Gujarat Okra 9 (Anand Anamika) | ||
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Year of Release | 2024 |
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Area and Condition for which release | Gujarat, Irrigated conditions in kharif & summer | |
Special Features: | The variety has short plant stature with short internodes, long leaf blade length and broad width with deep depth of lobbing. Fruits are dark green colour, tender, smooth having acute shape of apex. | |
Name of centre | MVRS, Anand | |
Average yield | Kharif: 137.86 q/ha Summer: 111.31 q/ha | |
Characterstics |
The variety recorded 22.33, 25.84, 33.04 and 17.20 per cent higher fruit yield than the checks GAO 5, GO 6, Pusa Sawani and GAO 8 against their respective mean values in Kharif. It contains 2.715 % total soluble sugars, 0.112 % phenol, 0.207 % antioxidant activity and 14.47 g/kg mucilage. Under natural field condition, this variety has less prevalence of yellow vein mosaic virus disease and enation leaf curl virus disease. It has also lower jassids and whitefly population as well as shoot and fruit damage as compared to the checks GAO 5, GO 6, Pusa Sawani, GAO 8 and susceptible check (ELCv) AOL 23-01. |