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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: Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry × End date: 2011 × Start date: 2011 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    “HETEROSIS AND COMBINING ABILITY ANALYSIS IN INTER SPECIFIC HYBRIDS OF COTTON (Gossypium hirsutum L. x Gossypium barbadenese L.)”
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) PATEL JAYENDRA RATILAL; Dr. Amit Dadheech
    In the present investigation, the information regarding heterosis and combining ability was obtained for 14 plant characters including seed cotton yield, its components and quality traits in inter specific hybrids of cotton. The material for present study comprised of 12 parents (4 Testers and 8 Lines), their 32 hybrids produced by Line x Tester crossing and two standard checks (G.cot Hy-102 and DCS-32). The material was tested using randomized block design with three replications at Regional Research station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand during Kharif 2009-10.
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    AGRONOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACHES FOR BIOFORTIFICATION OF WHEAT GRAIN WITH ZINC AND IRON IN Typic Ustochrept SOILS OF MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) Pankaj Kumar Tiwari; Dr. K. P. Patel
    The present investigation was undertaken to study the effect of soil application of Zn and Fe besides their scheduled foliar application at different growth stages with the perspective of biofortification of wheat (variety GW 496) grain with Zn and Fe on Typic Ustochrept soils of Anand. The field experiment was taken with sixteen treatments, eight each for Zn and Fe and was replicated thrice under randomized block design. The mode of Zn and Fe application was of three types viz. soil (25 kg ZnSO4 and 50 kg FeSO4 ha-1, respectively), foliar (0.5% ZnSO4 and 1.0% FeSO4, correspondingly) and soil+foliar (20 kg ZnSO4 ha-1 + two foliar
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    STATUS OF AVAILABLE SILICON AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SOIL PROPERTIES IN PADDY SOILS OF MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) PATEL RAVI ASHOKKUMAR; Dr. K. C. Patel
    The survey work was carried out in paddy growing areas of Ahmedabad, Kheda, Anand, Vadodara, Panchamahals and Dahod districts of middle Gujarat region in the month of October-November 2009 to assess the available Si status in paddy soils and find out the relationship of silicon content with soil and plant properties.. Twenty representative surface soil and plant samples from each district were collected from different rice ecosystem of the region. Thus, a total of 120 surface soil and 120 plant samples were collected from different villages of six districts. Available silicon in soils determined by NaOAc buffer method and plant samples was analysed for Si, N, P, K, S, Na and micronutrients (Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu) contents. The coefficient of correlation (r) was worked out to know the relationship between available Si and soil properties and silicon content and uptake by paddy.
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    EVALUATION OF EXTRACTANTS FOR AVAILABLE SILICON AND RESPONSE TO SILICON FERTILIZATION BY PADDY IN GORADU SOILS OF MIDDLE GUJARAT
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) JUGAL KISHOR MALAV; Dr. K.C.Patel
    In the present investigation, preliminary survey work was carried out in paddy growing area of Anand and Kheda district of middle Gujarat to know the available silicon (Si) status in soils of paddy fields. Total sixty surface soil samples were collected and categorized as per available Si status in low, medium and high categories. Representative bulk soil samples were taken to conduct pot experiment for evaluation of different extractants for available Si and response to Si application by paddy in goradu soils of middle Gujarat. The soils were treated with four levels of Si viz., 0, 100, 200 and 300 mg Si kg soil-1. The experiment was planned in factorial completely randomized design with three repetitions. The soil, grain and straw samples were analyzed for their Si, P, K, S and Na content at the harvest. The coefficient of correlation (r) and regression (R2)
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    “EFFECT OF APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT AMINO ACIDS ON GROWTH AND QUALITY OF KALMEGH
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) BINI JOSE; Dr. V.R.Bhatt
