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EFFECT OF LEAFHOPFER, Amrasca devastans (Dist.) FEEDING ON THE PIGMENT CONTENT OF OKRA, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) MOENCH LEAVES.

Volume : 72
Issue: Aug-aug
Pages: 436 - 437
Published: September 26, 2023
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Abstract


Okra variety, A.E. 22. resistant to leafhopper contains more of total chlorophyll. xanthophyll and carotene than the highly susceptible (Pusa Sawani) and susceptible (F) varieties. Leafhopper feeding has further decreased the content of the pigments in all the varieties. The decrease was much more in the F, hybrid than the resis- tant and susceptible parents.

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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