Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Shwetha A, Basavaraja N, Raghavendra G, Ganiger VM, Jagadeesha RC, Mesta RK and Pitchaimuthu M

Abstract:
An experiment was undertaken at experimental field, Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture, Bagalkot with the aim to study the genetic variability among forty-eight genotypes of okra. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with two replications during late-rabi season 2019. The analysis of variance revealed that the genotypes differed significantly (p=0.05) for all the parameters studied. High values of genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) and phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV), and high estimates of heritability coupled with greater genetic advance were recorded for the traits like number of leaves per plant at 60 and 90 DAS, number of branches per plant at 60 and 90 DAS, pod diameter, average pod weight, total yield per plant, total yield per plot and total yield per hectare, indicating the existence of wider genetic variability for these traits in the germplasm under study. There is an ample scope for improving these traits through direct selection on the basis of phenotypic characters which will lead to high pod yield in okra.