphorus 30 mg, iron 1.4 mg and energy 75KJ. ...
... Suresh Babu and Rajan (2001) studied the characters of diploid, triploid and tetraploid little gourd. It was observed that the triploid took only 38 days to flower and the diploid took 40 days and the tetraploid 42 days. ...
... The fruit of this plant is ovoid in shape berry type which changes green to red color when become ripe (Tripathi, 2001;Umamaheswari, 2008). The tender green fruits are nutritious and are good source of protein, calcium, fiber and beta carotene, vitamins (Suresh-Babu and Rajan, 2001). The therapeutic property of ivygourd suited to diabetes management is brought mainly by its anti-hyperglycemic, β-cell regenerative, antihyperlipidemic and antioxidant properties (Attanayake et al., 2016). ...
... A promising triploid variety of Coccinia grandis was developed by Suresh Babu and Rajan (2001). The tender fruits of this crop are cooked as a vegetable. ...
This review article provides an overview of plant regeneration from endosperm to produce polyploid plants. We discuss the endosperm-ploidy levels and its applications in plant breeding. Representative cases of successful endosperm culture and prospects of endosperm culture are described. In the first part of the review, i.e., the background of endosperm culture, we discuss the importance of triploid plants, meaning plants derived from the endosperm of diploid plants. A brief history of endosperm culture is also provided, and a description of plant regeneration systems from the endosperm is given. The influence of culture medium on callus induction and regeneration is indicated. Finally, prospects for endosperm culture are proposed, and novel approaches for polyploidy breeding using endosperm culture are described.Highlights► We describe the overview of plant regeneration system from endosperm for producing polyploidy plants showing endosperm-ploidy level and application to plant breeding. ► A brief history of endosperm culture is also described. ► Prospects of endosperm culture are proposed for novel approaches for polyploidy breeding.
Agriculture is India's most popular vocation, and the pace of agricultural product output is increasing every day. Due to a lack of post-harvest and storage facilities, a large quantity of agricultural goods goes to waste. As a result, the agricultural industry need effective agricultural product preservation techniques in order to reduce food losses. Drying/dehydration is a common preservation technique used across the world to extend the self-life of agricultural goods while also reducing spoilage. It is heat and mass transfer process which occurs at same time. Solar drying, combined heat and power drying, geothermal drying, biomass drying, and other technologies for reducing moisture content in agricultural products are all the options. Solar drying is one of these renewable technologies that has been utilized to preserve food and agricultural goods in order to maintain the food balance. The ETSC based greenhouse dryer has been proposed to maintain the food quality. The main objective of the research is to dry the ivy gourd using greenhouse solar dryer with evacuated tubes. The results shows that the maximum temperature obtained in this dryer was found to be 75 °C.The moisture content in the product was reduced from 80% to 9% in active mode whereas passive mode the moisture content was reduced to 12%. The collector and dryer efficiency was found to be 37% and 26% respectively.
Coccinia grandis also known as Ivy Gourd is a nutrient rich fast growing perennial vine plant of Cucurbitaceae family. It is a dioecious, perennial and herbaceous climber or trailing vine with glabrous stems and tuberous roots. Traditionally it is known for its medicinal and nutritional qualities and its all plant parts like roots, leaves and fruits are used in local medicinal purposes like jaundice, diabetes, wound healing, ulcers, stomach ache, skin disease, fever, asthma, cough. It is a wonderful vegetable plant species having various pharmacological properties like analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiulcer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, hypoglycemic, hepatoprotective, antimalarial, antidyslipidemic, anticancer, antitussive, mutagenic.
Effect of pretreatments and drying method on the ivy gourd and their drying characteristics such as rate of drying, moisture diffusivity and activation energy are studied. The ivy gourd samples are pretreated with four pretreatments such as ascorbic acid, lemon juice, sugar solution, honey dip, and control for 10 min. Pretreated and control (untreated) ivy gourd slices are dried in a single slope solar dryer. The solar dryer temperature is found to be in the range of 35–72°C at air velocity of 1 m/s. The effective moisture diffusivity of the dried ivy gourd samples is found to be best in ascorbic acid (7.90 × 10⁻⁸ m²/s) followed by control samples (5.07 × 10⁻⁹ m²/s), lemon juice samples (6.92 × 10⁻⁹ m²/s), honey dip samples (3.05 × 10⁻¹⁰ m²/s), and sugar solution samples (3.37 × 10⁻¹⁰ m²/s). The activation energy of the dried ivy gourd is found as lowest in ascorbic acid (21.23 kJ/mol) followed by control samples (24.81 kJ/mol), lemon juice samples (26.06 kJ/mol), sugar solution samples (27.05 kJ/mol), and honey dip (27.79 kJ/mol) samples. The sensory analysis for the dried samples is performed in terms of taste, color and it is observed that honey treated sample given promising results followed by sugar solution, ascorbic acid, lemon juice, and control samples.
Practical application
Drying is a widely practicing technology in the postharvest food processing for their longer preservation. Most of the developing countries are facing huge loss in the vegetable postharvesting due to open drying methods. This is mainly due to the non‐availability of efficient solar drying facilities. This study proposed the most efficient solar drying method suitable for developing countries. Besides, quality of four different pretreatment ivy gourds is dried in a natural and forced convective single slope direct solar dryer and also dried in an open sun drying method. The effects of pretreatments on the moisture loss are analyzed and presented here. Based on the results, it is confirmed that, the pretreatments are the effective method for removing the moisture content of the food substances for longer period of preservation.
Coccinia grandis also known as Ivy Gourd is a nutrient rich fast growing perennial vine plant of Cucurbitaceae family. It is a dioecious, perennial and herbaceous climber or trailing vine with glabrous stems and tuberous roots. Traditionally it is known for its medicinal and nutritional qualities and its all plant parts like roots, leaves and fruits are used in local medicinal purposes like jaundice, diabetes, wound healing, ulcers, stomach ache, skin disease, fever, asthma, cough. It is a wonderful vegetable plant species having various pharmacological properties like analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiulcer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, hypoglycemic, hepatoprotective, antimalarial, antidyslipidemic, anticancer, antitussive, mutagenic.
Many traditional medicines in use are obtained from medicinal plants, minerals and organic matter. During the past several years, there has been increasing interest among the uses of various medicinal plants from the traditional system of medicine for the treatment of different ailments. Coccinia grandis has been used in traditional medicine as a household remedy for various diseases. The whole plant of Coccinia grandis having pharmacological activities like analgesic, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiulcer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, hypoglycemic, hepatoprotective, antimalarial, antidyslipidemic, anticancer, antitussive, mutagenic. The present review gives botany, chemical constituents and pharmacological activities of coccinia grandis.
Ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis) has recently been recognized as a rich source of β-carotene. To add value to the fresh leaves a process to produce dried ivy gourd sheet as a health snack was the aim of this study. The effects of pretreatment, i.e., blanching in NaCl solution (0–3% w/v), and drying methods, i.e., hot air drying and vacuum drying at 60–80°C, on the drying characteristics and quality, viz. colour, texture and β-carotene content of dried ivy gourd sheet were investigated. The results showed that dried sheet pretreated by brine blanching and vacuum drying resulted in better retention of colour and β-carotene as well as texture of the dried sheet as compared to the dried untreated and dried water blanched samples. Higher drying temperature also resulted in higher β-carotene retention due to shorter drying time.
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