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Effects of Spacing and Nitrogen Fertilizer on ‘Pusa Sawani’ Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) in Nepal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

G. K. Shrestha
G. K. Shrestha
Affiliation:
Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Department of Horticulture, Central Campus, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal
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Summary

A two year study on ‘Pusa Sawani’ okra grown during the summer in Rampur, Nepal (228 m OD; 27° 37′ N) has shown that spacing did not affect days to first harvest or pod length but that pod number plant−1 was affected significantly. Although individual plant yields at each harvest were maximum viith plants spaced 45 cm apart (a population of about 50,000 plants ha−1) pod yields ha−1 were maximum with plants spaced only 15 cm apart (about 150,000 ha−1). Applications of nitrogen fertilizer hastened the first harvest by 4–6 days compared to the unfertilized control plots. The greatest pod yield (9.3 t ha−1) was obtained from plots given 60 kg N ha−1.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , July 1983 , pp. 239 - 242
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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