1. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE &
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT OF PSS, NRM OR ASH
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BY
 Candidate Name (ID……….)
 Advisor (s)
…………………………
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 TITLE OF STUDY

2. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
 INTRODUCTION
Problem Statement
Hypothesis
Objectives of Study
Significance of Study
 MATERIALS AND METHODS
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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3. INTRODUCTION
Brief overview of your study
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4. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Study gap you filled your study
What was the need for your study
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5. HYPOTHESIS
Null Hypothesis & Alternative Hypothesis you tested
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6. OBJECTIVE OF STUDY
State objectives for your study, both general and specific objectives
here.
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7. SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
State the justification for your study
The benefits to be derived from your study
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8. MATERIALS & METHOD/RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
Study Site
Land Preparation (Plot size: 30 x 12.5m; 4 Blocks, 32 X 59m (30
subplots); subplot size (3.5 X 2.5m); Spacing: 0.5m x 0.70m))
Cultural Practices (Weeding, Irrigation)
Experimental Design (RCBD) or Sampling Technique
Data Collection (Descriptors of IPGRI Descriptor List (1991))
Data Analyses: ANOVA, Correlation, Regression, Descriptive
statistics etc (Software, version)
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9. RESULTS/DISCUSSION (3/11)
TABLE 3.6: CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS AMONG 13
QUANTITATIVE TRAITS OF ABELMOSCHUS SPP
FPGer FPFl FPFr MPH MNI FFN NLP 1000SWT ASPPD STB ANP P
NPP
PH FFPN
FPGer
FPFl -0.24
FPFr -0.19 0.95
MPH -0.03 -0.05 -0.03
MNI -0.08 0.05 -0.03 0.42
FFN -0.13 0.05 0.01 0.62 0.53
NLPPLT -0.22 0.43 0.57 0.12 0.12 0.15
1000SWT -0.07 -0.17 -0.13 0.39 0.18 0.30 0.29
ASPPD -0.03 -0.13 0.08 0.34 0.14 0.36 0.57 0.30
STB -0.03 0.44 0.50 0.36 0.33 0.37 0.46 0.16 0.24
ANPP 0.11 -0.10 -0.05 0.45 0.42 0.71 0.26 0.21 0.60 0.22
NPPPH -0.28 0.14 0.14 0.44 0.47 0.68 0.41 0.24 0.46 0.29 0.64
FFPN -0.02 -0.05 0.01 0.14 0.27 0.20 0.00 -0.06 0.29 0.14 0.10 0.30
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10. CONCLUSION 1/2
There was intense variability in agro-morphological characters studied among all 29 accessions of okra.
The most diverse and distantly related accessions with outstanding traits were Mamolega, Wune mana
and Cs-Legon and could be potential sources of variability for future breeding work.
Moderate to strong association exists between pairs of quantitative yield traits in the okra landraces
studied.
The output of the PCA revealed that different characters contributed differently to the total variation.
The ISSR primers yielded low level of polymorphism among the 29 accessions; 25 accessions however,
were identified as possible duplicates
Indiana, Yeji-Local, Asante type II and Atomic were detected as distinct unique genotypes and could be
unique sources of genes for improvement programmes.
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11. RECOMMENDATIONS
Topmost accessions with desirable qualities (Indiana, Yeji-Local, Asante type II and Atomic) could be utilised for developing
commercial variety for the export market.
Collections should be extended to other regions and base collections in the genebank of PGRRI at Bunso, should be
thoroughly characterised and for further conservation
Genes linked to agronomically important traits in okra should be genetically mapped through Quantitative Traits Loci (QTLs)
Okra genome should be sequenced to develop SSRs
screening for secondary metabolites (HPLC, TLC, LCMS ) should be done
Protein, antioxidants, TFC, TPC of leaves, crude fibre, total carbohydrate, other nutritional constituents (elemental, vitamins
etc) in both pods and leaves should be studied.
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12. THANK YOU
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