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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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Subject: Agricultural Biotechnology × End date: 2010 × Start date: 2010 ×
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    “GENETIC DIVERSITY ANALYSIS AND AMPLIFICATION OF SSR MARKERS ASSOCIATED WITH WBPH (Sogatella furcifera, Horvath) RESISTANCE IN RICE (Oryza sativa L.)”
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2010) NIKAM VIVEK SUDHAKAR; Dr. G. C. Jadeja
    Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is the most important food crop in the world and a model cereal species for molecular researches. Rice is the staple food in many parts of the world, including many developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Through genetic studies, eight major genes conferring resistance to WBPH in rice germplasm Wbph 1 to Wbph 8 have been reported. Among these, wbph 4 is recessive, whereas, the other seven are dominant genes. Besides major genes, QTLs have been reported for WBPH resistance
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    GENETIC DIVERSITY STUDIES ON CASTOR (Ricinus communis L.) USING RAPD AND ISSR MARKERS
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2010) GAJERA BHAVESHKUMAR BHIMJIBHAI; Subhash N.
    Castor (Ricinus communis L. 2n=20, family : Euphorbiaceae) is an industrially important for production of non-edible oil. Two DNA based molecular marker techniques, random amplified polymorphism DNA (RAPD) and inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR), were used to study the genetic diversity in castor genotypes. Out of the two hundred RAPD and twenty one ISSR primers screened, a total of 35 polymorphic primers (30 RAPD and 5 ISSR) were used. Amplification of genomic DNA of 22 genotypes, using RAPD analysis, yielded 256 fragments, of which 205 were polymorphic, with an average of 6.83 polymorphic fragments per primer. Number of amplified fragments with RAPD primers ranged from six to twelve and varied in size from 160 to 3000 bp. Percentage polymorphism ranged from 27.27 to 100. The five ISSR primers produced 47 bands across 22 genotypes, of which 32 were polymorphic, with an average of 6.4 polymorphic fragments per primer. The number of amplified bands varied from eight to thirteen, with size range from 240 to 2700 bp
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    “MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF ELITE RICE GENOTYPES FOR PHYSICAL AND COOKING QUALITY TRAITS
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2010) ANCEY JOSE; Dr. G. C. JADEJA
    Rice being one of the important staple food crops of India, grain quality is of paramount importance. Hence an attempt was made to undertake Molecular Analysis of Elite Rice Genotypes for Physical and Cooking Quality Traits at Anand Agricultural University, Anand, during 2008- 2009., by using various molecular techniques. Analysis of physical and cooking
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    “MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF PEARL MILLET [Pennisetum glaucum (l.) R Br. emend. Stuntz] GENOTYPES
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2010) RAMANUJ HIRAL A.; Dr. G. C. JADEJA
    Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. emend. Stuntz) is one of the important staple food crops of India. It demonstrates highest level of tolerance to drought and heat, amongst domesticated cereals. Consequently, it is grown on more than 26 million hectors in arid and semi arid regions of Africa and India. An experimental material, comprising 25 elite pearl millet genotypes was used for molecular analysis. The selected 25 genotypes were grown and selfed at Regional Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, in kharif 2007-08 to obtain pure seed. Molecular analysis was carried out at Department of Agricultural Botany and
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    “SCREENING OF RECOMBINANT INBRED LINES (RILs) OF RICE (Oryza sativa L.) SEGREGATING FOR AROMA TRAIT USING MOLECULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2010) ABHISHEK SINGH; Dr. R. Bhatnagar
    Aromatic rice has become popular owing to its aroma. Growing demand for aromatic rice has spurred interest in the development of local aromatic cultivars that offer combination of better aroma and higher yield. In order to assist in the development of aromatic rice cultivars suited to particular local environmental conditions, rice breeders have an interest in gaining access to a simple and inexpensive method(s) for distinguishing between aromatic and non-aromatic rice parents and recombinant lines derived from aromatic and non-aromatic parents
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    MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF RICE (Oryza sativa L.) GENOTYPES FOR BACTERIAL LEAF BLIGHT RESISTANCE
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2010) Bhupendra S. Panwar; Dr. Subhash N
    Bacterial leaf blight caused by the bacterial pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae (Xoo) limits rice yield in all major rice growing regions of the world, especially in irrigated lowland and rainfed conditions where predisposition factors favor disease development to epidemic proportions. Since bacterial pathogens are difficult to manage, development of host plant resistance is the most effective means of disease management. As many as 31 major genes conferring resistance to various races of the pathogen have been identified and utilized in rice breeding programs. However, large-scale and long-term cultivation of varieties carrying a single gene for resistance resulted in a significant shift in pathogen race frequency with consequent breakdown of resistance in these cultivars. To combat the problem of resistance breakdown, pyramiding of resistance genes into different cultivars is being carried out. Availability of tightly linked marker for individual genes is the prerequisite for pyramiding of resistance genes
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    MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF RESTORERS, MAINTAINERS AND CMS LINES OF WILD ABORTIVE CYTOPLASM FOR TAGGING FERTILITY RESTORER GENES IN RICE (Oryza sativa L.)
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2010) AMAN JOT; Dr. G. C. Jadeja
    Rice (Oryza sativa L., 2n = 24) is the most important food crop in the world. Commercial exploitation of heterosis is essential for enhancing productivity of rice. The use of cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) and fertility restoration system greatly facilitates large scale production of hybrid seed. The wild abortive (WA) cytoplasm is most widely used for hybrid seed production in rice. Identification of elite restorers and maintainers is needed for making more promising hybrid combinations. The present investigation was undertaken to study genetic variability and polymorphism among restorers, maintainers and CMS lines in rice with WA cytoplasm through RAPD and SSR molecular marker systems and validate SSR markers previously reported to be linked to fertility restorer (Rf) gene(s) for WA-CMS lines of rice through bulked line analysis (BLA). Sufficient amount of quality genomic DNA was extracted from rice leaves at seedling stage by Cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) method for PCR.
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    “BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF WHEAT CULTIVARS (Triticum aestivum L. and T. durum L.)”
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2010) VISHAL RAMCHANDRA PATIL; Dr. J.G. Talati
    India is the second largest producer of wheat in the world after China. Wheat (T. aestivum, 2n=6x=42 and T. durum 2n=4x=28) is one of the major food crops next to rice in India. Although, India has achieved self sufficiency in wheat production in recent years, the quality of Indian wheat needs improvement not only for domestic consumption but also for meeting international standards for export purpose. The end use quality of wheat is mainly influenced by composition of gluten protein. Flour quality of cultivars for different products were studied using different qualitative parameters like moisture, ash, total soluble sugar, starch, protein, lysine, tryptophan, dry and wet gluten, gluten index, β-carotene content, sedimentation value, thousands kernel weight and hectoliter weight. Results of present study revealed that, protein content, β-carotene content
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