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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 SOWING TIMES ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT RADISH (Raphanus sativus Linn.) CULTIVARS
    (AAU, Anand, 1996) PATEL, KANUBHAI S.; Dixit, C. K.
    An experiment in Strip Plot Design was laid out in 1994-95 at the Horticultural Research Farm, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand to evaluate the "Effect of sowing times on growth, yield and quality of different radish (Raphanus sativus Linn.)" cultivars viz., Japanese White, Pusa Rashmi and Desi (Local) in order to find out the suitable cultivar and its optimum time of sowing for middle Gujarat Agro-climatic Zone. The study revealed that sowing time D4 (16th October) recorded the highest root/shoot ratio on weight basis (0.607), marketable yield (592.40 q/ha) and scored minimum pithiness (3.867). Japanese White recorded the highest number of leaves per plant (12.83), root length (23.82 cm), root/shoot ratio on length and weight basis (0.50 and 0.59, respectively). Desi (Local) cultivar recorded the maximum, leaf width (14.12 cm), shoot length (56.93 cm), fresh root and shoot weight (112.0 g and 235.28 g, respectively) and root girth (12.18 cm) while these were minimum in Japanese White. Pusa Rashmi was intermediate in most growth attributes. Pusa Rashmi recorded the highest marketable yield (513.04 q/ha) while it was lowest (394.43 q/ha) in Desi (Local). Japanese White (492.43 q/ha) was at par with Pusa Rashmi in this respect. Japanese White recorded the highest T.S.S. (4.33 per cent) and scored minimum pithiness (3.75) followed by Pusa Rashmi (4.18 per cent and 4.03 per cent, respectively). The highest marketable yield (636.35 q/ha) was obtained in Desi (Local) and Pusa Rashmi (611.38 q/ha) sown on 16th October and both were at par. Maximum premature bolted plants (93.53 per cent) wc observed in Desi (Local) sown on 5th November, while Japanese White recorded minimum premature bolted plants (15.43 per cent) on the same date of planting. The studies suggested that the cultivar Japanese White and Pusa Rashmi could successfully be sown from the 17th August to 25th November for getting high marketable yield consistently. For 16th October sowing, Pusa Rashmi and Desi (Local) while for 5th November sowing Japanese White could be suggested for the middle Gujarat Agro-climatic Zone.
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    EFFECT OF SOWING TIMES ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT RADISH (Raphanus sativus Linn.) CULTIVARS
    (AAU, Anand, 1996-12) PATEL, KANUBHAI S.; DIXIT, C. K.
    and shoot weight (112.0 g and 235.28 g, respectively) and root girth (12.18 cm) while these were minimum in Japanese White. Pusa Rashmi was intermediate in most growth attributes. Pusa Rashmi recorded the highest marketable yield (513.04 q/ha) while it was lowest (394.43 q/ha) in Desi (Local). Japanese White (492.43 q/ha) was at par with Pusa Rashmi in this respect. Japanese White recorded the highest T.S.S. (4.33 per cent) and scored minimum pithiness (3.75) followed by Pusa Rashmi (4.18 per cent and 4.03 per cent, respectively). The highest marketable yield (636.35 q/ha) was obtained in Desi (Local) and Pusa Rashmi (611.38 q/ha) sown on 16th October and both were at par. Maximum premature bolted plants (93.53 per cent) wc observed in Desi (Local) sown on 5th November, while Japanese White recorded minimum premature bolted plants (15.43 per cent) on the same date of planting. The studies suggested that the cultivar Japanese White and Pusa Rashmi could successfully be sown from the |7th August to 25th November for getting high marketable yield consistently. For 16th October sowing, Pusa Rashmi and Desi (Local) while for 5th November sowing Japanese White could be suggested for the middle Gujarat Agro-climatic Zone.