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Anand Agricultural University, Anand

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 2004 at Anand with the support of the Government of Gujarat, Act No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29, 2004. Caved out of the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. K. M. Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support to the farming community in three facets namely education, research and extension activities in Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product Processing and Home Science. At present there seven Colleges, seventeen Research Centers and six Extension Education Institute working in nine districts of Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Mahisagar, Botad and Chhotaudepur AAU's activities have expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from the mandatory ones like rice, maize, tobacco, vegetable crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding, nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's operating philosophy however, continues to create the partnership between the rural people and committed academic as the basic for sustainable rural development. In pursuing its various programmes AAU's overall mission is to promote sustainable growth and economic independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this through education, research and extension education. Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the farmers.

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    GENETIC DIVERSITY STUDIES USING EST-SSRs AMONG CULTIVARS OF MAIZE (Zea mays L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 2013) ARUN RAMCHANDRAN; Dr. N. Sasidharan
    Maize (Zea mays L) is one of the most important cereals of the world and provides more human food than any other cereal. Maize is grown across all the states in India and in many states; it is one of the important staple foods. Genetic diversity of maize plays a key role in maize breeding. Knowledge of the amount and the distribution of genetic variation within and among maize landraces will provide a guide for predicting the degree of inheritance, variation, and level of heterosis that are essential for maize breeding. In the present study, 28 Maize genotypes were analyzed by 12 EST-derived SSR markers dispersed on 5 of the 10 chromosomes to check genetic diversity among them. The analysis was carried out as per the standard protocol. Twelve primer pairs derived from maize genome produced a total of 76 alleles with an average of 5.91 alleles per primer pair. The dendrogram generated on the principle of Unweighted Pair Wise Method Using Arithmetic Average (UPGMA) was constructed and the genotypes were grouped in to clusters. All the entries of CML series and CM lines clustered into their respective groups. In subcluster A1, GWH-9902 grouped with GWL-1. This is due to the fact that GWH-9902 is one of the parents of GWL-1. The clustering pattern of the A1 sub-cluster revealed that accessions namely GYC-9006 and GYH-9842 clustered along with GWL series accessions. This may be due to accidental mixture of seeds. Also the genotype, Amber grouped separately in this cluster A indicating its aversion from the other lines. Madhuri clustered separately in the second cluster which suggested it is highly diverse from this group of maize lines. The study revealed that EST-derived SSR markers can be efficiently utilized for bringing out the latent diversity existing in maize germplasm belonging to different geographical and agroclimatic regions. Diversity also was observed for maize endosperm colorations which were obscured in some cases, due to admixtures.
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    GENETIC DIVERSITY STUDIES USING EST-SSRs AMONG CULTIVARS OF MAIZE (Zea mays L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 2013) ARUN RAMCHANDRAN; Dr. N. Sasidharan
    Maize (Zea mays L) is one of the most important cereals of the world and provides more human food than any other cereal. Maize is grown across all the states in India and in many states; it is one of the important staple foods. Genetic diversity of maize plays a key role in maize breeding. Knowledge of the amount and the distribution of genetic variation within and among maize landraces will provide a guide for predicting the degree of inheritance, variation, and level of heterosis that are essential for maize breeding. In the present study, 28 Maize genotypes were analyzed by 12 EST-derived SSR markers dispersed on 5 of the 10 chromosomes to check genetic diversity among them. The analysis was carried out as per the standard protocol. Twelve primer pairs derived from maize genome produced a total of 76 alleles with an average of 5.91 alleles per primer pair. The dendrogram generated on the principle of Unweighted Pair Wise Method Using Arithmetic Average (UPGMA) was constructed and the genotypes were grouped in to clusters. All the entries of CML series and CM lines clustered into their respective groups. In subcluster A1, GWH-9902 grouped with GWL-1. This is due to the fact that GWH-9902 is one of the parents of GWL-1. The clustering pattern of the A1 sub-cluster revealed that accessions namely GYC-9006 and GYH-9842 clustered along with GWL series accessions. This may be due to accidental mixture of seeds. Also the genotype, Amber grouped separately in this cluster A indicating its aversion from the other lines. Madhuri clustered separately in the second cluster which suggested it is highly diverse from this group of maize lines. The study revealed that EST-derived SSR markers can be efficiently utilized for bringing out the latent diversity existing in maize germplasm belonging to different geographical and agroclimatic regions. Diversity also was observed for maize endosperm colorations which were obscured in some cases, due to admixtures.