Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus, L.) originated from tropical
and subtropical Africa and is natural to West Africa
[1]. India is considered as the secondary centre of diversity.
In India, okra covers an area of 349.4 thousand hectares
with production of 3.66 million tons [2]. Injudicious
and indiscriminate application of chemical fertilizers has
created serious damages to the soil health, environment
and is threatening the health of millions of people throughout
the world and more importantly declining the productivity
of soil. Sustainable increase in production is possible
by adopting integrated fertilizer management which
necessitates the use of vermicompost and biofertilizers.
The vegetable production in India is still dominated by
locally available genotypes. Therefore, there is a need to
use hybrids as well as open pollinated high yielding va