EFFECTS OF ANIMAL MANURE ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF OKRA (Abelmoschus esculentus L.)

The response of manure towards the growth and development of crops was plaid in this investigation. Manure and compost not only supply many nutrients for crop production, including micronutrients, but they are also valuable sources of organic matter. Increasing soil organic matter improves soil structure or tilth. Most vegetable crops return small amounts of crop residue to the soil, so manure, compost, and other organic amendments help maintain soil organic matter levels. The pots experiment was comprised 60 pots with two cultivars i.e., “Sabz Pari” and “Super Green” of Okra species having 5 replicates 3 treatments for each species and 6 harvests. The experiments were conducted at the net house of Botany Department, Government Postgraduate College Dera Ghazi Khan in a completely randomized block design. The growth parameters number of leaves 68.01±37.43 and leaf area 70.74±31.87 of cultivar “Super green” was showed maximum response in manure than cultivar “Sabz pari” 8.11±1.34 and 8.19±5.60, respectively. The vegetative growth of Okra cultivars were showed significant response in different concentration of animals manure. Significant variations were found in between the treatments and the different levels of growth harvest (P≥000***). Moreover the germination response of weeds was also significantly increased with the concentration of animal manure.