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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: 2019 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    ARTIFICIAL AGEING, SEED PRIMING AND STORAGE ENVIRONMENT STUDIES IN SOYBEAN (Glycine max (L). Merill)
    (DEPARTMENT OF SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2018) DHIMANTKUMAR J. DESAI; DR. SASIDHARAN N.
    The present investigation entitled “Artificial ageing, seed priming and storage environment studies in soybean (Glycine max (L). Merill)” was conducted during 2015-16 and 2016-17 at Department of Seed Science and Technology, BACA, AAU, Anand. The soybean var. GS-2 was selected for this study was subjected to natural ageing under three different packaging materials, artificial ageing and priming, the experimental observations were recorded periodically at different time intervals.
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    SEED TECHNOLOGICAL STUDIES FOR IMPROVING YIELD, STORABILITY AND LONGEVITY OF WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.)
    (DEPARTMENT OF SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2018) Avinash Prabhakar Karjule; Dr. Kalyanrao
    The present investigation entitled “Seed technological studies for improving yield, storability and longevity of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)” was carried out at Department of Seed Science and Technology and Agronomy Farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand (Gujarat) during rabi seasons of the years 2015-16 and 2016-17.
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    SEED PRIMING IN CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum L. ) AND ITS EFFECT ON MORPHOLOGICAL AND SEED QUALITY PARAMETERS AFTER ARTIFICIAL AGEING
    (DEPARTMENT OF SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2016) SANGRAM SINGH; Dr. SASIDHARAN N.
    Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the third most widely cultivated legume crop after dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and field pea (Pisum sativum L.). A study was conducted during 2014-16 at Department of Seed Science and Technology, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand (Gujarat) entitled “Seed priming in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and its effect on morphological and seed quality parameters after artificial ageing."
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    SEED PRIMING IN CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum L. ) AND ITS EFFECT ON MORPHOLOGICAL AND SEED QUALITY PARAMETERS AFTER ARTIFICIAL AGEING
    (AAU, Anand, 2016) SANGRAM SINGH; Dr. SASIDHARAN N.
    Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) is the third most widely cultivated legume crop after dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and field pea (Pisum sativum L.). A study was conducted during 2014-16 at Department of Seed Science and Technology, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand (Gujarat) entitled “Seed priming in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and its effect on morphological and seed quality parameters after artificial ageing." Chickpea is a cool season legume crop and is grown in several countries worldwide as a protein source. Seed is the main edible part of the plant and is a rich source of protein, carbohydrates and minerals especially for the vegetarian population. Chickpea is the third most important food legume crop and India is the largest producer contributing to 65% of world’s chickpea production. Seed deterioration is loss of seed quality, viability and vigour due to effect of adverse environmental factors. Deteriorative changes enhance when seed exposure to external challenges increases and decrease the ability of the seed to survive. One of the simple techniques which can improve seedling vigour and establishment and consequently crop performance in the field is seed priming. Priming appears to reverse the detrimental effects of seed deterioration. The study was conducted in two experiments viz., (1) Morphological characterization of chickpea genotypes and (2) Study on the effect of seed priming on morphological traits and seed quality parameters of artificially aged chickpea seeds. The experiment-I was laid out in randomized block design with three replications during Rabi 2014-15 & 2015-16 at Department of Seed Science and Technology, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand (Gujarat) to study morphological characters according to DUS specifications. Lowest genetic distance obtained in the study was 0.11 and the highest 7.45. Dendrogram was developed to determine average taxonomic distance matrix by using UPGMA methods formed three major clusters. Pant G-186 and PKV Kabuli-2 out rooted from all three clusters i.e. A, B and C. In Cluster A, B, and C, 17, 19 and 2 genotypes were observed respectively. Many genotypes showed close proximity to each other showing the narrow genetic base existing in this crop. In experiment-II (2015-16) four chickpea genotypes viz., GG-2, GJG-3, Pant G-186 and PKV Kabuli-2 were used to investigate the effect of seed priming on morphological traits and seed quality parameters of artificially aged chickpea seeds. Study was conducted in the laboratory as well as field for various seed quality parameters and seed yield and associated characters respectively during 2014-16. While studying the effect of priming over artificial aged seeds in the laboratory condition, varieties, ageing and priming and interaction effect between varieties and ageing duration, varieties and priming treatment and their three way interactions were significant for germination percentage, speed of germination, root length, shoot length, seedling fresh weight, seedling dry weight, vigour index-I and vigour index-II, enzymatic activity viz., POX, CAT and SOD and protein content. When the primed accelerated aged seeds were tested at Anand and Dahod location. The treatment differences within varieties, ageing and priming and interaction effect between varieties and ageing duration were significant for most of the seed yield attributing characters. However the interaction effect between varieties and priming was found non-significant at Anand and Dahod for majority of the characters. Among the five priming treatments i.e. (P1) no priming, (P2) distilled water, (P3) PEG 6000-1.2 MPa, (P4) KNO3 3%, and (P5) GA3 100ppm. Among these P5 was found to be the best treatment applying which seed quality parameters as well as seed yield and associated characters were found to recover from prolonged periods of ageing. It was observed that in the variety Pant G-186 maximum improvement in the seed quality parameters could be attained by priming treatments.