Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Sanjana Gendre, Itreddy Charitha, Hemlata Sahu, Aakash Tiwari, Prafull Kumar and Beena Singh

Abstract:
The research was conducted on Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) genotypes during the Kharif season of 2022 at the Instructional Cum Research Farm, S.G. College of Agriculture and Research Station, Kumhrawand, Jagdalpur, IGKV, Raipur (Chhattisgarh), in randomized block design. The research focused on studying the qualitative and quantitative traits of okra in order to characterize and evaluate the variability among 23 elite genotypes of okra. The analysis of variance showed highly significant differences among the 23 genotypes for each trait. The results showed that the okra genotypes had a wide variation in stem and fruit colour and quality factor like pod pubescence which is a determinant factor in consumer preference. Whereas, quantitative traits like plant height, days to flowering, days to 50% flowering, pedicel length, sepal length, petal length, flower circumference, fruit length, fruit diameter, number of fruits per plant, number of seeds per pod, seed weight per pod, weight of fruit, dry weight of fruit, 100 seed weight and fruit yield per plant were noticed to be more prevalent. The highest genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) and phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV) values were recorded for Pod weight (66.87% and 67.05% respectively). High heritability coupled with high genetic advance as per cent of mean indicates the operation of additive gene action as in case of fruit yield per plant, 100 seed weight, pod weight, plant height and number of seeds per pod. Hence, the required improvement might be achieved through direct selection based on these qualities in genetically heterogeneous material.