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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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    INFLUENCE OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS LEVELS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HIGH YIELDING DWARF VARIETIES OF WHEAT (Triticum aestivum L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 1982) AMIN, ANILKUMAR U.; Damor, U. M.
    With an objective to study the performance of dsarf wheat varieties (F. aestivum L.) to various levels of nitrogen and phosphorus, an investigation was carried out at the Agronomy Farm of B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand during rabi season on the year 1981-82. Twenty four treatment combinations involving two varieties viz., Lok-1 and Sonalike, four levels of nitrogen (0, 60, 120, 180 kg/ha) and three levels of phosphorus (0, 60 and 120 kg/ha) were laid in split plot design with four replications.
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    SURVIVAL RATES OF STRAINS OF LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS IN WHEAT, GRAB AND MUNG FLOURS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON IMPLANTATION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ISOLATES
    (AAU, Anand, 1982) PATEL, D. R.; Dave, J. M.
    The present study was framed and conducted to determine the survival rates of Lactobacillus acidophilus isolates in wheat, gram and mung flours and their effects on implantation characteristics of the isolates. The strains of L. acidophilus LB, LB1 and LB2 were isolated from the feces of bottle-fed infants and were identified by physiological and bio-chemical tests. One strain of L. acidophilus KMS-301 was procured from N.D.R.I., Karnal, and one each strain of Escherichia coli and lactose fermenting yeast was obtained from the Department of Dairy Microbiology, Dairy Science College, Anand.
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    MANUFACTURE OF MOZZARELLA CHEESE FROM BUFFALO MILK AND JUDGING ITS SUITABILITY FOR PIZZA AND PROCESSED CHEESE MAKING
    (AAU, Anand, 1984) Patel, Gauravkumar Chandrakant; Vyas, S. H.
    Two methods of manufacturing the Mozzarella cheese were used - starter method and direct acidification method. In either method, cheese were made both from pasteurised and raw buffalo milk standardized to two fat levels of 3 and 6 per cent each. Thus in each replication, eight different batches of Mozzarella cheese were prepared. The effects of each treatment and those of all possible combinations of treatments on the composition and yield of fresh cheese; recovery of milk constituents in cheese and their losses in whey and molding water; baking properities like meltability and fat leakage; rheological parameters like viscosity, elasticity and springiness; organoleptic quality of fresh cheeses; and changes in acidity, pH, acid degree value, tyrosine content and organoleptic quality during refrigerated storage of cheese upto two weeks were studied. The experimental Mozzarella cheese at two levels (25 per cent and 35 per cent) as a par of processed cheese were tried out and organoleptically evaluated. The Mozzarella cheese was also used in actual baking trials on pizza.
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    EVALUATION OF EFFECTS OF HOMOGENIZATION OF MILK AND ADDITION OF STABILIZERS ON THE QUALITY OF SHRIKHAND
    (AAU, Anand, 1983) DESAI, HRADAY KUNJBIHARI; VYAS, S. H.
    The present study was planned to evaluate the effects of homogenization of milk and addition of stabilizers (sodium alginate and gelatin) on the physical, chemical and organoleptic characteristics of chakka and shrikhand. The performance of above treatments was evaluated by determining yield and recovery of milk constituents in chakka, composition of chakka and shrikhand and organoleptic characteristics of fresh chakka and shrikhand. The changes in titratable acidity, free fatty acids content, tyrosine content and organoleptic score were ascertained at 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 days to determine the shelflife of shrikhand at ≤10°C.
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    RESPONSE OF CHICORY (Cichorium intybus L.) TO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, POTASH AND FYM UNDER MIDDLE GUJARAT CONDITIONS
    (AAU, Anand, 1989) PATEL, BABUBHAI S.; Barevadia, T. N.
