Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 4
Written by Wasiu Agunbiade LAMIDI, Michael Segun AFOLABI, Mosobalaje Abdulsalam MURTADHA, Kabiru Alani SHITTU, Elizabeth Abiola OJELEYE

The research work evaluated the yields of fresh pods and vegetativeness of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) leaves when they were naturally subjected to different environmental parameters at two different years. The okra crops were planted two times, in the rainy season of 2019 and in 2020 between May and August. Temperature and humidity values were taken at 10.00 h and 14.00 h daily from School meteorological unit. Temperature-Humidity-Index (THI) values were computed. Yield parameters namely plants’ heights, Leaf Area Index (LAI), number of leaves, stem girth, cumulative yields of leaves and okra fresh pods were measured. Results show that okra planted in 2019 gave the highest vegetative yield via LAI (398.50 m₂) and number of leaves (16.50) in 2019, the values in 2019 have increase of 9.57% and 8.91% respectively over their corresponding values in year 2020. Also, the THI directly affects the growth rates, yield components and average cumulative yields of fresh okra pods at the significant difference (P≤ 0.05).Years of planting and season of planting, temperature and humidity of the environment affect the yield and yield components of okra and the project is feasible in economic sense.

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