HORTICULTURAL, FOOD STANDARDS AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INFESTATION WITH SOME INSECT PESTS FOR SOME NEW LINES OF OKRA [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench.] | ||||
| Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 25, Issue 9, September 2000, Page 5901-5909 PDF (748.69 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2000.259622 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Fawzia K Kotb,1; W. S. Ragheb2; Rawhia M. Wahba2 | ||||
| 1Institution of Plant Protection Research, ARC., Egypt. | ||||
| 2Institution of Horticultural Research, ARC., Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| New seven lines of okra, which were cultivated at Sabahia Horticultural Research Station, were evaluated during 1998 and 1999 summer seasons for some horticultural traits, their susceptibility to infestation with two important insect pests and for some food properties. All the lines gave smooth and medium to dark green pods except line 3 that gave hard spiny pods and line 4 that had light green pods. Most of the lines flowered early, but line 4 was late in flowering. All the tested lines were susceptible to spiny bollworm Earias insulana Boisd., and cotton seed bug Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (casta) infestation. The percentage of infestation varied between 30.61 and 49.52% with E. insulana and from 7.23 to 20.62% with O. hyalinipennis. Line 3, (Fallahy x Eskandarani) was the least susceptible to infestation with the cottonseed bug and it could be considered almost tolerant to spiny bollworm while line 4, (Fallahy x Roomy) was the most susceptible to infestation with the two insect pests. The consumers in Cairo preferred Lines 2, 6 and 7 because they mainly prefer the medium to dark green pods, while the Alexandrine consumers preferred line 4 for its light green color and low mucilage content pods. | ||||
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