EVALUATION OF 12 (TWELVE) OKRA (Abelmoschus esculentus (L). MOENCH). ACCESSIONS FOR YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENT IN LAFIA, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA.
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12 Accessions of okra (Abelmoscus esculentus (L) Moencl:) were evaluated at the College of Agriculture, Lafia research farm during the rainy season of 2012 and 2013 for yield and yield components. The experimental design was a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) witlr i. iree replications. Data were collected on Days to Jlowering, Days .j fruiting, plant height, Number of branches per plant, fruit weight per plant and fruit weight per hectare. The highest number of days to blooming was in accession NH/GB/10/101, spending 71.67days with the second lowest yield of 3091.6kg/ha after Okra 47-4, accession with the yield of 3025kg/ha. Minimum number of days to flowering (30.33 and 38.00) and maximum fruit weight per plant (470.13g and 460.38g) gave the maximum yield of the fruits (785S.3kg/ha and 7733.3kg/ha) obtained from accessions NG/SA/DE/07/0475 and CEN/6, respectively. This suggests that these accessions could be adapted for cultivation.