Heterosis for yields and yield components in okras

Significant heterotic effects in the positive direction were expressed for all the eight yield and yield contributing characters. Most of the high heterotic combinations were between geographically diverse parents. The crosses, SOH-02 x P.K., and SOH-02 x G.F., exhibited desirable negative and significant heterotic effects for the characters, days to initiation of flowering, days to initiation of fruit and days to maturity for green fruit. The cross DVR-3 x G.G. had recorded significant heterobeltiosis for yield/ plant , fruits/ plant , nodes/ plant, branches/ plant and plant height. The crosses JNDO-5x P. K.(153.43