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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 EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SPACING AND PLANTING RATIO ON SEED YIELD AND QUALITY PARAMETERS IN CHILLI (Capsicum annuum L.)(DEPARTMENT OF SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2020) Chandela Jayshri Rambhai; Dr. KalyanraoChilli (Capsicum annuum L.) also known as hot pepper belongs to family Solanaceae is one of the most important spice crops in India. Total area cultivated in India is 752 thousand ha with an annual production of around 2149 thousand MT with average productivity of 2.86 MT/ha of dried chilli and major chilli producing states are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. Gujarat occupies an area of 11.35 thousand ha with production of 22.07 thousand MT and 1.95 MT/ha productivity (Anon., 2018).ThesisItem Open Access 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.ThesisItem Open Access 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. PatelBrinjal (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).ThesisItem Open Access 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 TrivediThe 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.ThesisItem Open Access 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.ThesisItem Open Access 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. KalyanraoThe 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 %).ThesisItem Open Access “Effect of accelerated ageing on seed quality parameters in onion”(Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2014) N.N.Makani; DR. N. SASIDHARANThe present investigation entitled "Effect of accelerated ageing on seed quality parameters in onion” was carried out during 2012 to 2014 at, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand (Gujarat). Onion (Allium cepa L.) is a bulbous vegetable crop of family Amarilidaceae. In the world, India is the second largest producer of onion, next only to China. It is being grown both in kharif and rabi in India. It occupies an area of 10.51 lakh hectare, with production of 168.13 lakh tons and productivity 16 metric tons per hectare. Gujarat is the leading state for onion cultivation having an area of 0.28 lakh hectares and production about 704.38 metric tones. Gujarat is having the highest productivity of 24.4 metric tons per hectare. (Anon:, 2013)ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON SEED MYCOFLORA OF TOMATO (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) CULTIVARS COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF GUJARAT(Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) NATION CHAMLING; Dr. G.C. JadejaTomato is one of the most common vegetable crops grown in Gujarat. Seedborne fungi are potential constraints in quality seed production of tomato resulting in substantial loss in fruit yield. In all, each of three tomato seed samples from Anand (AT-3, JT-3 and DVRT-2),Junagadh (GT-1, JT-3 and DVRT-2), Ladol (AT-3, JT-3 and DVRT-2) and one seed sample from Thasara (AT-3) were procured and subjected to assessment of seed-borne fungi at three and six months of storage period by standard blotter method and agar plate method. Besides, investigation was carried out on the evaluation of fungicidal seed treatment at seedling stage.ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON SEED MYCOFLORA OF CHILLI (Capsicum annum L.) CULTIVARS COLLECTED FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OF GUJARAT(Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) Kalyani Kumari; Dr. G. C. JadejaSeed borne pathogens can cause ample damage to seeds and seedlings of chilli. Hence, the present investigations on “Studies on seed mycoflora of chilli cultivars collected from different locations of Gujarat” were undertaken at B. A. College of Agriculture, A.A.U, Anand during 2009-11. Chilli
