IMPROVEMENT QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF OKRA SEED YIELD (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS L.) THROUGH CONTROL OF COTTON SEED BUG (OXYCARENUS HYALINIPENNIES COSTA) | ||
| Fayoum Journal of Agricultural Research and Development | ||
| Article 8, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 84-91 PDF (447.38 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles. | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/fjard.2010.195658 | ||
| Authors | ||
| H. H Hamed1; A. F. E. Afsah2; S. H. A. Hussein2 | ||
| 1Hort. Res. Inst., Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| 2Plant Prot. Res. Inst., Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study aimed to (Ι) Determine the effect of cotton seed bug infestation on yield and quality of okra seeds. (П) Evaluate the efficacy of some treatments on reducing seed damage caused by cotton seed bug. (III) Determine the effect of preventing the cotton seed bug control at beginning of the pods dryness. To achieve these goals, the behavior of viability of okra seeds was study under the three methods of control cotton seed bug infestation. Treatment (1): floral buds were bagged from beginning of its formation until beginning of the pods dryness, treatment (2): floral buds were bagged from beginning of its formation until beginning of the floral bud formation to the completely pods dryness treatment (3): insecticide spraying treatment on Balady "red" genotype. This study was carried out during two successive seasons. Results showed significant differences between number and weight of perfect seeds, number and weight of damaged seeds, damaged seed percentage, seed germination percentage, weight of 1000 seeds, crude fat and crude protein percentage were significantly increased by the treatment (2). The check treatment resulted in maximum number of damaged seed per plant, highest weight of damaged seeds per plant and also highest damaged seed percentage. In addition that, mass and density of seeds (physical properties) were increased by treatment (2). Preventing the cotton seed bug control at beginning of the pod dryness led to low quality and quantity of okra seed yield. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Okra; Seeds; and Oxycarenus hyalinipennies | ||
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