Okra

Okra

Botanical Name :- Abelmoschus esculentus
Family :- Malvaceae
Origin :- Africa
2n :- 130

• Okra is known as :- Bhindi, Ladies finger
• Okra is a which type of vegetable :- Berry
• Edible portion :- Whole fruit
• Okra flower are :- Self pollinated crop
• Resistance of YVMV have been the major breeding objective in okra crop.
• Okra is a tropical crop.
• High iodine content of fruits help in controlling goitre.
• Dr. Harbhajan singh started systematic research work on okra.
• At temperature above 42 °C flowers bud drops.
• For normal growth and development of okra a temperature between 24 °C and 28 °C is preferred.
• Okra give 300 - 500 % crop land use efficiency as an inter-crop in cassava and cucurbits.
• Yellow vein mosaic is due to :- Virus
• Major pest of okra is :- Fruit borer
• Yield in tan / ha :- 12 - 15

Varieties :-

• Pusa ; susceptible to YVMV.

A.	Selection	Pusa Mukhmali Gujrat Behdi No. 1
B.	Introduction	Clemon's spineless - Introduction Perkins Long Green
C.	Hybrid	Pusa sawami : Pusa Mokhmali x IC 1542 : (Day neutral variety), spinless Punjab Padmani : A esculentus x A. manihot spp. mainhot Parbhani Kranti : A esculentus x A. manihot spp. mainhot Arka Anamica : A esculentus x A. manihot spp. tetraphyllus Arka Abhay : A esculentus x A. manihot spp. mainhot
D.	Privet Sector Hybrid	Panchali Adhunik Supriya Varsha
E.	Mutant	EMS-8
F.	YVMV Resistant varieties	Arka Anamira Arka Abhay Parbhani Kranti Punjab Padmani Pusa sawami Varsha Upkar Hissar Barsati