Avoidable Yield Losses Due to Insect Pests of Okra

An experiment was conducted at the college farm, N.M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari. The highest okra fruit yield was recorded in treatment of protection throughout the crop season (1548 kg/ha), whereas yield was lowest (1090 kg/ha) in the treatment of no protection. Moreover, highest avoidable loss in okra fruit yield (29.59%) was recorded in treatment protection against insect pests throughout crop season whereas; lowest avoidable loss (10.00%) was recorded in protection against insect pests from 60 day onwards. Maximum gross income 37152 Rs/ha was obtained when the crop was protected against insect pest throughout crop season, whereas, minimum gross income was observed in unprotected treatment.