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RESEARCH JOURNAL OF PURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (RJPST )

E-ISSN 2579-0536
P-ISSN 2695-2696
VOL. 7 NO. 1 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/rjpst.v7.no1.2024.pg54.63

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Growth and Yield Response of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) to Organic Manures and their effect on Postharvest in Makurdi, Benue state, Nigeria.

Akinyemi B. K., Obute J. O. and Madina P

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Abstract

The study was conducted to investigate growth and yield response of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus l.) to organic manuresand their storability. A study conducted in the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Benue State. Three treatments (Cow-dung, goat dropping and rabbit dropping) of organic manure were used to determine growth and yield response of okra. Each organic manure of 1kg/2m by 2m was incorporated into the soil one week before transplanted. The experiment designed for this study was Completely Randomized Block Design with three replicates. Data collected on growth and yield parameters included: Plant height, Leaf area, and Number of branches and First flowering, Days to 50% flowering, Days to 50% maturity, Fruit length, Number of fruit/plant, Fruit weight (g) and Fruit weight (t/ha). Data collected was subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) using GENSTAT statistical soft-ware version 17.1 (2015). There were significant differences (P<0.05) among the treatments for each growth parameter and yield measurement. From the result, there was significant effect of treatments on the number, length and fresh weight of fruit per plant. The application of Cow-dung manure resulted in a significant (P < 0.05) increase in the number of okra fruit (46.07) compared to the rabbit dropping, goat dropping and the control (37.30, 35.25 and 30.15 respectively). The fruits produced by the cow-dung manure treatment were higher than the control and other treatments. From the result Cow-dung was a better source of organic manure for okra production than goat dropping and rabbit dropping and hence is recommended to farmers for optimum production of Okra in Makurdi. Cow-dung gave the best results for fruit firmness compared with the other treatments during the storage periods. Fruits firmness indicator of freshness and determines the quality of okra under storage.

keywords:

okra, organic manure, growth, yield, storage period

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