Okra varietal screening against sucking pest complex B B Gaikwad*, B B Bhosle and

摘要

In India, vegetables have occupied the prime position in human diet, as these are the cheaper source of carbohydrate, minerals, vitamins, proteins, dietary fibers besides having medicinal value and provide nutritional security to a predominately vegetarian population. Among different vegetables, okra, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench belonging to the family Malvaceae is an important annual vegetable, grown for its immature green non fibrous edible fruits in the tropical and sub-tropical regions ofthe world especially in India, U.S.A., Africa, Asia, Nigeria, Sudan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, Australia, U.K. and other neighboring countries. India ranks first in area and production in the world. It is a major commercial vegetable cultivated in India and occupies an area of 532.66 thousand hectares with a production of 6346.37 thousand tones and productivity of 11.9 MT/ha. (Anonymous, 2014).