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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: 1999 × Start date: 1980 ×
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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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    EFFECT OF METHODS OF HARVESTING, GRADING AND CHEMICAL TREATMENTS ON THE ESTIMATES OF POST HARVEST LOSSES IN RAJAPURI MANGO (Mangifera indica L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 1987) Purohit, L. P.; Vaishnav, M. R.
    An experiment was planned on Rajapuri mango incorporating two method of harvesting, the grading treatment and calcium carbide post harvest treatment to estimate the post harvest losses during ripening at Horticulture Farm of B. A. College of Agriculture, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand during the year 1985.
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    EVALUATION UNDER FOUR POINT SYSTEM AT GUJARAT AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH PERCENTAGE SCORE
    (AAU, Anand, 1983) CHHATROLA, HARSHADKUMAR N.; Patel, Ramjibhai M.
    A study was undertaken to know the differences between actual percentage score and predicted percentage score from O.G.P.A. based on ad hoc conversion formula of the Gujarat Agricultural University (G.A.U.). The records of 991 students for B.Sc. (Agri.) course of the Gujarat Agricultural University were studied under two groups viz., (i) Group-I, entire bulk of records and (ii) Group-II, records in range of 2 <= X <= 3 and 3 < X <= 4 of O.G.P.A. as sub groups I and II separately.
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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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    ON THE ESTIMATION OF GENE EFFECTS IN LAL CHOPADIU TOBACCO
    (AAU, Anand, 1987) Patel, R. R.; Patel, N. M.
    Tobacco, the heighest revenue earning commodity among agricultural commodities, occupies hardly 0.3 per cent of the total cropped area of the country. Gujarat ranks second in respect of tobacco hectarage but from productivity view point it is at the first position in India. Chewing tobacco (tabacum type) is grown in about 10,000 ha of Petlad, Borsad and Khambhat talukas of Kheda district of Gujarat State. Practically no information on quantitative genetic aspect is available for chopadiu tobacco grown in Gujarat. Therefore, present investigation was undertaken during the years 1983-84 and 1984-85 at Tobacco Research Station, Dharmaj to (i) study the nature of gene effects govering yield and other agro-morphological characters, (ii) to study the influence of environment on gene effects governing yield and (iii) to evaluate the selected material of each cycle.
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    A BIOMETRICAL STUDY OF GENETIC DIVERGENCE IN MACRONI WHEAT UNDER IRRIGATED CONDITIONS
    (AAU, Anand, 1984) DIXIT, S. K.; Patel, Ramjibhai M.
    The present investigation was carried out with 144 genotypes of macroni wheat under three sowing periods during Rabi 1982-83 at Gujarat Agricultural University, Junagard Campus, Junagadh. The analysis of variance revealed highly highly significant genotypic variances for all the characters in each of the three sowing periods. The highest genotypic coefficient of variation (GCV) was observed for the number of tillers per plant followed by grain yield per plant, harvest index, plant height, grain yield per spike and number of days to flowering which indicated the presence of vast genetic variability for these characters.
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    EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF RAINFALL ON GROUNDNUT IN DRY FARMING AREA OF GUJARAT
    (AAU, Anand, 1986) PATEL, J. S.; Vaishnav, M. R.
    The groundnut yield averaged over N, P and K fertilizers treatment combinations under Groundnut-Bajara, Groundnut-Cotton and Groundnut-Groundnut rotations for the years 1967 to 1979 from the long term experiment conducted at Dry Farming Research Station, Targhadia (Rajkot) and the daily rainfall data for the same station were utilized for this study.
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    ASSESSMENT OF CROP LOSS IN OKRA (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS L.) DUE TO PESTS AND DISEASES
    (AAU, Anand, 1985) PATEL, JESANGBHAI K.; Patel, Ramjibhai M.
    The field experiment was conducted to assess the losses of fruit yield of okra crop due to pests and diseases during monsoon 1984 and summer 1985 at College Agronomy Farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand. The results revealed that the application of F.Y.M. at the rate of 20 tonnes/ha did not influence the jassid, aphid, mite and shoot and fruit borer population compared to that without F.Y.M. during both the seasons under study. Likewise, it was not found beneficial in reducing either yellow vein mosaic disease or root-imot disease caused by nematodes in both the seasons. However, it was found beneficial in increasing total fruits amounting to 40.27 and 2.94 per cent which on weight basis worked out to 44.44 and 11.35 per cent more compared to that with out F.Y.M. in monsoon 1984 and summer 1985, respectively.
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    PREDICTION OF LEAF AREA INDEX IN COTTON HYBRID 4
    (AAU, Anand, 1987) DARJI, VIJAY B.; Patel, N. M.
    The leaf area index (LAI) is one of the important crop growth parameters influencing yield. The estimation of leaf area and there by LAI consumes lot of time and is costlier. Prediction model for LAI can help in overcoming such difficulties. Keeping this in view, the present investigation was conducted during the year 1985-86. Cotton Hybrid ^- was used for the purpose. Crop was raised as irrigated crop at the Plant Breeding Research Farm, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand to work out prediction equation for leaf area index (LAI). The leaf area and other characters were studied at nine different stages of crop growth. The results revealed that the (i) leaf area, leaf area index (LAI), leaf number, leaf weight and stem weight of Cotton Hybrid 4 increased upto 120 days of crop age and thereafter these variables showed declining trend, (ii) leaf area and LAI showed quadratic trend while number of leaves showed linear as well as quadratic trend due to the age of crop, (iii) leaf weight accounted for maximum variability of LAI (but leaf weight is a variable of destructive in nature) and (iv) prediction equation for LAI based on number of leaves and days after sowing, both being non-destructive in nature, accounted about 92 percent of the variability in LAI. The equation obtained was LAI = 0.5595 + 0.0085 NOL - 0.0098 D (R2 = 92.2 %) (Where NOL = Number of leaves and D = DAS = Days after sowing) From utility view point, this prediction model is most simple and efficient one.