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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 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF ROOT ROT [Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid.] OF DESI COTTON (Gossypium herbaceum L.)(DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, ANAND, 2020) Patel Sanket V.; Dr. N. M. GohelCotton is a globally important crop used for both its natural fiber and seed. Cotton, “The White Gold” or the “King of Fibers” enjoys a pre-eminent status among all cash crops in the country. In Gujarat, cotton growing areas are divided in to four well-defined zones based on agro-climatic conditions among that the desi cotton grown specifically in Wagad cotton zone, which is spread over seven lakh hectares in six districts viz., Ahmedabad, Surendranagar, Patan, Kutch, Morbi and Botad. Among the diseases of cotton, root rot caused by Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. is widely distributed and highly destructive right from the seedling stage or after wood formation stage of crop causing up to 90 per cent or more disease incidence infield resulting in heavy yield losses. To overcome such issues, biological control is one of the best, low-cost and ecologically sustainable methods for managing plant diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens.ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON WILT COMPLEX OF CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum L.) AND ITS MANAGEMENT(DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, ANAND, 2020) Parmar Harshil V.; Dr. N. M. GohelPulses constitute an important dietary ingredient of the oriental food due to their high protein content. The importance of pulses is much more in a country like India, where the majority of the people are vegetarian. Chickpea is a major source of protein for millions of people. To meet the ever-increasing demand for this legume crop, it is essential to manage the various stresses impacting the crop yield. The crop is affected by a number of diseases of which, chickpea wilt complex is considered the most important, devastating and challenging one, being responsible for seed rot, seedling blight, root rot and mature plant wilt. The disease usually caused by two or more pathogens is referred to as multipathogenic disease or disease complex. Management of wilt complex of chickpea is difficult to achieve as the pathogens are soil-borne, surviving through resistant structure i.e. chlamydospores and sclerotia in the soil for years even in the absence of host and the crop remains susceptible throughout all the growth stages. To overcome such issues, biological control is one of the best, low-cost and ecologically sustainable methods for managing plant diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens.ThesisItem Open Access EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF FUNGAL FOLIAR DISEASES IN TURMERIC (Curcuma longa L.)(DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, ANAND, 2020) Chaudhari Keyur B.; Dr. N. M. GohelSpices constitute an important group of agricultural commodities, which is considered as low volume and high-value crops. Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) belongs to the family: Zingiberaceae is one of the most important spices of the world, which is commercially cultivated for rhizome, called as “hidden Lilly” or “turmeric of commerce” and “golden spice of life”. Among the diseases of turmeric, fungal foliar diseases viz., leaf blotch caused by Taphrina maculans Butler and leaf spot caused by Colletotrichum capsici (Syd.) Butler & Bisby are widely distributed and highly destructive. The leaf blotch and leaf spot diseases are now becoming major foliar diseases in turmeric growing areas of middle Gujarat and damaging the foliage to a greater extent thereby reducing the size and weight of the rhizomes. Considering the importance of the diseases, the present study on various aspects of the diseases were carried out at the Department of Plant Pathology, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand and Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Station, AAU, Anand during 2019-20 for developing an effective management strategy for the fungal foliar diseases in turmeric.ThesisItem Open Access STATUS OF SEED MYCOFLORA OF CHILLI CULTIVARS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT UNDER in vitro CONDITIONS(DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) CHAUDHARI VIGNESHABEN; Dr. V. R. GOHELChilli is an important spice crop belongs to the family Solanaceae and native to tropical South America. It is usually a glabrous, woody shrub and widely cultivated throughout warm temperate, tropical and subtropical countries. It is an indispensable spice essentially used in every Indian cuisine due to its pungency, taste, appealing odour and flavour. Chilli fruits are rich source of vitamin C, A and E. In India, it is grown all over the country under varying agro-climatic zones. Chilli suffers heavy yield losses from diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes many of which are carried through seed. Major seed borne fungi infecting chilli includes Fusarium oxysporum, Colletorichum capsici, Aspergillus fumigates, Alternaria alternata and Penicillium citrinum.ThesisItem Open Access MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND VARIABILITY OF Alternaria burnsii (UPPAL, PATEL & KAMAT) CAUSING BLIGHT OF CUMIN(DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2019) Sawant Shraddha Bhaskar; Dr. R. G. ParmarCumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) popularly known as Jeera or Jiroo is the most important spice crop in India. Gujarat is second largest producer next to Rajasthan with 50-55% of total production of India. Cumin crop suffers with blight disease caused by Alternaria burnsii. Looking to the seriousness of the disease, investigations on certain aspects of the management were carried out and reported here as under: The isolation was made from infected seeds, branches, stems and umbels of cumin plants showing typical blight symptoms were collected from Ahmedabad, Surendranagar, Banaskantha, Patan and Morbi (isolates designated as Ab-1 to Ab-15) areas of Gujarat. These revealed the association of A. burnsii. The isolated fungus, A. burnsii satisfied Koch’s postulate on cumin plant. The identity of Alternaria burnsii was confirmed by DNA sequencing done at the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, BACA, AAU, Anand and the rDNA homology searches were performed using the BLAST program through the internet server at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA). Sequences and accession numbers for compared isolates were retrived from the GenBank database. The sequenced rDNA region of Alternaria burnsii (Accession no: MK758067, MK764688, MK764690, MK764695, MK764710, MK764711, MK764712, MK764716, MK770618, MK770619).ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON ROOT ROT [Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid.] OF SOYBEAN [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] AND ITS MANAGEMENT(DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2019) Patel Purvi Subhashchandra; Dr. R. G. ParmarSoybean [Glycine max (L.)] is one of the most important legume and oilseed crop in the world which is originated in China and it is member of family Leguminaceae subfamily Papilionoidae and genus Glycine. Soybean also known as golden bean, is a good source of vegetable protein and oil and is the most likely solution for overcoming world protein hunger. It is affected by several foliar and soil borne pathogens. Macrophomina phaseolina inciting root and collar rot is an emerging problem in many of the crops due to rise in surface temperature. In recent years, root rot caused by M. phaseolina (Tassi.) Goid. has been one of the major yield reducer and economically important disease of soybean, causing remarkable yield losses. Owing to the importance of this disease, the present study on dry root rot caused by M. phaseolina (Tassi.) Goid in soybean was carried out on various aspects at the Department of Plant Pathology, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during 2018-2019 to explore the possibilities of resistant genotypes, bio-agents and fungicides for the management of this disease.ThesisItem Open Access EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF EARLY BLIGHT [Alternaria solani (Ellis and Martin) Jones and Grout] IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.)(DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, ANAND, 2019) Parmar Tanviben D.; Dr. N. M. GohelTomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the most remunerative and widely grown vegetables in the world. It is a small annual or short-lived perennial herb belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is a regular kitchen component of Indian diet which is used as raw fruit. The attractive red colour of the fruit is due to lycopene and the yellow colour is due to carotenes. Hence, tomatoes are called “poor man’s apple”. The crop is affected by a number of diseases of which early blight incited by Alternaria solani is an economically important disease. Airborne nature of the pathogen creates difficulties for effective disease management. Considering the importance of the disease, the present study on various aspects of the disease was carried out in Department of Plant Pathology, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand-388 110 during 2018 and 2019 for developing an effective and economical management strategy for the disease.ThesisItem Open Access INVESTIGATIONS ON BIOEFFICACY OF Trichoderma asperellum AND Pseudomonas fluorescens IN SUPPRESSION OF BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES IN CHICKPEA [Cicer arietinum L.] AND MUNGBEAN [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek](DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, ANAND, 2019) Jaisani Pratik; Dr. N. M. GohelChickpea and mungbean accomplish protein-rich human diet for the eradication of malnutrition worldwide. However, the yield of chickpea and mungbean are greatly reduced due to various biotic and abiotic stresses. Among the biotic stress, major fungal diseases which infect the chickpea and mungbean in common are dry root rot [Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid.] and wet root rot [Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn] causing considerable quantitative and qualitative losses. Among the different stresses, soil salinity and drought are major abiotic stresses leading to adverse effects on the phenology and physiology of the crop plants and ultimately yield losses. The usage of fungicides against plant pathogens produces a negative impact on the nodulation of legumes and adverse effects on survival of microflora within the soil as well as enhance resistance problems in pathogens. The use of antagonistic fungi and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria has been realized due to their potentiality of competition, antibiosis and plant growth promotion. Therefore, the biocontrol efficacy of fungicide tolerant antagonists i.e. Trichoderma asperellum and Pseudomonas fluorescens on suppression of biotic and abiotic stresses were studied.ThesisItem Open Access STATUS OF SEED MYCOFLORA OF BRINJAL [Solanum melongena L.] CULTIVARS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT UNDER in vitro CONDITIONS(DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2019) GIRISHKUMAR J. BHAGORA; Dr. V. R. GOHELBrinjal (Solanum melongena L.) is a widely grown vegetable crop in Asian countries. It is now widely cultivated for its fruits in the tropical, subtropical and warm temperate zones, especially in Southern Europe and the Southern United States. Brinjal is described as the ‘King of vegetables’ due to it’s versatality in use in Indian food. It is highly produced and usually finds its place as the poor man’s crop. Brinjal is of quite high in nutritive value. Infection in seed adversely affects the seed quality, causing seed discoloration, reduced seed weight and density, poor germinability and reduced viability.
