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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 × End date: 1990 × Start date: 1980 ×
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    EFFECT OF POST HARVEST TREATMENTS ON RIPENING CHANGES AND QUALITY OF MANGO FRUITS (Mangifera indica L.) CVS 'KESAR' AND 'AMRAPALI
    (AAU, Anand, 1989) SINGH, DHIRENDRA BAHADUR; Chundawat, B. S.
    Present investigation on the effect of post harvest treatments on ripening changes and quality of mango fruits (Mangifera indicaL.) CVS 'Kesar' and 'Amrapali' was conducted at the research laboratory of the Department of Horticulture, B.A.College of Agriculture, Gujarat Agricultural University , Anand Campus, Anand in the year 1987-88 and.1988-89. This study revealed that ripening of fruits at controlled temperature (22-25°C and RH 85-90 %) significantly increased the number of days required for ripening reduced the physiological loss in weight (PDf) and fruit damage. This was followed by GA 150 ppm + Bavistin 1000 ppm treatment. Quality of ripe fruits in terms of high TSS, Yitamin-C and total Sugars and low level of acidity was also highest in controlled temperature treatment. In pre-ripening treatment of mango fruits with GA 150 ppm + Bavistin 1000 ppm, the overall quality of ripe fruit barring Vit-C which was higher than control, was at par with control fruits. This indicates that this treatment has tendency towards higher quality or with no adverse effect on quality what so ever. These treatments slowed down the process of ripening by retarding the activities of Peroxidase, Catalase and PME enzymes . and reduced the rate of respiration and ethylene production initially and postponed the climacteric peak.
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    INFLUENCE OF DECAPITATION, PARTIAL ROOT PRUNING AND EXOGENOUS APPLICATION OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON THE GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF POTATO
    (AAU, Anand, 1980) PATEL, BABUBHAI MAGANBHAI; Majmudar, A. M.
    The response of potato var Up-to-date in respect of its growth, yield and quality was studied by altering the natural hormonal balance through pruning treatments as well as hormonal sprays. The three pruning treatments were - (A) normal plants (intact I.e. without any pruning treatment), (B) decapitated plants (pinching off of the apex of each sprout) and (C) partly root pruned plants (cutting the roots from all the four sides of the sprout at a distance of 10 cm from the main stem). The level of KIN used were 0, 15, 30 and 60 ppm; those of IAA were 50, 100 and 200 ppm and those of GA were 50, 100 and 150 ppm. Pruning treatments were given at 7-9 leaf stage, while single spray of IAA and GA was given at 10-12 leaf stage and that, a single foliar spray of KIN was superimposed (over IAA and GA) at 15-17 leaf stage.
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    SEED TREATMENT WITH CATTLE-DUNG AND GA AND THEIR EFFECT ON GERMINATION AND SUBSEQUENT GROWTH OF SEEDLINGS OF RAYAN (Mimusops Hexandra LINN.)
    (AAU, Anand, 1988) DESAI, JANAKRAY D.; Shah, P. M.
    The present investigation was carried out at Horticulture Nursery of B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand during the year 1987. An experiment was laid out in Two Factorial Completely Randomised Design with three replications. Rayan seeds were soaked in cattle-dung paste at different intervals i.e. 0, 8, 16 and 24 hours and again soaked in GA at various concentrations viz. 0, 100, 200, 300 and 400 ppm for 6 hours. In all twenty treatments were tried in respect to germination root length, plant height, fresh and dry weight, survival percentage, protein and peroxidase content.
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    SEASONAL VARIATION OF NUTRIENTS IN ANNUAL GROWTH OF MANGO SHOOT CV. 'KESAR'
    (AAU, Anand, 1986) PATEL, MAHESHKUMAR MAGANLAL; Chundawat, B. S.
    Investigations were carried out at Horticulture Research-cum-Demonstration Farm of the Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand, during the period of March, 1984 to June 1985 with an objective to find out seasonal variation and accumulation of nutrients in annual growth (Spring flush) and total quantity of different nutrients removed by harvested fruit. The study revealed that almost all macro-nutrients viz., nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium were found to be in optimum range throughout the year and their accumulation steadily increased with age and dry matter accumulation. However, micro-nutrients iron, zinc and manganese were found to be in low level/ deficient level. Therefore, it is suggested that regular foliar feeding of these elements should become a regular orchard operation.
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    EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATIONS OF ZINC AND IRON ON GROWTH AND CHLOROPHYLL AS WELL AS MINERAL NUTRIENT CONTENTS OF THE KAGZILIME (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) SEEDLINGS
    (AAU, Anand, 1982) PATEL, HEMANT C.; Patel, B. M.
