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Production capacity of seeds affected by green fruit pickings in six varieties of Okra (<I>Abelmoschus esculentus</i> L.)

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Horticulture (Vegetable, Pomology and Ornamentals)

Abstract

Successful seed production depends on the variety, the environment, and the agricultural practices. Limited information is available on the effects of green pod-picking treatments on the production of seeds. Therefore, two-season field experiments were conducted in 2019 and 2020 to study the effects of four green fruit picking treatments (no green fruit picking ‘T1', first two pickings ‘T2', first 4 pickings ‘T3', and first 6 pickings ‘T4') and six varieties (Pusa Sawani ‘V1', Emerald ‘V2', Eskandarany ‘V3', Baladi Assiut ‘V4', Beghera Iraqi ‘V5', and NOKH-1002 “F1 hybrid okra ‘V6') on okra growth and seed yield and quality. The results of the experiment showed that okra plants of T1, followed by those treated with T2 had higher number of dry pods, weight of pods/plant, and seed weight (kg/feddan), seed vitamin C, and pH. Plants of T3 were significantly taller than T1 in both seasons. There were differential responses of the studied varieties to the picking treatments. Plants of ‘Eskandarany' with no pickings, followed by ‘Emerald' with two pickings always had higher number of dry pods, weight of pods/plant, and seed weight (kg/feddan). We can conclude that okra plants with no green fruit picking, as compared to two, four, and six fruit pickings, can be the best option for seed production due to the observed higher number of dry pods, weight of pods/plant, seed yield and quality.

DOI

10.21608/ajas.2022.134201.1134

Keywords

<i>Abelmoschus esculentus</i> L, fruit pickings, seed yield, vitamin c, Total phenols

Authors

First Name

Reham M.

Last Name

Abdalla

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Affiliation

Vegetable Crops Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

reham.abdalla@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

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First Name

Ahmed A.

Last Name

Damarany

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Vegetable Crops Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

a.damarany2@gmail.com

City

Assiut

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Volume

53

Article Issue

3

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36248

Issue Date

2022-08-01

Receive Date

2022-04-17

Publish Date

2022-08-01

Page Start

101

Page End

117

Print ISSN

1110-0486

Online ISSN

2356-9840

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/article_256842.html

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=256842

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62

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Journal

Publication Title

Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Production capacity of seeds affected by green fruit pickings in six varieties of Okra (<I>Abelmoschus esculentus</i> L.)

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Created At

22 Jan 2023