Okra Leaf Growth, Fruit Set, and Harvesting Duration With Cultivar and Sowing Date
| Autor: | E. A. Makinde, A. W. Salau |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
biology Sowing 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Plant Science biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Fruit set Tropical rain forest Point of delivery Agronomy 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Abelmoschus Cultivar Leaf area index Agronomy and Crop Science 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Vegetable Science. 22:101-111 |
| ISSN: | 1931-5279 1931-5260 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19315260.2013.873107 |
| Popis: | Productivity of okra [Abelmoschus esculentus (L) Moench] can be affected by sowing date and/or cultivar. Field experiments were conducted in the tropical rain forest zone of Nigeria to investigate effects of sowing date on leaf growth, pod yield, and fruiting duration of okra cvs. NHae47-4, LD88, and Jokoso. Early sowing supported development of more leaves/plant than normal or late sowing. Highest leaf area (LA) was from regular and late-sown plants in the first year. In the second year, highest LA was from early sown plants. The dwarf cv. Jokoso had the highest leaf area index (LAI) with early sowing in the second year. The cv. NHae47-4 attained first flowering 6 and 7 days earlier than ‘LD 88’ and ‘Jokoso’. Days to 50% flowering was not affected by cultivar or sowing date. With early sowing, cv. NHae47-4 attained first pod harvests in 59 days; cvs. LD 88 and Jokoso attained first pod harvests in 67 and 70 days, respectively. Harvesting lasted for 43 days with early sowing and 37 and 26 days for... |
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