Agronomic evaluation of interspecific derivatives of okra in rainy season

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to evaluate interspecific derivatives of okra for economic traits on forty nine genotypes during rainy season of 2014. The observations were recorded for ten quantitative traits and two quality parameters. Analysis of variance showed significant differences for the characters viz., days to 50% flowering, marketable yield per plant, number of fruits per plant, number of fruits on main stem, number of nodes on main stem, fruit length, plant height, iodine content and YVMV incidence during rainy season. The genotype PAUIOL-265-43 was ranked at top for marketable yield per plant (283 g) and PAUIOL-265-229 (24) for number of fruits per plant. The maximum numbers of nodes on main stem were observed in genotype PAUIOL-264-339 (20.25). The highest iodine content was reported in the genotype PAUIOL-189-246 (14 ppm) its range was 1.85-14 ppm. The minimum mucilage content was observed in the genotype PAUIOL-267-503 (0.36 %) with a range of 0.36-2.68. Genotypes PAUIOL-265- 43 (282.90 g), PAUIOL-211-168 (238.84 g), PAUIOL-213-213 (250.72 g), PAUIOL-242-22 (246.38 g), PAUIOL-235-95 (275 g) and PAUIOL-245-126 (270.14 g) yielded high and with low YVMV incidence.