Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Fifty accessions of okra were evaluated in augmented randomized block design (ARBD) during rabi season 2019 at College of Horticulture, Bengaluru. The experimental results ANOVA reveal that all the traits differ significantly (p=0.05) indicating the presence of sufficient variation among okra accessions for all the traits studied. High value of GCV and PCV and high estimates of heritability coupled with greater genetic advance were observed in the traits like number of fruits per plant (24.52%, 25.94%, 89.33%, 47.81%), yield per plant (24.46%, 26.28%, 86.63%, 46.97%) and yield per hectare (24.39%, 26.29%, 86.03%, 46.67%). Whereas the moderate GCV, PCV, high heritability coupled high GA was recorded in plant height (13.98%, 15.86%, 77.8%, 25.45%), number of branches per plant (16.05%, 20.11%, 63.65%, 26.41%), number of nodes per plant (14.41%, 18.62%, 59.93%, 23.02%), internodal length (14.35%, 15.54%, 85.19%, 27.31%), fruit length (10.84%, 11.89%, 83.03%, 20.37%), fruit diameter (11.8%, 12.34%, 91.31%, 23.25%) and fruit firmness (12.56%, 13.72%, 83.88%, 23.74%). Highly significant positive correlation was observed between number of fruits per plant and total yield per plant (0.89) followed by days to 50% flowering and days to first flowering (0.78), plant height with number of nodes per plant (0.73), total yield per plant (0.72) and number of fruits per plant (0.68). Path analysis indicate direct positive effect of number of fruits per plant (0.978), average fruit weight (0.361), plant height (0.122), days to fifty percent flowering (0.121) and fruit diameter (0.099) on fruit yield per plant. Similarly, on the other hands fruit length (-0.151), days to fifty percent flowering (-0.091) and number of nodes per plant (-0.068) had direct negative effect on fruit yield per plant.