Enhancing Growth and Quality of Red Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus cv. Kashi Lalima) Using Nano Urea and Bioenhancers

Abstract

An investigation was carried out on red okra at Experimental Farm, Kharora, Mata Gujri College, Sri Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India tocheck the nano urea and bio-enhancer’s impact on quantitative and qualitative attributes of red okra cv. Kashi Lalima with varioustreatments under randomized block design. Eight treatments were evaluated out of these treatments T6 (Nano Urea @0.4% + Panchgavya@3%) responded superior in yield parameters such as length of pod (10.44 cm), pod diameter (1.89 cm), pod weight (9.74 g), pod yield(9.82 q ha-1), number of pods plant-1 (18.44), biological yield (18.82 kg ha-1) and harvest index (52.63%). The quality characters weresignificantly affected by T6 in which maximum TSS content (7.70○Brix), crude protein (1.79%), crude fat (5.14 %), anthocyanin (3.49 mg100g-1), vitamin A (0.62 mg 100g-1) and vitamin C (18.84 mg 100g-1), respectively. Additionally, treatment T6 gives better results in higherB:C ratio (2.94), gross returns (₹ 5,23,770.83 ha-1) and net returns (₹ 3,99,286.93 ha-1), respectively.