Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Rakshitha Pallakki, Dhananjay Sharma and C Suneetha

Abstract:
A total of 14 genotypes of okra [Abelmoschus Esculentus (L.) Moench] were evaluated for 23 morphological characters (9 quantitative and 14 qualitative). All the genotypes showed variation for the characters studied. Genotypes P-2, P-4, P-5 and P-6 showed red stem colour while others have green. Purple vein colour was observed in P-5 and P-6, rest of the genotypes had light green vein colour. Petal base colour inside only is seen in P-2, P-6 and H-3 while others showed purple petal base colour on both the sides. Light green fruit colour was seen in genotypes P-1, P-2, P-3 and P-4 while Arka Anamika and Jamkhandi local had medium green fruits, light red and dark red fruits were observed in P-5 and P-6 rest of the genotypes had dark green fruits. Half of the genotypes had green seed colour and remaining half had brown seed colour. Plant height varied in all genotypes from 84.03 to 130.21cm with an average of 109.80 cm. Average fruit weight was 14.57g, it varies from 10.04 g to 33.86g. Total yield per plant varied from 261.33 to 641.33g with an average of 422.39g. Yield per hectare ranges from 14.50 to 35.61t/ha with a mean of 23.45t/ha.