Thumbnail Image

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.

Browse

20081
Reset filters
Subject: Plant Physiology × End date: 2009 × Start date: 2008 ×
Reset filters

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image
    ThesisItemOpen Access
    STUDIES ON IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF STEVIA ( Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni.)
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2008) BALRAM KISHORE; Dr. Subhash N
    Stevia is a new promising renewable raw material for the food market. The market potential for this natural sweetener is still untapped. It is estimated that about 30 million Indians are presently suffering from diabetes and it is estimated that by 2025 India's contribution to the diabetic global population would be a whopping 80 million. With such a huge share of the population being diabetic, the new ventures in the food industry would be entirely focusing on them. Increased availability of raw materials for production of steveoside is a challenge for the industry in future. Uniform disease free planting material is the prime requirement to the stevia growers. Tissue culture or micropropagation of stevia has already been shown to offer considerable advantages as compared to traditional propagation techniques for improving the production of selected variety. An investigation was undertaken to study the physiological aspects of in vitro propagation stevia. The experiment was conducted at Plant tissue culture laboratory, Department of Agricultural Botany, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during 2004 - 2007.