<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Field irrigation experiments were conducted to assess the varietal performance and correlation of pod yield and yield attributes under irrigation at the Teaching and Research Farm, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, during the 2015 and 2016 dry seasons. The results revealed that the most outstanding for fresh pod yield per plant were okra cultivar Kwadag Y’ar gagure Salkade, and Kwadam, in descending order, with yield ranging from 580.38 to 622.67 g, while the Composite cultivar had the lowest value of pod yield of 428.62 g over the two years. The greatest average values for the number of pods per plant and the number of primary branches per plant were observed for Salkade and Y’ar gagure, respectively. Highest fresh pod length and fresh pod diameter were also exhibited for Salkade and Kwadag. The genotypic coefficient of variation was higher than the phenotypic variation for the entire yield-contributing characters. Days to 50% flowering were positive and highly significant differences associated with plant height, number of pods per plant, and fresh weight per pod could be observed. Path coefficient analysis showed that the number of pods per plant exhibited positive and direct influence on the pod yield across the studied years. Indirect influence of other yield components through this character also contributed mainly towards pod yield. Therefore, days to 50% flowering, plant height, pod length, number of pods per plant, pod diameter, number of primary branches per plant, and fresh weight per pod could be taken into consideration for the selection and development of high pod-yielding varieties in okra. </p></abstract>

Field irrigation experiments were conducted to assess the varietal performance and correlation of pod yield and yield attributes under irrigation at the Teaching and Research Farm, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, during the 2015 and 2016 dry seasons. The results revealed that the most outstanding for fresh pod yield per plant were okra cultivar Kwadag Y’ar gagure Salkade, and Kwadam, in descending order, with yield ranging from 580.38 to 622.67 g, while the Composite cultivar had the lowest value of pod yield of 428.62 g over the two years. The greatest average values for the number of pods per plant and the number of primary branches per plant were observed for Salkade and Y’ar gagure, respectively. Highest fresh pod length and fresh pod diameter were also exhibited for Salkade and Kwadag. The genotypic coefficient of variation was higher than the phenotypic variation for the entire yield-contributing characters. Days to 50% flowering were positive and highly significant differences associated with plant height, number of pods per plant, and fresh weight per pod could be observed. Path coefficient analysis showed that the number of pods per plant exhibited positive and direct influence on the pod yield across the studied years. Indirect influence of other yield components through this character also contributed mainly towards pod yield. Therefore, days to 50% flowering, plant height, pod length, number of pods per plant, pod diameter, number of primary branches per plant, and fresh weight per pod could be taken into consideration for the selection and development of high pod-yielding varieties in okra.

Varietal performance and correlation of okra pod yield and yield components

Department of Biological Sciences, Fountain University, Osogbo, and Department of Crop Production, University of Maiduguri,

Department of Crop Production, University of Maiduguri,

Department of Crop, Soil and Pest Management, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State,

Department Plant Science and Biotechnology, Federal University, Oye Ekiti,

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Agriculture and Environment

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Field irrigation experiments were conducted to assess the varietal performance and correlation of pod yield and yield attributes under irrigation at the...

Varietal performance and correlation of okra pod yield and yield components

Publicado en línea: 08 feb 2017

Páginas: 112 - 125

Recibido: 19 oct 2016

Aceptado: 30 oct 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausae-2016-0010

Palabras clave
phenotypic, genotypic, correlation coefficient, path analysis, okra pod yield

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Varietal performance and correlation of okra pod yield and yield components

Publicado en línea: 08 feb 2017

Páginas: 112 - 125

Recibido: 19 oct 2016

Aceptado: 30 oct 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausae-2016-0010

Palabras clavephenotypic, genotypic, correlation coefficient, path analysis, okra pod yield

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
phenotypic, genotypic, correlation coefficient, path analysis, okra pod yield