KOMPONENTE PRINOSA SEMENA GENOTIPOVA OBIČNE TIKVE

Many farms grow pumpkins, which they use to feed people and domestic animals. A by-product of this production is pumpkin seeds. He can get very high quality salad oil from it, which has a high market price. Pumpkin seeds contain up to 55% oil. The paper analyzes 19 pumpkin genotypes originating from Central and Western Serbia. Fruit weight, dry seed weight and randman were measured. The highest fruit weight and seed weight were found in G13 and G4, while the randman was highest in G19 and G3 and was inversely proportional to fruit and seed weight. Genotypes suitable for pumpkin seed production should have a larger number of smaller fruits (2-5 kg), which have a better randman, and therefore are important for oil production.