    To study the effect of application of manures and different amino acids on growth and quality of kalmegh, a pot experiment was undertaken during July -2010 to October -2010 at the Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, B.A College Of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand. The study was conducted to understand the effects of different sources of nitrogen on yield and chemical composition of kalmegh, to study the comparative effects of application of amino acids (organic nitrogen) on alkaloid content of kalmegh and to suggest the suitable combinations of organic and inorganic sources of nitrogen for quality and better production of kalmegh. Different amino acids were tried here viz - aspartic acid and glutamic acid the two acidic amino acids, tryptophan, a neutral amino acid and arginine, the basic amino acid as alone and as their mixtures with and without the inorganic fertilizer. Organic manures which are conventionally used for raising this crop were also tried here for a better evaluation of the crop response to the application of amino acids. In total it accounted to thirteen treatments with three replications designed in CRD. A Recommended dose of nitrogen 75 kg ha-1 was adopted as per the earlier work done by Patel (2009). Of this 50% dose was given on the day of transplantation along with irrigation water except in the case of treatments where complete organic manures were used to supply the nitrogen. In these two treatments organic manures were mixed with the soil two weeks before transplantation. Rest 50% of the dose was divided into two splits, as 25% one month and other 25% two months after transplantation. Periodic plant as well as soil samples was collected at 75 DAT. Final harvest was made at 100 DAT
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    IRON KINETICS AND ITS UPTAKE EFFICIENCY OF PIGEONPEA CULTIVARS GROWN ON Fe-DEFICIENT SOIL
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) AMIN VIRENKUMAR RAJESHKUMAR; Dr. V. P. Ramani
    Adequate supply of nutrients to plant roots is not merely a function of total amount of a particular nutrient in the soil, but it depends on the rate of replenishment of nutrient from the soil solution also. Eventhough the nutrients are dissolved in soil solution, the nutrients like Fe is not very mobile because of its entrapment in the water filled fraction of the tortuous pore system of the soil. In order to study the kinetics and uptake efficiency of Fe, many mathematical models are being used to have a better understanding of fundamental principles involved in the process of nutrient uptake by plant roots growing in soil. These models are based on ion transport from soil to roots by means of mass flow or diffusion as well as on nutrient uptake kinetics, mostly following Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Mechanistic models are useful tools for evaluating the significance of
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    “EFFECT OF ORGANIC FORM OF NITROGEN IN NUTRITION OF MAIZE PLANT”
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) LEKSHMI.S; Dr. V.R.Bhatt
    A pot experiment entitled “Effect of organic form of nitrogen (amino acids) in nutrition of maize plant” and an incubation study to know the rate of mineralization of amino acid to nitrate-N were carried out at the Dept. of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, BACA, AAU, Anand during 2010-11.The sieved sand which was acid washed and autoclaved was used for both the studies
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    INFLUENCE OF LEVELS AND SOURCES OF SULPHUR ON YIELD, QUALITY AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SOYBEAN IN SANDY LOAM SOIL
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) KADU VARUN BHAGWATRAO; Dr. B. A. Patel
    An experiment was conducted at Agronomy farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand during kharif season of 2008 to study the “Influence of levels and sources of sulphur on yield, quality and chemical composition of soybean in sandy loam soil”. The soil under the field experiment was deficient in available S (8.5 mg Kg-1) and neutral to slightly alkaline in reaction. The S sources evaluated under the study were S1: Gypsum (G), S2: Elemental Sulphur (ES) and S3: Single Super Phosphate (SSP). The levels kept were L1: 0 kg ha-1, L2: 20 kg ha-1 and L3: 40 kg ha-1. The experiment was laid down in a Factorial Randomized Block Design with four replications
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    “EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS AND SULPHUR ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF SUMMER CLUSTER BEAN GROWN ON TYPIC USTOCHREPT OF ANAND”
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2011) KARCHE RAHUL PRALHAD; Dr. M. R. Dalwadi
    The field experiment was carried out on loamy sand soil at Agronomy farm, B. A. college of Agriculture, AAU, Anand, Gujarat during summer season of 2009-10 to study the “Effect of phosphorus and sulphur on yield and quality of summer cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) grown on Typic Ustochrept of Anand”. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with factorial concept, comprising nine treatment combinations of three levels of P (0, 20 and 40 kg P205 ha-1) and three levels of S (0, 20 and 40 kg S ha-1) which were replicated four times.