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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 Microbiology × Start date: 2019 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    EFFICACY OF PESTICIDE DEGRADING NATIVE BACTERIA AS PGPR IN MAIZE (Zea mays L.)
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2021) Patel Tasvirkumar Manubhai; Dr. H. K. Patel
    The study was conducted with the aim to isolate and characterize the plant growth promotion activity of chlorpyrifos, profenofos and atrazine degrading native bacteria. Soil samples were collected from different research farms of Anand Agricultural University, Anand having history of pesticide application. Total 21 bacterial isolates were obtained following enrichment isolation technique from soil samples and screened for their pesticide degradation efficiency. Total 6 isolates were found effective for chlorpyrifos degradation, 6 for profenofos and 9 were found effective for the degradation of atrazine. Among these isolates, 2 best isolates were selected for each pesticide on the basis of their ability to utilize respective pesticide at higher concentration as sole source of carbon and energy. Based on results of the polyphasic characterization isolate CN1 was identified as Pseudomonas nitroreducens AAUCP 1 and CN 3 as Pseudomonas alcaligenes AAU CP 3 fond to degrade chlorpyrifos effectively; profenofos degrader isolate PN3 was identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa AAUPF 3 and P3 as Pseudomonas stutzeri AAUPF 2; atrazine degrading isolates A2 identified and designated as Paenarthrobacter ureafaciens AAUATR 2 and isolate AN4 as Pseudomonas taiwanensis AAU ATR 4.
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    PHYCOREMEDIATION OF HEAVY METALS BY BIOFUEL PRODUCING ALGAE
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2021) Kamaliya Sagar Nanjibhai; Dr. Y. K. Jhala
    Algae are having enormous metabolic potential and diversity, which makes them organisms of interest for exploring as bioremediation of environmental pollutants as well as feedstock for biofuel production. Present investigation was undertaken with the aim to isolate potential strains of microalgae having capacity to remove heavy metals viz. Cadmium (Cd), Cobalt (Co), Chromium (Cr), Nickel (Ni) and Lead (Pb) from water and additional characteristic of high lipid production efficiency.
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    ISOLATION AND EFFICIENCY OF NATIVE BACTERIAL AND FUNGAL BIODEGRADERS FOR DECOMPOSITION OF COTTON (Bt) WASTE
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL MICROBIOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2019) Patel Harshkumar; Dr. R.V. Vyas
    The present investigation was aimed to isolate and identify the native lignocellulose biodegrader microbes for biological degradation of cotton (Bt) waste and convert it into nutrient rich compost. Total 120 bacterial and 30 fungal cultures were isolated from cotton field soil by serial dilution technique and one culture was recovered from termite gut and screened for cellulose degradation ability on carboxy methyl cellulose (CMC), three bacterial and three fungal isolates were selected for further studies based on their highest activity on CMC. The solubilisation index (SI) by bacterial cultures was ranged from 2.74 to 3.49, similarly SI by fungal cultures was between 2.47 to 2.58. Among selected efficient bacterial isolates BDCT-1, 2 and 3 identified by cultural, morphological and molecular characterization (16S rDNA) and found as Pseudomonas stetzuri AAU BDCT 1, Bacillus velezensis AAU BDCT 2 and Bacillus sp. Similarly, among selected efficient fungal isolates FCT-2 and 3 identified as Aspergillus terreus and A. flavus respectively.