Effect of N and P Levels on the Growth and Yield of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) cv. Punjab-8

A field experiment was conducted in the Department of Horticulture, Khalsa College, Amritsar during 2016-17 to study the Effect of N and P levels on the growth and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) cv. Punjab-8. The crop was sown in first week of March. The investigation was laid out in RBD with eight treatment combinations replicated thrice with spacing of 45×30 cm. Results of the study showed that the different levels of N and P had significant effect on physical characteristics of okra. It is evident from the results that the treatment T6 (N 125 % + P 20 kg) significantly affected the vegetative characters in terms of maximum plant height (142.43 cm), stem diameter (2.45 cm), number of leaves (35.10), leaf area (83.30 cm 2 ) and minimum number of days to 50% flowering (32.33) and first picking (38.33). Treatment T4 (N 100 % + P 20 kg) was a remarkable treatment generating maximum number of flowers (48.63), pod length (13.75 cm), pod girth (2.02 cm), pod weight (16.54 g), number of pods per plant (20.72) and yield (143.20 q/ha).