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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: Agronomy × Author: CHAUDHARI SIDDHARTHKUMAR J. × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2010 ×
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    EFFECT OF TIME OF SOWING, ROW SPACING AND VARIETY ON SUMMER CLUSTER BEAN UNDER MIDDLE GUJARAT CONDITIONS
    (DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2016) CHAUDHARI SIDDHARTHKUMAR J.; Dr. K. D. MEVADA
    A field experiment was carried out at Agronomy Farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat during the summer season of the year 2015 to study the “Effect of time of sowing, row spacing and variety on summer cluster bean under middle Gujarat conditions”. The soils of the experimental plot was loamy sand in texture. The soil was low in organic carbon, medium in available phosphorous and high in available potash. The experiment was laid out in Split Plot Design with three replications. The treatments comprised of three time of sowing viz., D1: (21st January); D2: (1st February) and D3: (11th February) as main plot treatments and combination of three different row spacings viz., S1: 30 cm; S2: 45 cm; and S3: 60 cm along with two varieties V1 (GG 1) and V2 (GG 2) as sub plot treatments. In all, there were eighteen treatment combinations.
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    EFFECT OF TIME OF SOWING, ROW SPACING AND VARIETY ON SUMMER CLUSTER BEAN UNDER MIDDLE GUJARAT CONDITIONS
    (AAU, Anand, 2016) CHAUDHARI SIDDHARTHKUMAR J.; Dr. K. D. Mevada
    A field experiment was carried out at Agronomy Farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat during the summer season of the year 2015 to study the “Effect of time of sowing, row spacing and variety on summer cluster bean under middle Gujarat conditions”. The soils of the experimental plot was loamy sand in texture. The soil was low in organic carbon, medium in available phosphorous and high in available potash. The experiment was laid out in Split Plot Design with three replications. The treatments comprised of three time of sowing viz., D1: (21st January); D2: (1st February) and D3: (11th February) as main plot treatments and combination of three different row spacings viz., S1: 30 cm; S2: 45 cm; and S3: 60 cm along with two varieties V1 (GG 1) and V2 (GG 2) as sub plot treatments. In all, there were eighteen treatment combinations. Abstract ii Results revealed that sowing on 1st February (D2) remained at par with sowing on 11th February (D3) gave significantly higher number of plants per net plot at 15 DAS (213.56), plant height at 30 DAS (32.31 cm), 60 DAS (56.47cm) and at harvest (82.97cm) and test weight (38.90 g) of cluster bean over sowing on 21st January (D1). Crop sown on 11th February (D3) produced significantly the highest branches plant-1 (6.01), pods plant-1(43.92), seeds pod-1 (7.96) and pod length (9.11 cm) over early sowing on 1st February (D2) and 21st January (D1). Similarly sowing on 1st February (D2) produced significantly higher seed (1027 kg ha-1) and stalk (5043 kg ha-1) yield which remained at par with sowing on 11th February (D3). Different time of sowing did not exhibit any considerable impact on harvest index. Results revealed that growth attributes, yield attributes and yield were significantly affected by different row spacing. Plant sown at 30 cm spacing (S1) gave significantly the highest number of plants per net plot at 15 DAS (266.94) and at harvest (289.22), plant height at 60 DAS (55.96 cm) and at harvest (82.04 cm) and stalk yield (4859 kg ha-1) over rest of the treatments. However, crop sown at 60 cm spacing (S3) being at par with 45 cm spacing (S2) produced significantly higher pod length (8.24 cm) and seeds pod-1 (7.13) over 30 cm spacing (S1). Plant height at 30 DAS, branches plant-1, pods plant-1, test weight (g), seed yield (kg ha-1) and harvest index (%) were remained unchanged due to different spacings. Abstract iii In the present experiment different varieties showed imperial impact on all the growth