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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 × End date: 1988 × Start date: 1988 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    EFFECT OF SPACING AND NITROGEN ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF CRESS (Lepidium sativum L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 1988) PATEL, DINKER H.; Bapna, J. S.
    The experiment was carried out to determine the effect of inter raw spacing and nitrogen on growth and yield of cress (Lepidium sativum L.) under Anand conditions. Four inter-raw spacings (Broadoastingt 30 cm, 45 cm and 60 cm) and four levels of nitrogen (0, 20, 40 and 60 kg N/ha) comprising total of 16 treatment combinations were tested for this purpose. Field trials were conducted for two years i . e. 1981-82 and 1982-83 during the rabi season. The maximum grain yield was obtained with broadcast crop manured with 60 kg N/ha. On the other hand, highest not profit was realized with treatment combination S1N3 i.e. 30 cm inter-raw spacing and 60 kg N/ha which also recorded highest CBR (1 : 3.29).
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    EFFECT OF SPACING AND PHOSPHORUS LEVELS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF COWPEA (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp)
    (AAU, Anand, 1988) PATEL, A. K.; PATEL, R. R.
    Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp) locally known as Chaula or Chowlee., is an important pulse crop of India. With a view to find out a suitable variety and optimum spacing and dose of phosphorus for economical and quality seed production of cowpea per unit area and time, this investigation was carried out under irrigated conditions in summer. A field trial was laid out at the seed technology for S. A. U., Sardarkrishinagar during summer 1983. Twenty four treatments involving combinations of two varieties (Gujarat cowpea-1 and Gujarat cowpea-2), three spacings (30, 45 and 60cm) and four phosphorus levels (0, 20, 40 and 60 kg/ha) were laid out in a factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications.
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    EFFECT OF SPACING, NITROGEN AND ZINC LEVELS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF PEARL MILLET VAR. GHB 30 (PENNISETUM AMERICANUM L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 1988) PATEL, ARVIND R.; PATEL, R. B.
    An Experiment was conducted at the College Agronomy Farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Campus, Anand during kharif season of the year 1987-88 with a view to study the effect of spacing, nitrogen and zinc levels on pearl millet var. GHS 30. Eighteen treatment combinations involving three levels of inter- row spacing (30, 45 and 60 cm) three levels of nitrogen (80, 120 and 160 kg N/ha) and two levels of zinc (0 and 25 kg ZnSO4/ha) were studied in randomized block design with four replications.
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    EFFECT OF SOIL SOLARIZATION, SUMMER PLOUGHING AND HERBICIDE ON WEED CONTROL IN RICE NURSERY
    (AAU, Anand, 1988) Patel, A. G.; Mehta, H. M.
    The field investigation was carried out at College Agronomy Farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Campus, Anand during kharif season of 1987 with a view to study the effect of soil solarization, summer ploughing and herbicide on weed control in rice (Oryza sativa cv. GR-11) nursery in Split Split Plot Design with three.replications. In the experiment, soil solarization and summer ploughing were carried out on 1 April, 1 May, 1 June and just before sowing i.e. 1 July (farmers method). The treatments were integrated with butachlor 1.5 kg/ha and 0.75 kg/ha applied 5 days before sowing as pre-planting spray. Hand weeding and unweeded control were also included in this experiment for the purpose of comparison. The results revealed that count and green weight of Digitaria sanguinalis was reduced conspicuously by cultural operation in May but had no appearent effect on Cyperua rotundus. Soil solarization and 1.5 kg/ha butachlor had reduced the count and green weight of Digitaria sanguinalis and Cyperus rotundus. however, interaction of solarization and hand weeding was most effective in reducing the count and green weight of both the weeds. Soil solarization in April had reduced the count and dry weight of total weeds, however hand weeding and 1.5 kg/ha butachlor effectively reduced the count and dry weight of weeds. The combination of soil solarization and hand weeding gave the highest reduction in dry weight of weeds. Time of soil solarization or summer ploughing had no apparent effect on count of total and healthy seedlings. Significantly higher, both the groups, seedlings were obtained from hand weeding and 0.75 kg/ha butachlor, however, the highest count was obtained from interaction of soil solarization and hand weeding. The dry weight of total seedlings and green weight of healthy seedlings was found to be increased by cultural operations in April, however, soil solarization found better as compared to summer ploughing. The highest dry weight of total seedlings was obtained from hand weeding and 0.75 kg/ha butachlor respectively. The highest profit (13657 Rs/ha) was obtained from the treatment of no solarization and 0.75 kg/ha butachlor combination. Soil solarization was conducive for weed control but the profit was not gained because of high cost of plastic film. Cultural operations in May and June reduced N, P2O5 and K20 content of weeds. Hand weeding had also reduced the N and P2O5 content of weeds but K2O content was not affected. The highest N, P2O5 and K2O content of rice seedlings was found in April soil solarization followed by hand weeding during crop growth period. Soil solarization and hand weeding increased the nitrogen status of soil.