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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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    LINE X TESTER ANALYSIS OF FORAGE YIELD AND IT’S ATTRIBUTING CHARACTERS IN FORAGE SORGHUM [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2012) AKABARI VIRENKUMAR RAMANIKBHAI; Dr. H. P. Parmar
    Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] having ability to grow in poor soil, faster growth habit, high yielding, palatable, nutritious quality and uniform green fodder yield throughout the year. The experimental material comprised of three male sterile lines used as female parents, fifteen genotypes used as male parents, 45 F1s were developed in a Line x tester fashion and one standard check hybrid (GFSH 1). Fourteen characters in these sixty four entries were studied in a randomize block design with three replications at Main Forage Research Station, A.A.U., Anand during kharif of the year 2011, with the objectives to obtain information on heterosis and combining ability study in forage sorghum