Books by Davinder Singh

Okra, a fast growing, erect, herbaceous annual crop,belongs to the family Malvaceae. It's an important vegetable crop grown in tropical and subtropical regions of the world due to its wider adaptability, year round cultivation, highly nutritive along with medicinal value, export potential and good portability. The green tender fruits of okra are good source of carbohydrates, protein, vitamins (A, B and C) and rich in calcium, potassium and other mineral matters. Dry seeds of okra contain 18-20% oil and 20-23% crude protein. In CCSHAU, several research workers have evaluated okra genotypes generated as well as collected from different resources, which exhibited immense range of variation in morphological traits.