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Effects of Age of Harvesting after Pod Set on the Growth, Yield and Quality of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

G. O. Iremiren ,
A. W. Osara  and
D. A. Okiy
G. O. Iremiren
Affiliation:
Department of Crop Production, Federal University of Technology, PMB 704, Akure
A. W. Osara
Affiliation:
Department of Crop Production, Federal University of Technology, PMB 704, Akure
D. A. Okiy
Affiliation:
Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, PMB 1030, Benin City, Nigeria
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Summary

Differences in the age at which okra pods were harvested (4, 7, 10 or 13 days after pod set) had no effect on vegetative growth or pod yield, but pods harvested more than seven days after pod set were of poorer quality. The reduction in pod quality arose mainly from an increase in crude fibre and a reduction in the moisture, crude protein and ash content of older pods.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 33 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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