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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: 2017 × Start date: 2016 × Type: Thesis ×
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    EFFECTS OF MULTI-MICRONUTRIENT MIXTURE ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF THE PEARL MILLET (Pennisetum glaucum L.)
    (DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY B.A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2017) Kadivala Varisali H.; Dr. V. P. Ramani
    The field experiment was conducted at the Main Forage Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Anand (Gujarat) during summer season of the year 2017 to study the “Effects of multi-micronutrient mixture on growth, yield and quality of the pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum L.)”. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with four replications. The treatment was comprised of T1-control, foliar spray treatments: T2-multi-micronutrient mixture grade-I (general), T3-multi-micronutrient mixture grade-II (for Zn deficiency), T4-multimicronutrient mixture grade-III (for Fe deficiency), T5-multi-micronutrient mixture grade-IV (for Zn & Fe deficiency) and soil application treatments: T6-multimicronutrient mixture grade-V and T7-soil application of micronutrients as per soil test value (STV). The rate of application of different grades for foliar spray was kept 1%. The foliar application was made during crop growth period with three sprays at 15, 30 and 45 DAT (Days after Transplanting) of the crop and the soil application of grade-V was 20 kg ha-1 as basal. The treatments were tested against the standard recommended application of micronutrients (50 kg FeSO4.5H2O ha-1 and 40 kg MnSO4.3H2O ha-1) on soil test value i.e. STV basis and control as well. The soil used for the experiment was alkaline in reaction with low in available N and high in available P2O5 and K2O. With respect to DTPA-micronutrients, Fe and Mn was deficient, while Zn and Cu were sufficient in status.
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    DECONTAMINATION OF PROFENOPHOS, ACEPHATE, TRIAZOPHOS AND ETHION IN GREEN CHILLI, OKRA AND BRINJAL
    (DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE & AGRIL. CHEM. B.A.COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2017) Vanee Yadav; Dr.P.G.Shah
    Vegetables are essential and integral part of day - to - day diet of Indian population as it contains most of the essential biochemicals and nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, ascorbic acid, carotene, vitamin, iron and traces of other minerals. Green chilli, okra and brinjal are the most commonly consumed vegetables which are cultivated throughout the country. Insect pest infestation is one of the limiting factors in accelerating the yield potential of these vegetables. The major insect pests are fruit and shoot borer, jassids, aphids, leaf miner etc. To combat the insect pests, farmers mainly rely on chemical control.
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    EVALUATION OF SOIL FERTILITY AND UNDERGROUND WATER QUALITY OF KHEDA DISTRICT OF GUJARAT
    (Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry B. A. College of Agriculture Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2017) Vaghela Mahipalsinh B.; Dr. J. K. Parmar
    To evaluate the physical and chemical properties of soils as well as quality of underground (well/tube well) water. The one hundred sixty samples each of underground irrigation water and (0-20 Cm) surface soil samples were collected from cultivated fields of Kheda district
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    EVALUATION OF SOIL FERTILITY AND UNDERGROUND WATER QUALITY OF ANAND DISTRICT OF GUJARAT
    (Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry B. A. College of Agriculture Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2017) Patel Mukesh I.; Dr. M. B. Viradiya
    An attempt has been made in the present study to evaluate the physical and chemical properties and fertility status of soils and quality of underground (well/tube well) water by collecting 160 underground irrigation water samples and 160 surface soil samples from cultivated fields of Anand district.
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    IN VITRO DECONTAMINATION OF ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDES FROM VEGETABLE SAMPLES
    (DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2016) Jitendra Kumar Bairwa; Dr. P. G. Shah
    Vegetables are indispensable component of our day to day diet because of their high nutrition value. Green chilli, brinjal, okra and cauliflower are most commonly consumed vegetables which are cultivated throughout the country. The crop losses/damage due to insect, fungus, bacteria, weed etc. have been recorded as high as 60 – 70 %. The damage caused by various insect pests are fruit and shoot borer, jassids, aphids, leaf miner etc. In order to protect the crops from such pest damage, farmers predominantly rely on chemical pesticides.
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    EFFECT OF EDTA ON PHYTOEXTRACTION OF Pb BY SUNFLOWER (Helianthus annuus L.)
    (DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2016) Nayee Pranav J.; Dr. G. J. Mistry
    The study entitled, “Effect of EDTA on Phytoextraction of Pb by sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)” was undertaken by conducting a micro-plot experiment and an incubation study entitled “Effect of EDTA on release pattern of Lead (Pb) under lab condition” in the net house of Micronutrient Research Project (ICAR), Anand Agricultural University, Anand (Gujarat) during kharif season of the year 2015.
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    EFFECT OF ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES ON GERMINATION, GROWTH AND YIELD OF MAIZE (Zea mays L.)
