Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

BIO-EFFICIENCY STUDIES OF PLANT BIOTIX PRODUCT “BP- 100” ON OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS (L.) MOENCH) CULTIVATION

Patel Manthan Chandrakant and Deven Verma

Abstract

Present investigation was done to evaluate the results of applying industrial product “BP-100” on growth, yield and quality of okra in comparison with domestic popular product as standard check “IFFCO Sea Secret”. Both the products were mixture of humic acid and seaweed extract. Experiment was conducted on the agriculture field, LPU, Phagwara in summer, 2023. Okra variety Arka Anamika was obtained from IIHR, Bengaluru. Experiment was based on RBD with five treatments and five replications. Interestingly, most of the parameters like germination percentages, plant height, number of leaves, branches, flowers and fruit, fruit yield, net returns and cost benefits were found maximum under T5 (standard check) while some other traits like seedling length, seedling fresh weight and seedling vigour index I T4 gave higher results. T5 gave also maximum TSS content, ascorbic acid and mucilage content in okra while least fibre content and physiological loss of weight after harvesting was also observed in T5. Based on those observations, the conclusion made out of this experiment is, highest results in almost all parameters are coming from T5 because of more number of applications (as per recommended) on okra and less price of the product compared to test product “BP-100” used in T2, T3 and T4.