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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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    EFFECT OF CERTAIN ANTITRANSPIRANTS ON GROWTH DEVELOPMENT AND YIELDING ABILITY OF WHEAT VAR. ‘KALYANSONA’ [Triticum aestivum (Linn. Emend. Thell.)] UNDER INDUCED WATER STRESS CONDITION
    (AAU, Anand, 1980) PANELIYA, J. R.; MEHTA, K. G.
    Wheat [Triticum aestivum (Linn. Emend. Thell.)] is one of the most important grain crops. Water requirement increases with the advancement in age of the crop. The stage of earing to grain formation is considered as the most critical period due to high rate of evapotranspiration. Delay or failure of irrigation at this stage causes border line water deficit resulting in to yield losses. Use of antitranspirants under such condition works, as one of the best resources to mitigate or even to avoid the adverse effect of water stress. With a view to enlighten such accepts, the studies on the effect of the foliar application of various antitranspirants at different concentrations.
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    ESTIMATION OF COMBINING ABILITY IN SOME GOSSYPIUM ABBOREUM COTTONS BY DIALLEL CROSS METHOD
    (AAU, Anand, 1967) Sastry, S. V.; Patel, R. A.
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    “Cytomorphological Characterization and Floral Biology of Plantago ovata and Its Allied Species
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2005) Roshni R. Samarth; Dr. R.S.Fougat
    Plantago ovata Forsk., commonly known as Isabgol and commercially as blond psyllium, is an important medicinal plant. The genus Plantago comprises of about 200 species, of which 10 occur in India. However, P. ovata is the main source of Isabgol seed and husk for use in medicine. Amongst all the medicinal plants, Isabgol (Plantago ovata Forsk.) is a crop of high export value for our country. Production of Isabgol husk in 2001-02 was 25.58 M.T. which was worth rupees 240.28 crores. At present, Rajasthan and Gujarat together produce about 1lakh tonnes of psyllium seed out of which; about 30,000 tonnes psyllium is obtained which is mostly processed in Gujarat. About 90 percent of this husk (worth Rs. 250 crores) is exported (Singhal, 2003).
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    GENETIC VARIATION AND TRAIT RELATIONSHIP IN CUMIN (Cuminum cyminum L.)
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2006) B.K.Singh; Dr. G.C. Jadeja
    Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) is a very important cash crop of the semiarid regions of the states in India. Cumin seeds are used as food flavourant and also used for medicinal purpose. Since very few investigations were conducted on this, with a view to search for variability amongst cumin genotypes for agromorphological traits and biochemical parameters, the present study was undertaken to elucidate information on variation, correlation as well as direct and indirect effects of different characters contributing towards grain yield of cumin genotypes.
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    “MORPHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY IN MAIZE (Zea mays L.)”
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) SURYA KANTA NAHAK; Dr. D. B. Patel
    A retrospective analysis of the physiological basis of yield improvement may provide an understanding of yield potential in maize. For this purpose, a field experiment was conducted during Kharif season of the year 2010 at Department of Agricultural Botany, Anand Agricultural University, Anand to study the growth parameters of maize at different growth stages and to illustrate the variability exiting in the physiological attributes towards grain growth and development, among the genotypes. The experimental material comprised of six (GM 2, GM 3, GM 4, GM 6, Narmada Moti and HQPM 1) maize genotypes and experiment was laid out in randomized block design with four replications. The findings of present investigation indicated that the maximum
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    VARIABILITY, CORRELATION AND PATH ANALYSIS IN TURMERIC (Curcuma longa L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 2012) PRAJAPATI KETANKUMAR NARENDRABHAI; Dr. M. A. Patel
    The nature and magnitude of “Variability, Correlation and Path analysis in Turmeric. (Curcuma longa L.)” were studied in a set of thirty genotypes of turmeric grown in randomized block design with three replications at Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Project, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, during kharif 2011-12. The observations were recorded viz., initial weight of rhizome, plant height, leaf length, leaf width, number of leaves per plant, number of tillers per plant, number of mother rhizomes per plant, number of primary rhizomes per plant, number of secondary rhizomes per plant, length of mother rhizomes, length of primary rhizomes, core diameter of mother rhizome, core diameter of primary rhizome, weight of mother rhizomes per plant, weight of primary rhizomes per plant, weight of secondary rhizomes per plant, days to maturity, wet rhizomes yield per plant, dry rhizomes yield per plant and curcumin content.
