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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: Seed Science and Technology × End date: 2012 × Start date: 2012 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    SEED VIABILITY PARAMETERS AND MATURITY INDICES IN GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogaea L.) DURING KHARIF AND SUMMER”
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2012) SANTOSH DATTATRAY KSHIRSAGAR; DR. SASIDHARAN N
    The nature and extent of “Seed viability in groundnut (Arachis hypogea Linn.)” was studied in a set of fifty five genotypes of groundnut grown in Randomized complete block design with three replications at Department of Agril. Botany, B.A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand, during the Kharif and summer seasons of the year 2010. The observations were recorded on seventeen morphological and two biochemical characters viz., germination count at 5th day in field, germination count at 10th day in field, plant height , primary branches, secondary branches, days to 50 % flowering, number of mature pods per plants, number of immature pods per plants, hundred seed weight, tightness of kernel in the hull shelling percent, sound mature kernel, harvest index, days of maturity, pod yield per plant , kernel yield per plant, shrivelled seed, protein content and oil content.