Organic Medium Enclosed Trough Growing Technique Improves Abelmoschus esculentus (Okra) Growth, Yield and Some Nutritional Components

Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) is an important vegetable that has been indigenized in African countries where it consumed as a relish. There still, however, lack of documented cultivation techniques for better yields. An organic medium-enclosed trough (OMET) system growing technique developed to reduce water and nutrient seepage during plant production. The study objectives evaluated the effect OMET on growth, yield, nutritional attributes okra. A complete randomized block design was established accommodate two treatments: non-OMET, micro-plot under field conditions. stem diameter height were recorded weekly clear increasing trend over non-OMET observed from week 4 transplantation. significantly increased by 37 48%, respectively. When evaluating yield attributes, similar observed, okra follows: biomass 50%, number branches pods per 49%, fresh pod weight 53%, length 51%, while there no significant difference width. Non-essential amino acids compounds, including arginine, serine, glycine, aspartate acid, glutamic alanine, proline essential acids, histidine, threonine, methionine, lysine, tyrosine, leucine, phenylalanine, asparagine glutamine, highly maintained compared non-OMET. enhanced upregulation proteins, Ca, Mg, K, Mn, Na, P Zn elemental nutrients disposal less irrigation than This could be recommended small-scale commercial farming improve production nutrition.