parameters, yield attributing characters and yield. Variety GG 2 (V2) proved statistically superior over variety GG1 (V1) in all the aspects barring periodical plant height and stalk yield. Significantly maximum plant population at 15 DAS (206.44) and at harvest (216.81), branches plant-1 (6.13), pods plant-1 (40.89), pod length (9.28 cm), number of seeds pod-1 (8.07), test weight (41.86 g), seed yield (1245 kg ha-1) and harvest index (26.59 %) were recorded under variety GG 2 (V2) over GG 1 (V1) . On the other hand, variety GG 1 (V1) exhibited higher plant height at 30 DAS (34.38 cm), 60 DAS (60.12 cm) and at harvest (88.39 cm) and produced higher stalk yield (5392 kg ha-1) over variety GG 2 (V1). Crop sown on 11th February with 30 cm row spacing (D3S1) had significantly higher plant population (286.83) which remained at par with crop sowing on 1st January with 30 cm row spacing (D2S1). Sowing on 11th February with 30 cm row spacing (D3S1) also recorded significant higher seed yield (1085 kg ha-1) which was found at par with treatment combinations D2S3 (sowing 1st January with 60 cm row spacing) and D2S2 (sowing on 1st January with 45 cm). Similarly significantly higher harvest index (22.05 %) was obtained under treatment combination D3S1 (sowing on 11th February with 30 cm row spacing) which remained at par with treatment combination D1S3 (sowing on 21st January with 60 cm row spacing) and D1S1. Abstract iv Plant population at harvest, periodical plant heights, branches plant-1, pods plant-1, pod length, seeds pod-1, and test weight and stalk yield were not affected due to interaction D X S. Treatment combination D3V1 (sowing on 11th February with GG 1) being at par with treatment combination D2V1 (sowing on 1st January with GG 1) recorded significantly higher plant height at 30 DAS (37.17 cm) and stalk yield (5589 kg ha-1). Significantly the highest pod length (10.95 cm) and seeds pod-1 (9.84) were noticed under treatment combination D3V2 (sowing on 11th February with variety V2). Treatment combination D1V2 (sowing on 21st February with variety GG 2) remaining at par with treatment combination D3V2 (sowing on 11th February with variety V2) obtained notably higher harvest index (28.96%). However, D X V was found identical for rest of the characters viz; plant population at 15 DAS and at harvest, plant heights at 60 DAS and at harvest, number of branches plant-1, number of pods plant-1, test weight and seed yield. Treatment combination S3V2 (60 cm row spacing with variety GG 2) produced significantly higher number of pods plant-1 (42.51) and harvest index (28.02%). However, it seemed to be at par with S2V2 (45 cm row spacing with variety V2) and S1V1 (30 cm spacing with variety V1) for number of pods plant-1 and harvest index, respectively. Significantly higher seed yield (1327 kg ha-1) was received under treatment combination S1V2 (30 cm row spacing with variety Abstract v GG 2) which was found at par with treatment combination S3V2 (60 cm row spacing with variety GG 2). However, significantly maximum stalk yield viz. (6063 kg ha-1) was recorded under treatment combination S1V1 (30 cm row spacing with variety GG 1). Interaction S X V remained impervious for plant population at 15 DAS and at harvest, periodical plant heights, number of branches plant-1, pod length, seeds pod-1 and test weight. The interaction between D X S X V was found trivial for all the characters except seed yield of cluster bean, wherein, treatment combination D3S1V2 (sowing on 11th February with 30 cm row spacing with variety GG 2) recorded significantly higher seed yield (1476 kg ha-1) which was found at par with treatment combination D2S3V2 (sowing on 1st February with 60 cm row spacing with variety GG 2). Treatment combination D2S3V2 i.e. sowing of GG 2 variety on 1st February at 60 cm spacing incurred highest gross income of `.65024 ha-1, net realization of `. 50667 ha-1 and BCR of 4.53, followed by D3S1V2 i.e. sowing of GG 2 variety on 11th February at 30 cm spacing with gross income of `. 63468 ha-1, net realization of `. 48511 ha-1 and BCR of 4.24.