_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: masoodi.ummyiah@gmail.com; J. Adv. Biol. Biotechnol., vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 161-173, 2024 Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 161-173, 2024; Article no.JABB.112442 ISSN: 2394-1081 Mean Performance of Various Quantitative Characters in Bottle Gourd [Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.] Genotypes Under Temperate Conditions of Kashmir Khansa Bashir a , Ummyiah H. Masoodi a* , Baseerat Afroza a , Gazala Nazir a , Gowhar Ali b , Nageena Nazir c , Syed Berjes Zehra a and Oneza Aftab a a Division of Vegetable Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar-190 025, Jammu and Kashmir, India. b Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar-190 025, Jammu and Kashmir, India. c Division of Agricultural Statistics, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar-190 025, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JABB/2024/v27i1689 Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/112442 Received: 26/11/2023 Accepted: 31/01/2024 Published: 09/02/2024 ABSTRACT Seventy-seven phenotypically diverse genotypes, including two checks (Pusa Naveen and Pusa Santushti) of bottle gourd, were evaluated for various quantitative traits at the Experimental field of Urban Technological Park (Habbak), Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir during Kharif-2022. A single- Original Research Article