    Investigation was carried out at the Horticulture Farm, of the Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand, during the year 1981-82; to assess the effect of foliar applications of zinc and iron on the growth and chlorophyll as well as mineral nutrient contents of the Kagzilime seedlings. Foliar sprays of 0.5 per cent ZnSO4 and 0.5 per cent FeSO4 were found more effective compared with 1.0 per cent level of both for number of morphological characters like plant height (at initial stage), number of branches and number of leaves (at the time of obtaining saleable plant) as well as chemical composition of Kagzilime seedlings like total chlorophyll content, potash content, zinc content, ferrous content and manganese content.
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    POST-HARVEST CHANGES IN KAGZI LIME (CITRUS AURANTIFOLIA SWINGLE) UNDER DIFFERENT STORAGE CONDITIONS
    (AAU, Anand, 1982) Aboud, Tag Elsir Gaafar; MAJMUDAR, A. M.
    Kagzi lime (Citrus aurantifolia Awingle) fruits treated with 2, 4-D dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4-D) and maleic hydrazide (MH) alongwith control were packed in separate perforated polythene bags. The same were stored for six weeks under ambient conditions in room as well as the cold storage in both kharif and winter seasons. Average temperature during the period of experiment in kharif season was 31°C with 95% relative humidity and the same during winter season was 24.5°C with 81% relative humidity.
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    POST HARVEST PHYSIOLOGY OF RAJAPURI MANGO FRUIT
    (AAU, Anand, 1987) CHAUDHARI, MOGHAJIBHAI H.; Chundawat, B. S.
    With the objective of retarding the process of ripening to extend the shelf life and to minimiae post harvest losses in 'Rajapuri' mango fruits at ambient temperature, two experiments were conducted, using harvesting, grading, ripening methods and pre-ripening treatments, at the Experimental Orchards of liie Department of Horticulture, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand during 1985-86. Resul-ts revealed that non-destructive harvesting method and size grading of fruits did not affect the ripening pattern and quality of ripe fruits. However, ripening fruits using calcium carbide enhanced the process of ripening and reduced post-harvest losses during ripening owing to short duration of ripening process, Pre-ripening treatment with Bavistin 0.1 per cent brought down the damage to 6.45 per cent compared 33.72 per cent in control. When Bavistin 0.1 per cent was combined with Gibberellic acid 150 ppm and used as treatment it not only reduced the storage damage but extended the shelf-life of fruits by 5 days compared to control. Hot water dip caused uniform ripening and reduced storage losses, A dip in calcium chloride solution(2 per cent) delayed the ripening and needs further standardization on mango.
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    STUDIES ON NUTRIENT UPTAKE IN CORIANDER (Coriandrum sativum L.) UNDER DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FERTILIZATION
    (AAU, Anand, 1986) UGHREJA, P. P.; Chundawat, B. S.
    The present investigation on “Studies on nutrient uptake in Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) under different levels of fertilization’’ was carried out on two locations (i) Jagudan and (ii) Deesa, Gujarat Agricultural University, Sardar Krushinagar Campus under North Gujarat conditions in rabi season of 1984-85. The results revealed that fertilizer application significantly altered nutrient uptake leading to increased plant height, number of branches, number of umbels per plant, number of grains per primary umbel and grain weight which ultimately resulted into higher total grains per plant.
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    EFFECT OF POST-HARVEST TREATMENTS ON RIPENING CHANGES IN SAPOTA CULTIVARS 'KALIPATTI' AND 'CRICKET BALL'
    (AAU, Anand, 1989) GAUTAM, SARVESH KUMAR; Chundawat, B. S.
    With the objectives of retarding the process of ripening and to extend the shelf life of sapota fruits of cvso 'Kalipatti' and 'Cricket Ball' through post harvest dip treatment with GA 300 ppm, Kinetin 100 ppm and Silver Nitrate 40 ppm at ambient temperature, experiments were conducted at the Laboratories of Department of Horticulture, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Caifipus, Anand during 1988, The results revealed that GA 300 ppm was very effective and delyed the ripening by 2.5 days followed by kinetin 100 ppm and silver nitrate 40 ppm being 1.5 and 1.0 days respectively compared to control. Post harvest treatments of sapotas with GA, kinetin and silver nitrate reduced the rates of ethylene production and respiration and retarded the activities of catalase and pectin methyl esterase and slowed down the starch hydrolysis and thus helped in prolonging shelf life of fruits. However, in untreated sapota fruits, ripening was characterised by rapid loss in texture and fruit weight. Fruit tissues exhibited higher, metabolic rates as evidenced by increased rates of respiration, ethylene production and activities of catalase and pectin methyl esterase.