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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 Statistics and Informatics × End date: 1982 × Start date: 1980 × Type: Thesis ×
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    NUTRIENT STATUS OF THE SOILS OF GUJARAT AND ITS CROP RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
    (AAU, Anand, 1982) PATHAK, J. H.; Patel, Ramjibhai M.
    In the present study, efforts have been made to obtain the ready picture of the overall soil fertility of the districts/talukas of Gujarat State. The results of about 3.48 lakh soil samples analysed over a course of three years (1975, 1976 and 1977) have been used to work out district/ talukawise indices for soil reaction (pH), salt content (Electric Conductivity), available N, P and K by using the method suggested by Parker et al. (1951). Soil reaction (pH) The soil reaction viewed on district basis has been found to be normal in 10 districts and alkaline in 8 districts while only one district (viz. Dangs) possessed acidic soils. When soil reaction was examined talukawise, it was found that out of 184 talukas of the State, the soils were normal in 111 (60.33%) talukas and alkaline in 72 (39.13%) talukas while only one taluka (Ahwa taluka of Dangs district) has had acidic soils.
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    VARIABILITY IN BIDI TOBACCO (NICOTIANA TABACUM L.) GERMPLASM
    (AAU, Anand, 1982) PATEL, K. R.; Patel, N. M.
    Tobacco is an important cash crop of India, which occupies third position in production and second for its export in the world. Gujarat ranks second in respect of hectarege but production and productivity-wise it is at the first position in the country. In Gujarat, bidi tobacco covers more than 90 per cent of the total tobacco hectarege. The genetic variability is the prime requirement for the Improvement of any crop as its proper management can produce permanent gain in the productivity of the plant. The information on variability existing in bidi tobacco is very much lacking. The present study, therefore, was undertaken during the year 1980-81 at the Bidi Tobacco Research station, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand to (i) estimate genotypic and phenotypic variances existing among the bidi tobacco genotypes, (ii) study interrelationship between yield and yield attributes and (iii) understand the degree of diversity existing among the bidi tobacco genotypes.
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    ASSESSMENT OF CROP LOSS IN HYBRID 4 COTTON DUE TO PESTS AND DISEASES
    (AAU, Anand, 1981) MURUGESAN, M.; Patel, Ramjibhai M.
    The less in quantity and quality of N 4 cotton was assessed at Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand from the results obtained from field experiments conducted during 1979-80 and 1980-81.
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    IRRIGATION BORDER EFFECT IN BIDI TOBACCO (NICOTIANA TABACUM L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 1982) PATEL, JAYANTI K.; PATEL, N. M.
    The large variation in the treatments of the adjacent plots is likely to cause inter-plot competition affecting treatment means. In case of experiments on irrigation, large border areas around not plot is required because of lateral movement of soil moisture. Inclusion of border area increases plot-size. The large sized plots increases the total experimental area and thereby the experimental error and cost of conduct of the experiment. Considering this interesting aspect in mind, an experiment was conducted during 1981-82 at the Bidi Tobacco Research Station, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand, to assess irrigation border effect on bidi tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) and if it is present, then to determine number of border row(s) required around net plot eliminate irrigation border effect.
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    PLOT SIZE STUDY IN BIDI TOBACCO (NICOTIANA TABACUM L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 1981) Prajapati, Babulal H.; Patel, N. M.
    The most important factor having direct impact on the efficiency of the field experimentation is the plot size. Several workers have determined optimum plot size in many crops. But such information is not available with regard to bidi tobacco. The present study, therefore, was undertaken to investigate optimum plot size as well as shape for field experimentation on bidi tobacco at the Bidi tobaceo Research Station, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand during the year 1980-81, The information on leaf length, leaf width and yield of 1600 plants was collected and subjected to statistical analysis. Individual plant was taken as basic unit having length 90 cm and width 75 cm. The maximum curvature method and Fair-field Smith's Variance law were used to work out optimum plot size are shape for bidi tobacco. the C.V.% values (adjusted and unadjusted) per unit size were worked out for various sized plots which decreased with the increase in plot size. The C.V.% values (adjusted) were high as compared to C.V.% (unadjusted) in all the sizes except one unit size in all the attributes studied. The optimum plot size worked out on the basis of C.v.%(unadjusted) was 8 unit size while it was 5 unit size when c.v.%(adjusted) was considered. The soil heterogeneity indices were 0.7225 0.6606 and 0.8251 for leaf length, leaf width and yield of bidi tobacco respectively, considering cost function, the plot sizes were worked out for various proportions of K1 and K2 It was observed that the optimum plot size worked out on the basis of C.v.% (adjusted) and also by using cost function has limited practical value. It served as guide line only. The optimum plot size worked out on the basis of c.V.% (unadjusted) through maximum curvature method has more validity. The results thus lead to the conclusion that the 8 unit net plot size i.e. 2 rows with 4 plants in a row (1.8 m x 3.0 m) is optimum for field experiments on bidi tobacco.
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    EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT STATISTICAL MODELS FOR PRE-HARVEST FORECASTING OF GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogaea L.) YIELD
    (AAU, Anand, 1982) VAISHNAV, PIYUSH R.; PATEL, R. M.
    A small project was taken up to estimate total production of groundnut crop well before the harvest during the years 1980-81 and 1981-82 kharif in Junagadh district. The different yield contributing biometrical characters are recorded on the randomly selected plants during their life period. Correlation coefficients between yield and biometrical characters were worked out. Number of plants at harvest, number of mature pods and total number of pods per plant were significantly correlated with the final yield. Soil moisture as an indirect measure of rainfall was considered during the second years of the study. The effect of moisture content in the soil at 0-15 on depth at the time of pegging and pod development stages was significant.