Effect of seed treatment with growth regulator on growth, yield and seed quality parameters of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.): CV. Utkal Gaurav

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted, to study the Effect of growth regulator on growth, yield and seed quality parameters of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.):cv. Utkal Gaurav, was carried at Central Farm, Breeder Seed Production Unit, College of Agriculture, OUAT during Kharif season of 2015-2016, use of different growth regulators as seed treatment in 25 & 50 ppm. Among all the treatments, T1 (GA3 @ 50 ppm) require minimum number of days for start germination (2.07 days) and 100 % germination (9.35 days), the maximum plant height was found (102.08cm),, highest test weight (7.84 g), Seedling shoot length (16.24 cm) and Days to require first flowering was found to be earliest in (34.31 days) and first harvesting (40.83 days) was recorded, among the growth regulator maximum fruit weight (15.09 g), dry fruit weight (4.96 g) fruit yield per plot (4.48kg) and yield per hectare (89.21) was observe in T3 (NAA @ 50 ppm).