Zdravković, JasminaZornic, VladimirLazarević, ĐorđePavlović, NenadTomić, Dalibor2025-09-172025-09-172024-10-02978-86-87109-18-6https://rifoc.ikbks.com/handle/123456789/205Саопштење са међународног скупа штампано у изводу (M34)Traditionally, people have grown fodder pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.) as an intercropped plant alongside maize, providing an excellent nutritional resource for livestock feed. Over the last 50 years, with the predominant use of herbicides in maize cultivation, this type of production has been compromised, leading to the cultivation of pumpkins as a pure crop. The Forage Crops Institute in Kruševac, in collaboration with the Faculty of Agronomy in Čačak, has initiated the collection of domesticated genotypes of fodder pumpkin from the territory of Serbia. The goal is twofold: the first direction is selection based on the oil content in the seeds, and the second is the favorable yield of flesh and seeds intended for livestock feed. This research is conducted at the Forage Crops Institute in Kruševac. The diversity of 21 collected genotypes has been examined, and significant differences were found between the genotypes regarding the analyzed morphological traits (fruit mass, number of fruits per plant, ratio of pericarp mass to seed cavity mass, etc.). The determined difference at the level of P≤0.05 indicates significant genetic variability between the genotypes. According to the morphological traits, the genotypes were divided into 5 clusters, with genotypes from Vojvodina (Nova Crnja) - G18 and Golija (Ivanjica) - G2 standing out. The breeding material, selected using the pedigree method, is currently in the F3 generation, and lines have been formed that are promising for obtaining a variety with high nutritional potential and suitable for pure cropping based on their morphological traits.enCC0 1.0 Universalhttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/CUCURBITA PEPO LCOLLECTED GENOTYPESCLUSTER ANALYSISPEDIGREE SELECTIONconferenceObject