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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: 2012 × Start date: 2012 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    “ZINC EFFICIENCY AND ZINC UPTAKE KINETICS OF WHEAT CULTIVARS”
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2012) RAJKISHORE KUMAR; Dr. V. P. Ramani
    Micronutrient deficiency, including Zn deficiency are a global problem affecting more than two billion people in the world, with serious implications for human health (Cakmak et al.,1999). High consumption of cereals based foods of low micronutrients content, has been suggested as a major reason for the wide spread occurrence of micronutrient deficiency in humans, particularly in developing countries like India. Therefore it is necessary to produced micronutrient dense grain for human consumption. Keeping this in mind a pot experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2010-11
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    “EFFECT OF HUMIC ACID AND ITS SOURCES IN COMBINATION WITH AND WITHOUT ZINC ON YIELD AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MAIZE”
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2012) RAJANI KUMARI; Dr. V.R.Bhatt
    A pot experiment entitled “Effect of humic acid and its sources in combination with and without zinc on yield and chemical composition of maize” was carried out at the Dept. of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, BACA, AAU, Anand during 2011-12. The soil used for the experiment was loamy sand in texture and deficient in zinc and medium in nitrogen, available phosphorus and potassium. At the very first, extraction of humic acid from FYM and vermicompost was done by using 0.1 N NaOH extractant. This humic acid was used for both pot experiment and incubation study. In addition to this comparison of both the humic acids was done for their chemical properties. Recovery of humic acid from vermicompost was more as compared to that of FYM. Total acidity, C, H and N was relatively
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    IRON KINETICS AND ITS UPTAKE EFFICIENCY OF CHICKPEA CULTIVARS GROWN ON Fe-DEFICIENT SOIL
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2012) R. GOBINATH; Dr. K. P. Patel
    A pot experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2010-11 in the net house of Micronutrient Project (ICAR), Anand Agricultural University, Anand to carry out the study on “Iron Kinetics and Its Uptake Efficiency of chickpea cultivars Grown on Fe-deficient soil”. For the experiment, four different chickpea varieties were selected which was two Fe-Efficient (GG-1 and GAG- 735) and two Fe-Inefficient (ICCC-4 and GJG-305) groups. The Fe application was made at three levels (Fe0, Fe20 and Fe40 mg kg-1) through ferrous sulphate (19 % Fe) with standard NPK fertilization. The cultivars were grown in pots (8 and 15 kg capacity) upto three stages viz. 20, 40 days after germination (DAG) and maturity. The experiment was laid out in a Factorial Completely Randomized Design (FCRD) and treatments were replicated thrice for all three
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    PERSISTENCE OF QUIZALOFOP ETHYL IN SOIL, WATER AND ITS HARVEST TIME RESIDUES IN SOYBEAN [Glycine max. (L.) Merrill]
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2012) DILIPKUMAR JAYANTILAL PATEL; Dr. P. G. Shah
    Soybean, Glycine max. (L.) Merrill known as miracle crop, has witnessed phenomenal growth in production, processing and trade in last few years in India. Soybean production has not only gained vital importance in Indian agriculture, but also played an important role in oil economy of India as it contributes more than 10% of total foreign revenue. Among the factors responsible for low yield of soybean, weeds have been considered of prime importance. Manual weeding, inter culturing or application of recommended pre-emergence herbicide is difficult in rainy season for efficient weed management. This situation warrants the use of post-emergence (PoE) herbicides for effective weed control.