Effect of Poultry Manure on Growth and Yield of Local Varieties of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)

C U Ibeh,I A Nweke,Leonard Nsoanya

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3463853

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Field experiments were conducted during 2012 rainy seasons to study the effects of poultry manure on growth and yield of some selected local varieties of Okra (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS). The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Completed Block Design (RCBD), replicated four times. The results show that three were significant differences in growth characteristics and yield of the varieties. There were significant yield depression tha-1 by 21.8%, 21.9%, 49.8% and 63.4%, when Kwanab bokodo was compared with Kwanab magwandara, Kwanab kwete and Lady’s finger (control), on fresh weight basis. However on dry weight basis, reverse was the case with lady’s finger significantly out-weighing (Kwanab magwandara by 14.50%, 25.4%, Kwanab bokodo by 34.7% and Kwanab kwete by 56.9%). There were also significant variations in the length of pods/plant (cm), leave area per plant (cm2), number of leaves per plant and number of branches per plant. This implies that lady’s finger with higher pod dry matter yield there has higher productivity and contains more nutritional components than others.

Highlights

Okra is a flowering plant belonging in the mallow family of Malvaceae, which originates from tropical and subtropical Africa and it is a native to West Africa (Tindall, 1983)
The word okra is of African origin and means “Lady Fingers” in Igbo a language spoken in Nigeria
Growth parameter: Result in Table 3 show that the differences in plant height and leaf area among the varieties were not significantly but the numbers of branches per plant, stem girth in Kwanab kwete were significantly higher (p ≥ 0.05) than the other varieties. This variety had very high mean plant height (82.75cm), stem diameter (6.23cm), leaf area per plant (1044.13cm2) at 12 WAP the number of branches of Kwanab kwete (7.16) was statistically higher than the mean value for other varieties used in the experiment

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Introduction

Okra is a flowering plant belonging in the mallow family of Malvaceae, which originates from tropical and subtropical Africa and it is a native to West Africa (Tindall, 1983). Okra was formerly considered of specie of hibiscus, but is classified in the genus Abelmoschus. Abelmoschus esculentus (L) okra is a widely cultivated vegetable and can be found in almost every market all over Africa (Schippers, 2000). The word okra is of African origin and means “Lady Fingers” in Igbo a language spoken in Nigeria. Okra is mainly cultivated for its pods which are cooked and eaten in countries like Sudan, Egypt, and Nigeria. It is important in other tropical areas including

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