Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L) Moench) is one of the most important vegetable, crops grown in India and the variety Pusa Sawani enjoys wide popularity on account of its high yield, better quality and tole-rence to vein clearing disease. The production of this vegetable being simple, with short crop period of about 90 days and ease in cultivation, it is important to devise ways and means for increasing its production by judicious agronomic practices and proper plant protection measures. Accordingly, an experiment was conducted at the Vegetable Section, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore to find out the optimum doses of major plant nutrients and economical spacing required for okra and the results are presented.
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