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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 4
First page : (635) Last page : (638)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8332

Genetic Divergence in Okra [Abelmoschus esculents (L.) Moench]

Samiksha¹, R. S. Verma^1*, Vivek Kumar Patel², Som Prakash¹, Shree Kant Maurya¹ and Shivendra Kumar^1
1Department of Horticulture, School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Vidya Vihar, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow-226025 (U.P.), India
²Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Acharya Narendra Deva University of
Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj Ayodhya, 224229 (U.P.) India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: ravihort.009@gmail.com
Received: 12.07.2020  |  Revised: 18.08.2020   |  Accepted: 23.08.2020 

 ABSTRACT

The present investigations entitled “Genetic divergence in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench)” were carried out at the Horticulture Research Farm-I of the Department of Horticulture, School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Vidya Vihar Rae bareli Road Lucknow- 226025 Uttar Pradesh, India during the rainy season 2018. The present study involved evaluation of seventeen genotypes of okra. The observations on various attributes recorded revealed that the maximum intra-cluster distance was found for cluster-II followed by cluster-I. The overall review of the result obtained by genetic diversity study in present investigation revealed that the crosses between the genotypes separated by the large inter-cluster distance with high cluster mean values for one or other character to be improved. The maximum percentage contribution of genetic divergence in okra by total fruit yield per plant (39.71%) followed by number of fruits per plant (30.15%), stem diameter (14.71%), fruit circumference (6.62%).

Keywords: Okra, Genotypes, Divergence.

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Cite this article: Samiksha, Verma, R.S., Patel, V.K., Prakash, S., Maurya, S.K., & Kumar, S. (2020). Genetic Divergence in Okra [Abelmoschus esculents (L.) Moench], Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(4), 635-638. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8332