2Department of Horticulture, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea
charantia L.) under open field condition in Gangwon area. All seedlings of bitter gourd were separately transplanted
during the early-May, the mid-May, the late-May and the early-June at, 2015. The training method of all plants was
made with four lateral stems after pinching the main stem. Bitter gourd of planted at the early-May and the mid-May
had significantly higher than other treatments in the main stem length, number of leaves, leaf area index and number
of fruit set. However, the length, diameter and weight of fruit had no significant difference among all treatments. The
application of planting date was effective in increasing the number of fruit set, number of harvested fruit and yield.
The treatment of planted in mid-May had the highest marketable yield (3,812 kg/10 a), and follow the early-May
(3,697.7 kg/10 a) and the lated-May (3,697.7 kg/10 a), the early-June (3,697.7 kg/10 a) was higher in the order. The
number of harvested fruit also showed a similar trend. Therefore, planting date of bitter gourd in mid-May was
effective in increasing yield of fruit under open field condition in Gangwon area.
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