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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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ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF EDIBLE COATING ON SHELF LIFE AND QUALITY OF SAPOTA (Manilkara zapota L.) cv. KALIPATTI UNDER LABORATORY CONDITION(DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2021) Kunvar Akshit Sureshbhai; Dr. D. D. ParekhAn investigation held on “Effect of edible coating on shelf life and quality of sapota (Manilkara zapota L.) cv. Kalipatti under laboratory condition” was conducted at P.G. laboratory, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat during April, 2021. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design with three times repetitions and nine treatments viz., Control (T1), 50% Aloe vera gel (T2), 75% Aloe vera gel (T3), 5% Acacia gum (T4), 5% Tapioca starch (T5), 50% Aloe vera gel + 5% Acacia gum (T6), 75% Aloe vera gel + 5% Acacia gum (T7), 50% Aloe vera gel + 5% Tapioca starch (T8), 75% Aloe vera gel + 5% Tapioca starch (T9) and stored in laboratory condition.ThesisItem Open Access GENETIC VARIABILITY AND CORRELATION STUDIES OF DIFFERENT GENOTYPES OF PAPAYA (Carica papaya L.) UNDER MIDDLE GUJARAT CONDITIONS(DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2017) KORE PRABHAKAR NILKANTH; Dr. M. J. PatelThe present investigation entitled “Genetic variability and correlation studies of different genotypes of papaya (Carica papaya L.) under middle Gujarat conditions” was conducted during the year 2014-15 and 2015-16 with the objectives of obtaining information pertaining to per se performance, magnitude of genetic variability and correlation studies in respect of fruit yield, yield attributes and quality traits for different genotypes of papaya. The experiment comprising of 12 diverse genotypes of papaya and conducted in Randomized Block Design with three replications at Horticultural Research Farm of B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand.ThesisItem Open Access 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.ThesisItem Open Access INFLUENCE OF DECAPITATION AND PGR's ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF CLUSTER BEAN SEED (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L. Taub.) CV. PUSA NAVBAHAR(AAU, Anand, 2010) NARSHI, SATODIYA BAKUL; Patel, H. C.A field experiment was conducted at Main Vegetable Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during the years 2008-09 and 2009-10 in summer seasons on sandy loam soil with a view to study the "Influence of decapitation and PGR's on growth, yield and quality of cluster bean seed (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L. Taub.) cv. Pusa Navbahar" under middle Gujarat conditions. There were twenty one treatment combinations comprising three decapitation treatments i.e. D1-Without decapitation (control), D2-Decapitation at 70 DAS and Ds-Decapitation at 85 DAS and seven different PGR's treatments along with control i.e. G1 -Water spray (Control), G2-NAA 20 mg/l, G3-NAA 40 mg/l, G4-GA3 20 mg/l, G5-GA3 40 mg/l, G6-Thiourea 500 mg/l and G7-Thiourea 1000 mg/l in a Randomized Block Design (Factorial) with three replications. Growth parameters viz. plant height and number of leaves per plant were found non-significant at 30 and 60 DAS. Whereas, without decapitation (control) treatment recorded significantly the highest plant height i.e. 112.07 and 115.72 cm and number of leaves per plant i.e. 50.70 and 45.15 at 90 DAS and harvest stage, respectively. The effects of decapitation on physiological parameters viz. LA, LAI, CGR, NAR and dry weight of plant were found non-significant at 30 and 60 DAS whereas, at 90 DAS all the physiological parameters and at harvest only LA and dry weight of plant recorded significantly, higher values in control treatment (Without decapitation). Decapitation of plant at 70 DAS registered significantly the highest number of pods per cluster (7.55), number of clusters per plant (18.29), number of pods per plant (138.00) and weight of 1000 seeds (37.00 g) in pooled analysis. However, dry pod length (9.59 cm) and number of seeds per pod (7.05 cm) were found maximum in treatment decapitation at 85 DAS. Decapitation of plant at 70 DAS produced significantly the highest seed yield (917.7 kg/ha) in pooled analysis as compared to without decapitation (889.13 kg/ha), which was 9.26 % higher than without decapitation. Root and shoot ratio (0.057) and harvest index (627.04) were also found significantly superior in treatment decapitation at 70 DAS. Seed quality parameters viz. seedling length, seedling dry weight, vigour index-I and II were recorded the highest values in treatment decapitation at 70 DAS at 6th 8th and at 10th day on pooled basis. Plant growth regulators treatments significantly influenced growth parameters viz. plant height and number of leaves per plant at various growth stages of crop except at 30 DAS. At 60, 90 DAS and harvest stage treatment GA3 40 mg/l recorded significantly maximum plant height and number of leaves per plant as compared to rest of treatments. Physiological parameters viz. LA, LAI, NAR and dry weight of plant at 60 and 90 DAS registered significantly the higher values in treatment GA3 40 mg/l in pooled analysis. At harvest, LA, LAI and dry weight had recorded significantly maximum values in