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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: Dixit, Anilkumar G. × End date: 1995 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    EFFECT OF TIME, METHODS OF PLANTING AND PHOSPHORUS ON PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMICS OF SUMMER PEARLMILLET
    (AAU, Anand, 1994) Dixit, Anilkumar G.; Mehta, H. M.
    With a view to study the effect of time, planting methods and phosphorus on yield of summer pearlmillet (Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke), an experiment was conducted on loamy sand soil of College Agronomy Farm, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand, during summer seasons of the year 1992 and 1993. Thirty two treatment combinations comprising four level: of dates viz. 15th February, 1st March, 15th March and 1st April, four levels of planting method, viz. drilling, transplanting 30 days old seedling, transplanting 25 days old seedling and transplanting 20 days old seedling and two levels of phosphorus viz. 0 and 40 kg ha-1 were assigned at random in split plot design with four replications. Dates of sowing/planting were relegated to main plots and eight combinations if methods of planting and levels of phosphorus were allocated to sub-plots. The recommended dose of 80 kg N ha-1 was applied in common to all the plots. The crop was irrigated with 60 mm depth each time at recommended intervals. The results revealed that the different dates of sowing/ planting influenced significantly the growth parameters viz. plant height, number of tillers, number of internodes plant" , flag leaf area and dry matter accumulation during both the years. Similarly, yield attributes viz. effective tillers plant" , length of earhead, number of grains earhead-1 and 1000 grain weight were also influenced significantly with different dates. Sowing/planting on 15th March (D3) produced significantly higher yield (3473, 3256 and 3365) when compared with D1 (2680, 2798 and 2739) and D4 (2206, 1804 and 2005) during both the years as well as in pooled analysis. The higher yield under D3 (15th March, was probably due to most favourable temperature range between 28 degree C and 34 degree C for most of the growth stages which became instrumental in boosting up the yield attributes. Results pertaining to different methods of planting viz. drilling and transplanting with seedlings of different age revealed that all growth parameters viz. plant height, number of tillers, number of internodes, flag leaf area, dry matter accumulation and yield attributes viz. effective tillers, length of earhead, number of grains earhead, 1000 seed weight were also influenced significantly with different methods. Method M4 (transplanting with 20 days old seedlings) produced significantly higher grain yield (3087),. which was higher by 14.54 and 4.96 per cent, when compared with drilling (2695) and transplanting with 30 days old seedlings (2947) respectively. Farther, 20 days old seedlings were found to be superior for transplanting since younger seedlings could better withstand root injury shocks and established quickly as compared to older seedlings. Results pertaining to the effect of phosphorus revealed that growth parameters, yield attributes and yield were not influenced with different levels of phosphorus application during both the years. This was probably due to the fact that the so contained 30 to 42 kg ha-1 available phosphorus putting the soil under the category of high P status and hence, there was no response to applied phosphorus. Physiological parameters like transpiration rate, leaf diffusion resistance and leaf temperature were also influenced with different dates and methods of planting. Treatment D3 (15th March) and M^ (T.P. with 20 days old seedling) recorded higher rate of transpiration with minimum LDR. The interaction effects of D x M had exhibited significant effect on growth parameters, yield attributes and grain yield during both the years. In case of timely sowing i.e. between 15th February to 1st March, drilling performed equally well and hence there is no need to go for transplanting. However, in case of delayed planting, transplanting proved to be a rewarding method to harvest maximum,yield. Thus, the results suggested that for securing the highest return unit"' area, summer pearlmillet should be cultivated by transplanting 20 days old seedlings between 1st and 15th March without applying phosphorus in middle Gujarat conditions.