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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: 1988 × Start date: 1988 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    ESTIMATION OF PERIODIC PHOSPHORUS UPTAKE BY SUMMER GROUNDNUT IN RELATION TO PHOSPHORUS LEVELS
    (AAU, Anand, 1988) SHAVANI, VALLABHBHAI N.; Vaishnav, M. R.
    An experiment with five levels of phosphorus (0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 kg/ha) on summer groundnut crop in latin square design was conducted during summer 1987 at Agronomy Farm, B.A, College of Agriculture, Anand with a view to estimate and study the behaviour of periodic phosphorus uptake in relation to phosphorus levels. The study revealed that summer groundnut crop did not respond to phosphorus to the phosphorus application for pod yield but responded to cumulative as well as periodic dry matter production, in case of phosphorus content appreciable increase was observed upto the dose of 50 kg/ha of P2O5. Summer groundnut considered about 20 kg P2O5 per hectare with the pod yield level 828 and dry matter 4792 kg/ha. The maximum uptake was observed during the period after 90 days of sowing. The correlations among phosphorus uptake, phosphorus content, dry matter production at different stages and pod yield revealed that phosphorus uptake in the initial stage and during 60 to 90 days period after sowing has appreciable influence on pod yield and dry matter production of summer groundnut. No depletion of P2O5 was observed In lower (22.5 to 45 cm) and upper (0 to 22.5 cm) depth over the growing period of the crop which Indicated that there is natural release of available phosphorus In the soil from the reserve pool. The comparison of available phosphorus at lower and upper depth revealed no evidence to suggest loss of P2O5 due to leashing. Significant and positive correlation between i the available phosphorus at upper depth with pod yield during 90 to 125 days indicated the favourable effect of available phosphorus on the pod yield, increase in phosphorus uptake with Increasing available phosphorus at upper depth was indicated by significant and positive association between them.