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Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) also called as bhindi, ochro or ladies’ finger is a warm season vegetable crop. It is grown for its tender pods which are edible. The plants are cultivated in warm temperature, sub-tropical and tropical regions of the world. The realisable yield potential of okra is greater than what has been already achieved so far in the world. Improvement of high yielding varieties is mainly dependent on the genetic diversity of the crop. The investigation on combining ability and heterosis breeding methods are highly potential ways for achieving greater production and productivity. The combining ability effects for both general and specific combining abilities are estimated for various characters of okra using line × tester analysis mating design proposed by kempthrone which comprises of various lines, testers and their F1 hybrids. Here the parents and their hybrid crosses differ for specific combining ability effects and general combining ability effects and the best general combiners and specific combiners are evaluated for various traits like height of the plant, number of branches per plant, number of seeds per pod, internodal length, etc. the plants showing good combining abilities are used to accumulate the additive genes which are used for improvement of new varieties and hybrids with high fruit yield and yield components.