International Journal of Horticulture, 2025, Vol.15, No.2, 73-79 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 76 Table 2 Effect of treatments on primary branches Treatment Primary branches of different varieties of okra on different days 30DAS 45DAS 60DAS 75DAS 90DAS Arka Anamika 1.40b 1.80c 2.30c 2.40b 2.00a Rukmani 1.30b 1.65bc 2.10bc 2.30b 2.55d Raja 1.05a 1.30a 1.50a 1.75a 2.15b Special-45 1.30b 1.50ab 1.95b 2.20b 2.35a Arzine 1.45b 1.70bc 2.10bc 2.75c 3.00e LSD(0.05) 0.21 0.22 0.31 0.14 0.11 F-test * ** ** *** *** SEm(±) 0.06 0.07 0.10 0.09 0.53 CV(%) 10.6 9.2 10.2 8.5 3.1 GrandMean 1.30 1.59 2.00 2.21 2.41 Note: *Significant at 5% level of significance, **Significant at 1% level of significance, ***Significant at 0.1% level of significance, LSD: least significant difference, SEm: Standard error of the mean, CV: coefficient of difference, DAS: Days After Sowing Table 3 Pod diameter of different varieties of okra Treatment Pod diameter of different varieties of okra from 60 DAS 60DAS 75DAS 90DAS Arka Anamika 5.33b 5.50bc 5.83c Rukmani 4.83ab 4.83a 5.16b Raja 4.66a 4.91ab 4.66a Special-45 5.08ab 5.08abc 5.16b Arzine 4.91ab 5.66c 5.25b LSD(0.05) 0.60 0.61 0.22 F-test NS * *** SEm(±) 0.19 0.19 0.07 CV(%) 7.9 7.7 2.9 GrandMean 4.96 5.20 5.21 Note: *Significant at 5% level of significance, **Significant at 1% level of significance, ***Significant at 0.1% level of significance, LSD: least significant difference, SEm: Standard error of the mean, CV: coefficient of difference, DAS: Days After Sowing In the study of the yield parameters, the maximum pod length was observed in Rukmani (14.80) in 90 DAS. Arka Anamika and Arzine hybrid show a similar pod length (13.50), whereas the minimum pod length was recorded in the Raja F1 hybrid (11.75) (Table 4). The highest pod number of all varieties was observed in 60 DAS but found to decrease at 75 DAS gradually, but again it was recorded in the increase of the pod length at 90 DAS. Rukmani varieties were recorded with the highest average pod length (15.25) even at 60 DAS. On comparison with other verities, maximum pod length was recorded with Rukmani, followed by Arzine and Arka Anamika with the same value, and special-45 (13.08), followed by the smallest value, Raja, with the significant level (p<0.01). The result does not coincide with Mehata et al. (2022) and Mehata et al. (2023) because of the varietal difference and experimental factor. “Upon further analysis of the yield parameters, the average pod number at 90 DAS showed that the highest pod numbers were recorded for Arka Anamika and Rukmani (5.50), followed by Arzine (4.75), with the lowest observed in Raja and Special-45 (4.00), all at a significant level (p<0.01) (Table 5)." According to Mehata et al. (2022) and Mehata et al. (2023), Punjab selection (7.10) and Arka Anamika (3.80) recorded the highest pod number where my research coincided with the Mehata et al. (2023). The weight gained per pod at different growth stages is presented, showing that the Rukmani and Arzine varieties recorded the highest weight per pod (14.50), followed by Arka Anamika (13.75), with the lowest weight per pod observed in Raja and Special-45 (13.0) (Table
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