treatments Thiourea 500 mg/l and GA3 40 mg/l which remained at par with each other. Yield attributing characters viz. number of pods per cluster (7.25), number of clusters per plant (18.75), number of pods per plant (136.01), dry pod length (9.86 cm) and weight of 1000 seeds (37.22 g) were significantly the highest in treatment Thiourea 500 mg/l on pooled basis. The significantly maximum seed yield was recorded by the treatment Thiourea 500 mg/l (1030.36 kg/ha) in pooled analysis, which was at par with treatment GA3 20 mg/l (992.81 kg/ha) which was 26.67 and 22.05 %, higher than control, respectively. The treatment GA3 20 mg/l recorded the highest harvest index (638.80). Seed quality parameters viz. germination percentage, seedling length, seedling dry weight and vigour index-I and II were recorded the maximum values in treatments of GA3 and Thiourea at all the three stages i.e. 6th, 8th and 10thday. Interaction effects between decapitation and PGR's treatments on growth parameters viz., plant height and number of leaves per plant showed significant differences at 60, 90 DAS and harvest stage except for number of leaves per plant at harvest. Different combination of decapitation and PGR's treatments recorded significant results on physiological parameters at various growth stages viz. LA, LAI, CGR, NAR and dry weight of plant. At 60 and 90 DAS LA, LAI, NAR and dry weight of plant recorded significant results in different combinations except CGR at 60 DAS. At harvest stage, CGR, NAR and dry weight of plant were found significant due to interaction between decapitation and PGR's treatments. At all the growth stages, interaction between without decapitation and treatments of GA3 and Thiourea recorded significantly higher values of all the physiological parameters. Yield attributing parameters viz. number of seeds per pod and weight of 1000 seeds significantly affected by interaction between decapitation and PGR's treatments which, were the highest in combinations D'aGe (8.20) and D2G6 (41.40 g), respectively. Seed quality parameters like, seedling length, seedling dry weight and vigour index-I and II recorded the maximum values in combinations of decapitation at 70 DAS with treatments of GA3 and Thiourea at all the three stagesi.e. 6th 8th and10th day. The higher net return of 47,849 Rs./ha along with B.C.R. of 1: 2.60 was obtained by decapitation at 70 DAS, whereas, the lowest net realization (41,935 Rs. /ha) and B.C.R. (1:2.43) was obtained when plant decapited at 85 DAS. The treatment Thiourea 500 mg/l recorded the maximum net realization of Rs. 52,277 per hectare with 1:2.73 B.C.R., followed by treatment GA3 20 mg/l.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF SPACING, NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF AFRICAN MARIGOLD (Tagetes erecta L.) cv. 'LEMON YELLOW' UNDER MIDDLE GUJARAT CONDITION(AAU, Anand, 1991) Shah, Pareshkumar Dahyalal; Kikani, K. P.A field experiment was conducted at college Nursery of B. A. College, Agriculture, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand during the year 1990-91, with the objects to study the effect of spacing, nitrogen and phosphorus on growth and yield of African marigold cv. ‘Lemon yellow’ with 18 treatment combinations in split plot design which was replicated thrice, considering three levels of spacings (30 x 30 cm, 45 x 30 cm and 60 x 30 cm); three levels of nitrogen (0.50 and 100 kg/ha) and two levels of phosphorus (0 and 25 kg/ha). The spacing was main plot treatment while nitrogen and phosphorus were sub-plot treatments.ThesisItem Open Access 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.ThesisItem Open Access 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.ThesisItem Open Access 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.ThesisItem Open Access LINE X TESTER ANALYSIS FOR COMBINING ABILITY, HETEROSIS AND GENE ACTION IN OKRA (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench(AAU, Anand, 2004) AHLAWAT, TIMUR RAMPAL; Joshi, K. I.The present investigation entitled "Line x Tester analysis for combining ability, heterosis and gene action in okra (Ahelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench)" was undertaken at Main Vegetable Research Station, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand during kharif 2000 and 2001. The experimental material comprising of fifteen females, five males, their 75 hybrids and standard hybrid check GOH-1 was evaluated in a randomized block design with three replications in both the environments. Observations were recorded on fruit yield per plant and eight other yield components. The individual environment-wise and pooled analysis of variance revealed sufficient variation among the genotypes for all the traits studied, indicating the existence of sufficient variability in the material. The pooled analysis over environments revealed that environmental differences were non-significant for all the characters, thereby suggesting that the characters were not influenced by the changes in environment. Considerable level of heterosis was observed for fruit yield and its component traits. Maximum heterosis was observed for number of primary branches per plant followed by fruit yield per plant, plant height, fruits per plant and fruit weight. However, the magnitude of heterosis varied in different environments for the various traits studied.
