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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: Horticulture × Author: PARMAR, BALDEVBHAI UDESINH × End date: 1990 × Start date: 1980 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    EFFECT OF SPACING AND FERTILIZER ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF CABBAGE (Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba.) cv. 'Pride of India'
    (AAU, Anand, 1989) PARMAR, BALDEVBHAI UDESINH; KIKANI, K P
    A field experiment was conducted at the Horticultural Research Station, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand during winter season of 1987-88, with the objectives to study the effect of spacing and fertilizer on yield, vegetative growth and economics of cabbage cv. "Pride of India" with 24 treatment combinations in a split plot design which was replicated thrice considering two levels of spacing (60 x 30 cm and 45 x 30 cm); three levels of nitrogen (75, 125 and 175 kg/ha), two levels of phosphorus (25 and 50 kg/ha) and two levels of potash (25 and 50 kg/ha). The spacing was main plot treatment while fertilizers were sub-plot treatments. The results revealed that narrow spacing (45 x 30 cm) produced significantly higher yield (533.82 q/ha) as compared t o wider spacing (60 x 30 cm) (331.65 q/ha). The application of higher level of nitrogen (175 kg/ha) also gave the significantly higher yield (485.25 q/ha) compared to rest of the levels, while phosphorus and potash did not respond favourably in main effects , however treatment combination of S x N , N x K and S x N x P interacted significantly . The higher level of nitrogen also significantly affected for increasing average weight of cabbage head while, spacing, phosphorus and potash did not. With regards to the diameter and volume of cabbage head, none of the main effects found significant. However, significant interaction has been recorded between either higher level of phosphorus or potash as compared t o lower levels of both in respect of volume of cabbage head. The present study was also extended to see the effect of spacing and fertilizers on vegetative growth. In this regards, number of leaves were significantly affected by wider spacing along with higher dose of nitrogen, While in fodder production narrow spacing was found superior over other main effects and treatment combination of S2P1, was also significant. The economic point of view, i t was revealed that narrow spacing (45 x 30 cm) gave significantly higher net returns (Rs.31,220/-) as compared to wider spacing (Rs.14,795/-). The application of nitrogen (175 kg/ha) also gave the significantly higher net returns (Rs.26,703/-) compared to rest of the levels . While P and K did not respond favourably in main effects however, treatment combination of S x N, N x K and S x N x P interacted significantly .