Tara Chandra Joshi , Namrata Acharya , Hari Prasad Ghimire , Rejina Sapkota , Suwas Dahal

Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, 44209, Nepal
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International Journal of Horticulture, 2025, Vol. 15, No. 4   doi: 10.5376/ijh.2025.15.0020
Received: 24 Feb., 2025    Accepted: 05 Jul., 2025    Published: 15 Aug., 2025

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Joshi T.C., Acharya N., Ghimire H.P., Sapkota R., and Dahal S., 2025, Effect of different nutrient media on okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) production in Kailali, Nepal, International Journal of Horticulture, 15(4): 195-200 (doi: 10.5376/ijh.2025.15.0020)

An experiment was conducted in Kailali district, Nepal, to evaluate the effect of different nutrient media on the production of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench). The study employed a single-factorial Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with eight treatments replicated three times. The treatments included farmyard manure (FYM), vermicompost, poultry manure, synthetic fertilizer (NPK), 50% NPK + 50% FYM, 50% NPK + 50% vermicompost, 50% NPK + 50% poultry manure, and a no-fertilizer control. The okra variety Arka Anamika was used, and data were collected on growth and yield parameters such as plant height, number of leaves and branches per plant, fruit count per plant, fruit length and diameter, and total yield (ton/ha). Measurements were taken from ten randomly selected plants from the central rows of each plot, and data were analyzed using R software. Results indicated that poultry manure led to the highest yield at 21.18 ton/ha and significantly improved growth characteristics such as plant height and leaf number while control being the lowest 9.95 ton/ha. Conversely, the control and synthetic fertilizer treatments showed the poorest performance. The findings suggest that poultry manure is an effective nutrient source for enhancing okra growth and yield.

Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Monech); Organic fertilizer; Poultry manure; Kailali Nepal; Yield Performance