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Table 3. Sources of resistance to melon fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae.
Crop Genotypes Remarks Reference
Bitter gourd IHR 89 and IHR 213 Resistant, thick and tough fruit rind Pal et al., 1984
Hisar II, Acc. 3, and Ghoti Resistant Srinivasan, 1991
Acc. 23 and Acc. 33 Resistant Thakur et al., 1992
C 96 Stable yield, resistant Thakur et al., 1992
NBTI 1 Stable resistance Thakur et al., 1994
BG 14 Resistant, high yield Thakur et al., 1996
Kerala collection 1 and Faizabad collection 17 Resistant, high yield Tewatia et al., 1997
Wild bitter gourd accessions IC 256185 and IC 248256
High resistance Dhillon et al., 2005a, Dhillon et al., 2005b
IC 213311, IC 248282, IC 256110, IC 248254, IC 248281, and IC 248292 Resistant  
Pumpkin IHR 35, IHR 40, IHR 79-2, IHR 83, and IHR 86 High resistance Nath, 1966
Arka Suryamukhi Resistant Mahajan et al., 1997
Bottle gourd NB 29 High resistance Nath, 1966
NB 22, NB 25, NB 28, and Pusa Smooth Purple Long Moderate resistance Nath, 1966
Sponge gourd NS 14 Moderate resistance Nath, 1966
Ridge gourd NR 2, NR 5, and NR 7 Moderate resistance Nath, 1966
Round melon Arka Tinda Resistant Mahajan et al., 1997
Wild melon Cucumis callosus High resistance Chelliah, 1970
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