Department of Vegetable Crops, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
A study was undertaken at the Vegetable Research Farm, Punjab Agricultural University, during 1997 to work out the magnitude of heterobeltiosis in okra in a 8x8 diallel set excluding reciprocals. Highly significant desirable heterobeltiosis was observed for all characters except for the YVM virus related characters. The cross Pusa Makhmali x HRB 9–2 showed significant desirable heterotic response for node at which the first flower appears, number of fruit per plant, average fruit weight, marketable yield, total yield, while the cross HRB 9–2 x Punjab-8 exhibited desirable heterosis for days to first flowering, days to first picking and plant height and can be exploited for commercial productions.
Fruit weight, Heterobeltiosis, Okra, Yield
