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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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    EFFECT OF MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL, GROWTH HORMONE AND BIOFERTILIZER TREATMENTS ON SEED QUALITY ENHANCEMENT IN ASHWAGANDHA (Withania somnifera Dunal)
    (DEPARTMENT OF SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2019) Sapra Narendrakumar Chandubhai; Dr. Sasidharan N.
    The present investigation on “Effect of mechanical, chemical, growth hormone and biofertilizer treatments on seed quality enhancement in Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera Dunal)” was carried out at Department of Seed Science and Technology Laboratory, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand during 2017-18. Two varieties were taken under considerations, viz., JA 134 and GAA 1. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD Factorial concept) with nine scarification treatments, seven growth hormone treatments and seven biofertilizer treatments, all with three repetitions.
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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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    EFFECT OF POLLINATION TIME AND CROSSING RATIO ON FRUIT SET AND QUALITY OF BRINJAL (Solanum melongena L.) HYBRID UNDER MIDDLE GUJARAT CONDITION
    (DEPARTMENT OF SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2017) Vishalkumar R. Korat; Dr. B. R. Patel
    Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) also known as eggplant belonging to family Solanaceae is considered as prime vegetable in India and having the chromosome number 2n=2x=24. It is mainly grown during Kharif season in India occupying an area of 711 thousand hectares with an annual production of about 13,558 thousand MT with average productivity of 19.07 MT/ha. Gujarat standing third for brinjal cultivation having an area of 76.75 thousand hectares and total production of brinjal is about 1477 thousand MT with a productivity of 19.24 MT/ha. (Anon., 2014a).
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    EFFECT OF PRE SOWING SEED TREATMENT ON SEED YIELD AND INFLUENCE ON SEED QUALITY PARAMETERS UNDER DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE AND AGEING TREATMENT IN CUMIN (Cuminum cyminum L.)
    (DEPARTMENT OF SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2017) Vrushank M Trivedi; Vrushank M Trivedi
    The present investigation on “Effect of pre sowing seed treatment on seed yield and influence on seed quality parameters under different temperature and ageing treatment in cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.)” was carried out at Department of Seed Science and Technology farm and laboratory, BACA, AAU, and Anand during rabi 2014-15. Two varieties were taken under considerations, viz., Gujarat Cumin-1 and Gujarat Cumin-4. The field experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (Factorial concept) with three replications comprising seven treatment combinations. The laboratory experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD Factorial concept) with four temperature treatments and three repetitions and three ageing treatments with four repetitions.
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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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    EFFECT OF PRIMING ON QUALITY PARAMETERS OF ONION SEEDS AFTER ARTIFICIAL AGEING
    (AAU, Anand, 2015) YADAV, AKSHAT; Sasidharan, N.
    The present investigation entitled "Effect of priming on quality parameters of onion seeds after artificial ageing" was carried out during 2013 to 2015 at Department of Seed Science and Technology, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU,Anand (Gujarat). Onion is an important cash crop grown in India; major onion growing states being Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Odisha. In Gujarat state onion cultivation have an area of 28.85 thousand hecteires £ind production about 704.38 metric tonnes. Among all these states Gujarat is having the highest productivity of 24.4 metric tonnes per hectare. Onion seed is however classified as a poor storer, since its seed loses viability within a year under ambient storage conditions. Major factors affecting the seed quality during storage are temperature and relative humidity, which results in drastic deterioration of seed quality. Seeds of eight onion genotypes were used in present investigation. They are Bhima shubhra, Bhima kiran, Bhima raj, Bhima red, Bhima super, Bhima shweta, N-2-4-1 and Gujarat white onion-1. Six seed lots containing 100 seeds each belonging to each genotype were subjected to artificial ageing treatments for 0 (control), 3, 5 and 7 days. The artificially aged seed lots were subjected to priming treatments viz., i) GA3 @ 150 ppm ii) GA3 @ 100 ppm iii) KNO3 @ 5% and iv) KNO3 @ 3% in petriplates under room temperature and dried back to the original moisture content for further experimentation. The experiment was done first in laboratory conditions and then repeated again in nursery conditions (sowing microplots). Observations recorded in the present study in laboratory and nursery conditions were germination percentage (12th day after germination), speed of germination, shoot and root length (cm), seedling length (cm), seedling fresh weight (mg), seedling dry weight (mg), seedling vigour index-I, seedling vigour index-II and seed leachete electrical conductivity (µ si cm-1g-1). The latter was not observed in nursery conditions.
