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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: 1998 × Start date: 1998 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    RESPONSE OF SUMMER GREENGRAM [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] TO DATES OF SOWING AND LEVELS OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS UNDER MIDDLE GUJARAT CONDITIONS
    (AAU, Anand, 1998) Chotaliya, Ramji L.; PATEL, J. J.
    A field experiment was conducted on loamy sand soil of Pulse Research Station, Model Farm, Gujarat Agricultural University, Vadodara to study the Response of Summer Greengram [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] to Dates of Sowing, and Levels of Nitrogen and Phosphorus during summer season 1996. Twenty seven combinations comprising three dates of sowing, alloted in main plot as main plot treatments (D1 : 15th February, D2 : 1st March, D3 : 15th March), and as sub plot treatments three levels, each of nitrogen (N1: 10 kg ha-1, N2 : 20 kg ha-1 and N3 : 30 kg ha-1) and phosphorus (P1 : 20 kg ha-1, P2 : 40 kg ha-1 and P3 : 60 kg ha-1). The experiment was laid out in split plot design with three replications using greengram cv. GM-3. The result revealed that crop sown on 1st March had significantly increased initial and final plant stands,periodical plant height (at 20th DAS, 45th DAS and at harvest), number of effective branches plant-1, pod plant-1, pod length, grain and fodder yield whereas grain pod-1 and test weight remain unchanged due to various dates of sowing.
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    EFFECT OF INTER AND INTRA ROW SPACINGS AND DIRECTION OF SOWING ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF MUSTARD [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern and Coss] Cv. GM-1 UNDER MIDDLE GUJARAT CONDITIONS
    (AAU, Anand, 1998) Desai, Chintankumar Niranjanbhai; Patel, J. R.
    A field experiment was conducted at the College Agronomy Farm, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand during rabi season of 1996-97 to study the effect of inter and intra row spacings and direction of sowing on growth and yield of mustard Cv. GM-1 under Middle Gujarat Agroclimatic conditions. The soil of experimental plot was sandy loam in texture having good drainage with 7.8 pH. The soil was deficient in total nitrogen (0.036%). high in available phosphorus (60 kg P2O5-1) and medium in available potash (276 kg K2O ha-1). The experiment comprised of three levels each of inter row (30, 45 and 60 cm) and intra row (no thinning, 15 and 20 cm) spacings alongwith two directions of sowing (East-West and North-South). The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with four replications. Results indicated that maximum initial plant population and plant population at harvest were recorded under 30 cm inter row spacing. Inter row spacing of 60 cm recorded higher drymatter production per plant and maximum number of primary, secondary and tertiary branches per plant than other spacings. However, for LAT, 30 cm inter row spacing was optimum, while the plant height was not affected due to inter row spacing. Among different inter row spacings, 60 cm spacing brought concomitant improvement in the yield attributes viz., siliquae per plant, length of siliqua, seeds per siliqua and seed yield per plant. But 45 cm inter row spacing was found to be optimum for total seed yield and harvest index, while' stover yield was maximum under 30 cm inter row spacing and 1000-seed weight not altered significantly. Among quality parameters, oil content was not significantly affected due to inter row spacing, but 45 cm inter row spacing registered the maximum oil yield Initial plant population and plant population at harvest were significantly the highest under no thinning treatment. Vegetative growth parameters such as dry matter production per plant, primary, secondary and tertiary branches were significantly higher under 20 cm intra row spacing, while the plant height remained unaffected due to intra row spacing except at 30 DAS, wherein the no thinning treatment recorded taller plants than others. Similarly, for LAI, no thinning treatment showed the highest value. Increased dry matter production and number of primary, secondary and tertiary branches due to 20 cm. intra row spacing resulted into significantly more siliquae per plant, length of siliqua, seeds per siliqua, 1000-seed weight and seed yield per plant. However, seed yield did not differ significantly due to intra row spacings. On the contrary, no thinning treatment recorded higher stover yield and 15 cm intra row spacing recorded maximum harvest index. The oil content and oil yield remained unaffected due to intra row spacings. The East-West direction of sowing had significantly increased plant height at 45 DAS, LAI at all the growth stages except at 60 DAS, dry matter production per plant at all growth stages except at harvest number of branches per plant, siliquae per plant, length of siliqua, seeds per siliqua, seed yield, harvest index and oil yield over North-South direction. However, initial plant population, plant population at harvest, plant height at all the growth stages except at 45 DAS, LAI at 60 DAS, dry matter production per plant at harvest, seed yield per plant, 1000-seed weight, stover yield and oil content did not differ significantly due to direction of sowing. From the fore going results it is pertinent that mustard variety GM-1 gave the highest seed yield as well as net returns(Rs. 16,989 ha-1) when it was sown at an inter row spacing of 45 cm and intra row spacing of 15 cm in East- West direction under Middle Gujarat Agroclimatic conditions.
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    INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMIENT IN PEARLMILLET [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br. emend. Stuntz] UNDER MIDDLE GUJARAT CONDITIONS
    (AAU, Anand, 1998) Hirpara, B. V.; UPADHYAY, P. N.
    The field experiment was conducted at the College Agronomy Farm, B.A. College of Agriculture, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand during kharif season of 1996 to study the integrated nutrient management in pearlmillet under middle Gujarat conditions. The soil of the experimental plot was loamy sand in texture having good drainage with 7.48 pH. It was deficient in nitrogen (0.023%), medium in available phosphorus (51.00 kg P2O5 ha-1) and high in available potash (338.20 kg K20 ha-1). The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with four replications. Following twelve treatments were evaluated in the experiment. dose of nitrogen (100 kg N ha-1) was applied fro. different sources (farmyard manure, castor cake, poultry manure and urea) in treatment 1 to 11. while in treatment 12 recommended dose of 80 kg N ha-1 was applied. The growth characters studied during the course of investigation such as plant height, leaf area index and dry matter accumulation showed significant improvement due to castor cake application. Perusal of these data in general indicated that the maximum growth was achieved by the application of castor cake based on soil test value (100 kg N ha-1). At grand growth stage (60 DATP), higher value of LAI was found under application of nitrogen (100 kg N ha-1) in form of urea as per soil test value. However, it was at par with application of castor cake (100 kg N ha-1). The yield attributes and yield viz., number of total and effective tillers per plant, earhead length and diameter, grain yield per plant and per hectare, grain : straw ratio, harvest index as well as weight of 1000 grain were significantly improved by N (100 kg N ha-1) applied through urea as per soil test value, while straw yield per plant and per hectare was found to be higher with the application of N (100 kg N ha-1) through castor cake. Lower values of yield attributes and yield were noted under FYM application. Among different bio-chemical parameters chlorophyll content in fresh leaf at 45 DATP and protein content in grain at harvest were significantly increased by application of urea either alone or in proportion of 75% with castor cake + FYM. Crop maturity was considerably delayed with the application of FYM, while it was hastened with castor cake. Looking to the economics of various treatments, application of N (100 kg N ha-1) through urea as per soil test value accrued maximum net realization of Rs. 4666 ha-1 as well as BCR (1 : 1.76). Among different treatments involving integration of organics and fertilizer, 25% N supplied through castor cake (12.5%) + FYM (12.5%) and 75% N through urea was next to urea alone in yield and third from economics view point. From the foregoing results, it is pertinent that pearlmillet variety GHB-15 gave the highest yield as well as net returns when it was fertilized through urea (100 kg N ha-1) as per soil test value under middle Gujarat agroclimatic conditions.