    (Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry B. A. College of Agriculture Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2017) Pankaj Kumar Tiwari; Dr. K. P. Patel
    The present investigation was undertaken to investigate the effect of ZnO nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) on seed germination, growth and yield of maize. The study included four sequential experiments: (1) synthesis and characterization of ZnO NPs; (2) effect of different concentrations of ZnO NPs on germination of maize seeds; (3) effect of seed treatment with ZnO NPs on growth and yield of maize; and (4) effect of foliar application of ZnO NPs on growth and yield of maize under microplot conditions.
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    STUDY ON NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS FRACTIONS AS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT ORGANIC AND INORGANIC FERTILIZERS UNDER GROUNDNUT-WHEAT CROPPING SEQUENCE ON TYPIC USTOCHREPTS
    (DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY B. A. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2016) Kulkarni Manoj Vinay; Dr. K. C. Patel
    The experiment was undertaken to study the effect of organic and inorganic treatments on yield, nutrients removal by crops and distribution of N, P and K fractions in soil under groundnut (cv. GG-20)-wheat (cv. GW-496) cropping sequence. In all, six treatments were studied comprising of three organics treatments viz. T1: 75% N (FYM) + 25% N (Vermicompost), T2: 50% N (FYM) + 50% N (Castor Cake),T3: 5 0% N (FYM) + 25% N (VC.) + Azotobactor/Rhizobium + PSB (Seed treatment (ST)) and three inorganic treatments viz. T4: NPK as per soil test value (STV), T5: RDF + 5 t FYM ha-1, T6: RDF + ZnSO4/Gypsum, which were applied to both the crops under factorial randomized block design keeping four replications.
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    EFFECT OF ZnO NANOPARTICLES ON GERMINATION, GROWTH AND YIELD OF GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogaea L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 2016-12) PARMAR SNEHALBHAI J.; Dr. K. P. Patel
    The present investigation was undertaken to study the effect of ZnO nanoparticles on germination, growth and yield of groundnut. The study was carried out with total eight treatments of zinc using two different methods of Zn application as a source of fertilizer such as, seed treatment and foliar application. The treatments consist of three levels of ZnO nanoparticles and ZnO bulk @ 500, 1000 and 2000 ppm, respectively; with a recommended dose of Zn (30% Zn) along with control was repeated thrice under completely randomized design. The study included four experiments in a sequence. The first experiment was on synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanoparticles while their effect at different concentrations on germination of groundnut seeds was evaluated in second experiment. In another two experiments, the effects of seed treatment with ZnO nanoparticles and foliar application of ZnO nanoparticles were studied in separate microplots. Abstract ii In first experiment, nanoparticles of ZnO were synthesized, using oxalate decomposition method and confirmation of mean particle size was estimated by different microscopic analysis viz, XRD, TEM, SEM, DLS, TGA and UV-Vis spectroscopy. Accordingly, in second experiment, the groundnut seeds were separately treated with 500, 1000 and 2000 ppm of nanoscale zinc oxide (nZnO) and bulk zinc oxide (ZnO) suspensions, respectively and the effect of these treatments on seed germination, root length and seedling vigour were studied. Consequently, a field experiment (microplot study) was conducted during summer and kharif seasons of the year 2013–2014 in which two different studies were carried out viz, seed treatment and foliar application of nano ZnO and bulk ZnO suspension. In which, the effect of these treatments on plant growth, chlorophyll content, pod yield and Zn content and uptake by different plant parts were studied. The results of nanoparticles characterization revealed that nanoparticles with mean particle size of 70 nm were synthesized successfully. The particle size estimated by XRD and DLS were in good agreement with TEM, SEM and UV-Vis spectroscopy results. In seed germination study, the treated seed with 500 ppm concentration promoted seed germination, root length and seedling vigour index. However, higher concentration of ZnO nanoparticles reduced the root length and seed vigour. Foliar application of ZnO nanoparticles (500 ppm) proved beneficial in increasing plant height and leaf chlorophyll content beside the seed treatment with the same particles concentration. Likewise, the foliar application of ZnO nanoparticles (500 ppm) proved beneficial in increasing the Abstract iii pod and kernel yield over its seed treatment with the same particle concentration. Seed treatment with 500 ppm ZnO nanoparticles as a source of Zn significantly increased zinc content and uptake in roots. However, foliar application with the same concentration of ZnO nanoparticles significantly increased zinc content and uptake in leaves. Seed treatment and foliar application of ZnO nanoparticles did not show any significant change in the soil properties such as EC, pH, OC and DTPA-Zn over its initial value. The overall finding suggested that nanoparticles of ZnO proved effective in increasing seed germination, seedling vigour, plant growth, chlorophyll content, pod yield, stem and root growth. In present experiment the pod yield and kernel yield were recorded higher in case of 500 ppm nano ZnO as compared to 1000 ppm and 2000 ppm nano ZnO. The inhibitory effect with higher nanoparticle concentration (2000 ppm) reveals the need for judicious usage of these particles in such applications.