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Gujarat Okra 9 (Anand Anamika)
Sub Crop:
Area and Condition for which release:
Gujarat, Irrigated conditions in kharif & summer
Year of Release:
2024
Average Yield:
Kharif: 137.86 q/ha Summer: 111.31 q/ha
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.
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Characterstics:
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The variety recorded 22.33, 25.84, 33.04 and 17.20 <em>per cent</em> higher fruit yield than the checks GAO 5, GO 6, Pusa Sawani and GAO 8 against their respective mean values in <em>Kharif.</em> 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.</p>
Name of centre:
MVRS, Anand
