African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Seasonal response of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) genotypes for okra yellow vein mosaic virus incidence

S. S. Solankey
  • S. S. Solankey
  • Department of Horticulture (Vegetable & Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bhagalpur), Bihar – 813 210, (India).
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Shirin Akhtar
  • Shirin Akhtar
  • Department of Horticulture (Vegetable & Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bhagalpur), Bihar – 813 210, (India).
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Randhir Kumar*
  • Randhir Kumar*
  • Department of Horticulture (Vegetable & Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bhagalpur), Bihar – 813 210, (India).
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R. B. Verma
  • R. B. Verma
  • Department of Horticulture (Vegetable & Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bhagalpur), Bihar – 813 210, (India).
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Kumar Sahajanand
  • Kumar Sahajanand
  • Department of Horticulture (Vegetable & Floriculture), Bihar Agricultural College, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (Bhagalpur), Bihar – 813 210, (India).
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  •  Accepted: 05 March 2014
  •  Published: 19 March 2014

Abstract

One of the major limiting factors of okra is the incidence of okra yellow vein mosaic virus (OYVMV), its vector being whitefly. Infection of 100% plants in a field is very common and yield losses range from 50 to 94% depending on the stage of crop growth at which infection occurs. A total of 91 okra genotypes were evaluated in summer and rainy season of 2012 to 2013, out of which only 6 genotypes (IIHR123, IC90381, CI140982, IC141065, IIHR1, and Kavya) were found to have highly resistant disease reaction during both the season. The highest fruit yield in rainy and summer season was observed in the genotypes IC32855 (308 g/ plant) and IC99646 (212.3 g/plant), respectively. These genotypes could be used for further hybrid breeding programme due to their high yield and lower disease incidence for OYVMV.

 

Key words: Disease incidence, genotypes, okra, OYVMV, seasonal variation.

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