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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 4
First page : (517) Last page : (521)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8300

Effect of Time of Pollination on Fruit Set, Seed Yield and Seed Quality of Okra Hybrid (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench)

D. Sruthi* , C. A. Babariya, M. Hemalatha and B. Mahesh
Department of Seed Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh-362001 Gujarat, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: dachanisruthi1996@gmail.com
Received: 16.07.2020  |  Revised: 20.08.2020   |  Accepted: 27.08.2020 

 ABSTRACT

A research experiment was conducted during kharif 2019 to study the effect of time of pollination on fruit set, seed yield and seed quality parameters. Among three different pollination times viz., pollination between 8.00 to 10.00 am (T1), 11.00 am to 1.00 pm (T2) and 2.00 to 4.00 pm (T3), pollination done between 8:00 am to 10:00 am recorded significantly maximum number of crossed fruits retained per plant (4.17), fruit set percentage (42.11 %), fruit weight per fruit (27.97 g), fruit length (18.16 cm), fruit girth (5.09 cm), hybrid seed weight per fruit (3.70 g), number of seeds per fruit (40.22), seed yield per plant (24.89 g) and 100 seed weight (5.96 g) and also seed quality parameters recorded maximum seed germination percentage (80.40 %), seedling shoot length (14.47 cm), seedling root length (8.22 cm), seedling dry weight (27.23 mg), seedling vigour index I (length) (1837.26) and seedling vigour index II (mass) (2205.89).

Keywords:  Pollination time, Okra, Seed quality, Seed yield, Vigour, Hybrid

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Cite this article: Sruthi, D., Babariya, C.A., Hemalatha, M., & Mahesh, B. (2020). Effect of Time of Pollination on Fruit Set, Seed Yield and Seed Quality of Okra Hybrid (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench), Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(4), 517-521. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8300