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    EFFECT OF PRE SOWING SEED TREATMENT ON SEED YIELD AND INFLUENCE ON SEED QUALITY PARAMETERS UNDER DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE AND AGEING TREATMENT IN CUMIN (Cuminum cyminum L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 2017) VRUSHANK M. TRIVEDI; Dr. Kalyanrao
    The present investigation on “Effect of pre sowing seed treatment on seed yield and influence on seed quality parameters under different temperature and ageing treatment in cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.)” was carried out at Department of Seed Science and Technology farm and laboratory, BACA, AAU, and Anand during rabi 2014-15. Two varieties were taken under considerations, viz., Gujarat Cumin-1 and Gujarat Cumin-4. The field experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (Factorial concept) with three replications comprising seven treatment combinations. The laboratory experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD Factorial concept) with four temperature treatments and three repetitions and three ageing treatments with four repetitions. Cumin is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to family umbelliferae of dicotyledonous group. It is native to Egypt and the Mediterranean region. The production and productivity of cumin is decreasing year after year due to ………...………………….…………………………………………………...Abstract ii several reasons. Non availability of good quality seed, slow and uneven germination, low adoption of seed production technologies, degradation of seed quality due to microbial load, heavy infestation of diseases and pests, traditional harvesting & processing, unscientific and unhygienic handling at post-harvest and storage are the major problem in realizing the production potential of cumin. Poor physical purity and seed germination directly affects the establishment of plant population and causing diseases in the field conditions leading to poor seed yield in cumin. Hence, seed treatment is one of the method adopted for quality seed production as it not only reduces the deleterious effects of damage to seed viability and vigour but also provides better avenues for their establishment, growth and development of seedlings. However, reports on pre-sowing seed treatments and seed longevity studies on cumin are very scanty. The pre-sowing treatments and varieties shows significant effect on field emergence (%), plant height (cm), number of umbel, number of seeds per plant, seed yield per plant (g), 1000 seed weight (g) and seed yield per plot (g). Significantly maximum field emergence was found in the variety Gujarat Cumin-1 had (69.20%), by treatment GA3 (71.88%) and their interaction (74.82%). The maximum plant height was attained by the Gujarat Cumin-1 (37.23 cm) and by treatment T. asperilium (38.63 cm) with their highest interaction (38.86 cm). Also the maximum numbers of umbel were recorded with the variety GC-4 (84.57) and treatment T. asperilium (86.66) with their significant interaction (101.33). Similarly higher numbers of seeds ………...………………….…………………………………………………...Abstract iii per plant were recorded in GC-4 (1252.9) and treatment T. asperilium (1402.8) with their highest corresponding interaction (1610.6). The maximum seed yield per plant was noted with variety GC-4 (5.78g) and treatment T. asperilium (6.40g) with highest interaction of (7.45 g). The maximum 1000 seed weight was in variety GC-4 (4.60 g) and treatment T. asperilium (4.75 g) with their interaction (4.90 g) and seed yield per plot was recorded maximum in variety GC-4 (221.28g) and in treatment T. asperilium (247.80g) with significant interaction (300.35 g). The different temperature regimes also showed significant effect on variety. Significantly maximum first count was in variety GC-1 it was noted (28.25%) and treatment 20oC (28.16%) with their corresponding interaction (45.66%). The maximum germination percent was attained by variety GC-1 (82.91%) and the treatment 20oC (88.83%) with their corresponding interaction (94%). Also the maximum root length recorded in GC-1 (4.22 cm) and treatment 200C (4.45cm) with the highest interaction (5.13 cm). Similarly highest shoot length was noted in GC-1 (3.40 cm) and temperature treatment 200C (3.68 cm) with their significant interaction (4.20 cm). The highest seedling length GC-1 (7.59 cm) and 200C (8.13 cm) the temperature treatment recorded with their corresponding interaction (9.33 cm). Significantly higher seedling fresh weight was noted in GC-1 (140.16 mg) and temperature treatment, 200C (161.66 mg) with highest interaction (219.66 mg). Maximum seedling dry weight was in variety GC-1 (10.00 mg) and temperature treatment 200C (10.38 mg) with their interaction (10.76 mg). The highest seedling vigour ………...………………….…………………………………………………...Abstract iv index I was recorded in in GC-1 (640) and temperature treatment 200C (728) with their corresponding highest interaction (877) and maximum seedling vigour index II was recorded in variety GC-1(75) and treatment (83) 200C with highest interaction (93). The different days of ageing also showed significant effect on the seed viability and longevity. They recorded the reduction percentage after the five days of ageing for different characters. The minimum reduction of germination percent was noted in variety GC-1 (35.08 %). Also the minimum reduction percentage in root length was observed in variety GC-1 (46.5 %). While minimum reduction percentage in shoot length was observed in variety GC-4 (48 %). Similarly lowest reduction percent in seedling length was in variety GC-1 (50 %). The minimum reduction percentage in seedling fresh weight was observed in variety GC-1 (24.43 mg). Also the minimum reduction percentage in seedling dry weight was GC-1 recorded (27.92 %). Seedling vigour index I also recorded minimum reduction percent GC-1 (67.74 %). The minimum reduction percent in seedling vigour index II GC-1 (53.24 %). Significantly the minimum reduction percent in electrical conductivity was recorded GC-1 (43.82 %).
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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.