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    STUDY OF VARIABILITY, CORRELATION AND PATH ANALYSIS IN FORAGE SORGHUM [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
    (AAU, Anand, 2012) RANA HARIKRUSHANSINH RAMDEVSINH; Dr. H. R. Kher
    The nature and extent of “variability, Correlation and Path analysis in forage Sorghum. (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.)” were studied in a set of forty genotypes of sorghum grown in randomized block design with three replications at Main Forage Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, during kharif 2011. The observations were recorded viz., Days to 50 per cent flowering, Plant height at 50 % flowering, Number of tillers per plant, Number of leaves per plant, Leaf length, Leaf width, Leaf: stem ratio, Stem girth, Green fodder yield per plant, Dry matter content, Dry matter yield per plant, Crude protein content, Hydrocyanic acid content, Neutral detergent fibre content, Crude fibre content. The analysis of variance revealed significant differences among the genotypes for all the characters studied. This indicated the presence of sufficient variability in the experimental material. A wide range of phenotypic variability was recorded for green fodder yield per plant and its component traits. Higher phenotypic and genotypic variances were observed for days to 50 per cent flowering, plant height, leaf length, green fodder yield per plant, dry matter content, dry matter yield per plant. In the present study magnitude of genetic coefficient of variation (GCV), phenotypic coefficient of variation (PCV), heritability and genetic advance as percentage of mean were recorded high for various characters like leaf: stem ratio, number of leaves per plant, green fodder yield per plant, stem girth and dry matter yield per plant. Therefore, more emphasis should be laid on these component traits, during selection programme for further improvement of green fodder yield per plant. High broad sense heritability estimates were recorded for most of traits viz., days to fifty per cent flowering, leaf: stem ratio, green fodder yield per plant, number of leaves per plant and dry matter yield per plant indicating that these traits were less influenced by the environment. These traits can be improved by simple selection procedure. Genetic advance as percentage of mean was observed high ii for leaf: stem ratio, dry matter yield per plant, green fodder yield per plant, number of leaves per plant and stem girth. It was moderate for number of tillers per plant, leaf width and dry matter content. Correlation analysis suggested that the magnitude of genotypic correlation were higher as compared to their corresponding phenotypic correlations indicating the inherent relationship among the characters studied. Green forage yield per plant was highly significant and positively correlated with stem girth, leaf length, leaf width and dry matter yield per plant at both genotypic and phenotypic level. These characters may be considered as important yield component in sorghum. Path coefficient analysis revealed high positive direct effect of dry matter yield per plant, stem girth and days to fifty per cent flowering. These traits had high magnitude of genotypic correlation with green forage yield per plant. Based on above conclusions, the characters dry matter yield per plant, green fodder yield per plant, number of leaves per plant, stem girth, leaf legth and leaf width had maximum genetic advance under selection and significant positive genotypic correlation along with high direct or indirect effect on green fodder yield per plant. These characters should be used for selection of desirable genotype after hybridization between the accessions for creating wide spectrum of favorable genetic variability for improvement of green fodder yield in sorghum.
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    MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF RICE (Oryza sativa L.) CULTIVARS FOR GRAIN PROTEIN
    (AAU, Anand, 2013) SHABBIR, ZAMAN MARIYA; Dr. G. C. Jadeja
    Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food mainly for half of the world’s population. Among cereal proteins, rice protein is biologically the richest by virtue of its high digestibility (88%). In order to study the grain protein content and to assess the genetic diversity among 28 rice genotypes at biochemical and molecular level, the present investigation was undertaken, encompassing phenotyping for protein and protein fractions, RAPD, SSR and isozyme assay. The data analyzed for crude protein, total protein and its fractions viz, albumin, globulin, prolamine and glutelin, revealed significant differences among 28 rice genotypes. The highest mean values of crude protein and total protein were recorded in genotypes, GR-11 and GR-103 respectively. In fractions, albumin and globulin showed maximum mean values (%) in GR-103. Prolamine was higher in Krishna Kamod and glutelin in Masuri. In correlation analysis, significant association was observed between crude protein and prolamine at phenotypic level. In case of fractions, albumin and globulin showed positive and significant correlation between them, at both the levels; while prolamine and glutelin exhibited positive and significant correlation with each other also at both the levels.
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    Sex determination in pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.) using RAPD and ISSR molecular markers
    (AAU, Anand, 2013) Shah Kevalkumar P; Dr. K. B. Kathiria
    Pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.) commonly known as “parwal”or “patal” is one of the most nutritive cucurbit vegetables, holding a coveted position in the Indian market during the summer and rainy seasons. In T. dioica Roxb., male and female plants strictly maintain their respective sexual phenotypes, which indicates presence of a clear genetic basis of differences between them. Dioecy represents an inconvenience in pointed gourd breeding, since at present, there is no dependable method to distinguish male and female plants prior to flowering. Sex type determination in pointed gourd is very important for crop improvement process, because it accelerates identification of the fruitful plants. The use of molecular marker provides a quick and reliable identification of sex types in plants. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to identify marker associated with male and female sex expression trait in T. dioica Roxb., followed by development of SCAR. The screening of genomic DNA samples representative of male and female plants of pointed gourd with RAPD and ISSR primers, was used to discover sex specific PCR amplification product. A total of 104 RAPD primers were used for RAPD analysis, out of which 21 primers gave good results. Among these 21 primers, OPC-05 amplified a band of 1000 bp specific to male lines. This RAPD marker was eluted, sequenced and the sequence was used to design primers for SCAR marker. Simultaneously, a female specific RAPD marker of 300 bp was identified using OPK-07. This product was sequenced and primers were developed to convert this marker in to SCAR. But, it failed to amplify the DNA of female lines. Similarly 25 ISSR markers used in the present study did not give any amplification. From the sequence, a set of five primers was designed to allow amplification of male specific region. Out of five SCAR markers, only two gave amplification. But, only single SCAR (SC F/R-3) was used to amplify a product size of 628 bp in male specific DNA as another one was amplified in both the sex.