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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 3
First page : (367) Last page : (371)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7940

Effect of N and P Levels on the Growth and Yield of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) cv. Punjab-8

Lovepreet Singh* and Amandeep Kaur
Department of Agriculture, Khalsa College, Amritsar
*Corresponding Author E-mail: sidhulovepreet0164@gmail.com
Received: 24.01.2020  |  Revised: 28.02.2020   |  Accepted: 7.03.2020 

 ABSTRACT

A field experiment was conducted in the Department of Horticulture, Khalsa College, Amritsar during 2016-17 to study the Effect of N and P levels on the growth and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) cv. Punjab-8. The crop was sown in first week of March. The investigation was laid out in RBD with eight treatment combinations replicated thrice with spacing of 45×30 cm. Results of the study showed that the different levels of N and P had significant effect on physical characteristics of okra. It is evident from the results that the treatment T6 (N 125 % + P 20 kg) significantly affected the vegetative characters in terms of maximum plant height (142.43 cm), stem diameter (2.45 cm), number of leaves (35.10), leaf area (83.30 cm2) and minimum number of days to 50% flowering (32.33) and first picking (38.33). Treatment T4 (N 100 % + P 20 kg) was a remarkable treatment generating maximum number of flowers (48.63), pod length (13.75 cm), pod girth (2.02 cm), pod weight (16.54 g), number of pods per plant (20.72) and yield (143.20 q/ha).

Keywords: Okra, Punjab-8, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Yield, Pod.

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Cite this article: Singh, L., & Kaur, A. (2020). Effect of N and P Levels on the Growth and Yield of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) cv. Punjab-8, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(3), 367-371. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.7940