    An experiment was conducted at the College Agronomy Farm of Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand during the rabi season of the year 1987-88, The soil of the experimental area was loamy sand having organic matter 0.73 per cent, total nitrogen 0.038 per cent, available phosphorus 43.5 kg/ha and available potash 262.0 kg/ha in the 0-15 cm soil layer. The experiment was conducted in randomized block design with four replications. In all, 16 treatment combinations consisting of two levels each of farm yard manure (0 and 25 tonnes/ha), nitrogen (50 and 100 kg/ha), Phosphorus (0 and 50 kg/ha) and potash (0 and 50 kg/ha) were tried on chicory. The crop was sown on 20th November 1987 and was harvested on 19th April 1988. Farm yard manure was applied as per the treatments at time, of preparation of land. While 50 per cent of the total nitrogen and entire quantities of phosphorus and potash were applied as per the respective treatments before sowing in the form of urea, single super phosphate and muriate of potash, respectively. The remaining quantity of nitrogen was applied in the form of urea about 45 days after sowing of the crop. The results obtained for different aspects studied during the course of investigation revealed the following. The application of 25 tonnes FYM/ha gave 3.46 per cent higher yield of dry roots than no application of FYM. The same treatment also gave significantly higher plant population (initial and at harvest time), root volume and fresh roots yield/ha than no application of FYM. The application of 25 tonnes FYM/ha significantly increased the N, P and K contents as well as their removal by roots and leaves except N uptake by leaves as compared to no application of FYM. Nitrogen application at 100 kg/ha gave 3.70 per cent higher yield of dry roots than that of 50 kg N/ha. Similar trend was also observed for root volume, root girth at top, green as well as dry leaves and,fresh as well as dry root weight/plant and fresh roots yield/ha with application of 100 kg N/ha. The application of 100 kg N/ha recorded significantly higher N content of roots and leaves; P content of leaves as well as N and P uptake by roots and leaves as compared to 50 kg N/ha. The application of 50 kg P2O5 gave significantly higher plant height, P contents as well as uptake by roots and leaves than that of no application of phosphorus. The application of 50 kg K2O /ha gave 2.76 per cent higher yield of dry roots as compared to no application of phosphorus. The same treatment also gave significantly higher root girth at tip, K contents as well as uptake by roots and leaves than that of no application of potash. The results further revealed that the treatment combination F25N50P0K50 was superior to the rest of the treatment combinations from yield (9.53 tonnes/ha) and economic (GBR 1:2.74) view point. Considering the productivity and net realization, application of nitrogen and potash each at 50 kg/ha along with FYM at the rate of 25 tonnes/ha found optimum for chicory crop under charotar tract of the middle Gujarat conditions. .Chicory crop did not respond to phosphorus application.
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    USE OF SELECTED LACTIC STARTER STRAINS FOR PREPARATION OF MISTI DAHI FROM COW AND BUFFALO MILK
    (AAU, Anand, 1988) Sarkar, Shyama Prasad; Dave, J. M.
    The study was planned and conducted to select suitable strains of lactic acid bacteria from market samples of misti dahi for preparation of the product from cow and buffalo milk and to decide the optimum level of total solids for the product and to test the performance of the selected cultures and enhance the shelf-life of the product for increasing its commercial from Dr. Cox, U.K. and the other LF40, a Christian Hansen’s mixed strain culture were included in the trials. Thermization treatment of the finished product was planned to evaluate its effect on the shelf-life of the product and the effect of such treatment on the viable lactic count and on the beta-galactosidase activity.
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    AN EVALUATION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMME CONDUCTED BY THE FARMERS' TRAINING CENTRE, AMERELI IN GUJARAT STATE
    (AAU, Anand, 1985) PATEL, BHARATKUMAR MANJIBHAI; Patel, H. L.
    Objectives of the study: 1. To study the sources of information used by the trained farmers for joining the training programme. 2. To study the type and number of purposes of trained farmers for joining the training programme. 3. To study the personal, social, psychological and situational characteristics of the trained farmers. 4. To determine the knowledge level of trained farmers regarding the improved practices of groundnut and bajra crops. 5. To determine the extent of adoption of improved practices of groundnut and bajra crops by the trained farmers. 6. To study the relationship between personal, social, psychological and situational characteristics of the trained farmers and their overall extent of adoption. 7. To know the suggestions of trained farmers to make the training programme more effective.
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    HETEROSIS AND COMBINING ABILITY STUDIES IN CHILLIES ( Capsicum annum L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 1985) SREENIVAS, M.; Patel, S. A.
    The present investigation was, undertaken to estimate heterosis and combining ability for yield and its attributes in chillies (Capsicum annum L.). The experimental material consisted of eleven parents of which Jwala, S-49, G-4 and Pant C-1 were used as females and Khumarvad, 85-3, Rashumpatta, SG-5, S-2, Button and PBC-111 were used as males. In the first year i.e. 1983-84 crosses were made and in the second year i.e. 1984-85 the parents and twenty-eight hybrids were grown in R.B.D. at the Plant Breeding Farm, B.A. College of Agriculture, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand.
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    EFFECT OF CYCOCEL (CCC) ON YIELD AND ITS COMPONENTS AND OUTPUT OF SENNOSIDES IN SENNA (Cassia angustjfolia Vahl.)
    (AAU, Anand, 1984) Wani, Shamsundar S.; Shah, R. R.
    Experiments were conducted to determine the effect of cycocel (CCC) in senna (Cassia angustifolia Vahl.) at different concentrations, viz. 50, 100 and 500 mg/l and applied as foliar spray at two different stages of growth period, I.e. at seedling, S1 (20th day after sowing) and/or before flower initiation, S2 (40th day after sowing). These studies were undertaken to know how far CCC can manipulate the plant characteristics and hence the yield. Field trials were conducted during summer and kharif seasons of 1982. Considering all the three pickings of kharif season, CCC sprayed at 50 mg/l have recorded highest yield (fresh and dry weight of leaves) which had edge over other sprayings.