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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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    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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    PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS AND BLOOD CHARACTERS IN SURTI BUFFALO CALVES AS RELATED TO SOME CLIMATIC FACTORS
    (AAU, Anand, 1987) Dubey, Vishnu Kumar; Patel, J. R.
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    ENERGY CONSERVATION IN DAIRY PLANT ILLUMINATION
    (AAU, Anand, 1987) WAJID, MOHAMMED ABDUL; Shah, U. S.
    Satisfactory illumination of the milk plant is important since it not only increases safety and improves efficiency but also makes it possible for workman to operate with greater ease, comfort and speed. Many dairies today are working at lower than the desired level of illumination. Various problems faced by the lighting industry are the increasing power demand, voltage fluctuations, reduced lamp life, inefficient illumination, lighting fitting corrosion, electrical shock hazards and continuing search of cost effective high performance illumination system. To overcome these problems illumination engineers have recommended to improve the illumination system design and to use efficient light sources.
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    SOLAR RADIATION, PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION AND THERMAL TIME RELATIONSHIP WITH CROP GROWTH IN SUMMER GROUNDNUT (Arachis hypogaea L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 1989) GAJJAR, R. B.; Shekh, A. M.
    A field experiment with two dates of sowing (D1-2nd January and D2 - 5th February), two varieties (V1- Robut 3 and V2- GAUG-2) and three irrigation levels (I1- irrigatic at 10 days interval, I2-irrigation at 15 days interval a I3-when Tc-Ta = ± 0.5°C) was conducted during the summer season of the year 1989 with objectives of (i) determining the relationship between solar radiation, PAR, LAI, DM and days after sowing in groundnut crop, (ii) relating the PAR attenuation to dry matter production and (iii) studying tin phenological behaviour and thermal requirement of groundnu cultivars with two dates of sowing. The study revealed that pod yields and fodder yield were at par with plots irrigated at 10 days interval and when Tc-Ta = ± 0.5°C. Both the cultivars yielded higher po yield when planted on 5th February. However, cv. Robut 33- had higher pod yield than GAUG-2.LAI and DM increased wit days after sowing at a linear rate^ The mean air temperature of 25.5°C during the flowering initiation in both the cultivars during both the plantings seems to have favoured higher pod and fodder yleids. Flowering began from 4 to 5 weeks after planting. Nine to ten hours of photoperiod at the time of peg Initiation was observed for both planting dates of cultlvars.
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    SOLAR RADIATION, PAR AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY IN RELATION TO GORWTH AND YIELD OF PIGEONPEA (Cajanus cajan [L.] Millsp.) BASED DIFFERENT INTERCROPS WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FERTILIZER
    (AAU, Anand, 1989) PATEL, H. R.; Mehta, A. N.
    A field experiment with twenty eight different treatments was conducted in collaboration with Agronomy Department at Anand during the kharif season of the year 1987-88 with the broad-based objectives of evaluating the role of intercepted PAR in the most suitable companion intercrop, assessment of economics of fertilizer use under different intercropping systems and to determine growth, light use efficiency, attenuation of PAR and yield stability of different intercrops in pigeonpea based intercropping system in Middle Gujarat conditions. The statistical analysis on the data of grain yield of pigeonpea and pigeonpea equivalent revealed that different cropping systems had significant effect on grain yield. Intercropping with soybean, groundnut, cowpea, blackgram and greengram did affect pigeonpea yield in comparison to solid stand of pigeonpea, while pearlmillet competed with pigeonpea owing to being a C-4 type and reduced the pigeonpea grain yield. Pigeonpea equivalent grain yield analysis also revealed that pearlmillet, groundnut, cowpea, greengram, soybean and blackgram intercrops appears to be most remunerative with pigeonpea. For yield stability of both the component crops in terms of grain yield, the order of intercrops viz., pigeonpea + groundnut, pigeonpea + cowpea, pigeonpea + greengram and pigeonpea + blackgram is preferred, while for in terms of gross return (Rs/ha ), the same 6rder is found suitable for intercropping. In a solid stand of pigeonpea, due to absence of companion crop, LAI peak occurred earlier (85 DAS). But for intercropped pigeonpea, LAI peak attained in latter part of reproductive stage and seems to have resulted higher rate of assimilates and partitioned for higher pigeonpea grain yield except for pigeonpea + pearlmillet cropping system. Different cropping systems, growing periods and their interaction had a significant effect on absorption coefficient of PAR light interception for pigeonpea. Per cent interception dropped after 155 DAS for pigeonpea sole, while except pigeonpea + pearlmillet rest of the cropping systems achieved higher per cent PAR interception during reproductive stage and benefited for partitioning higher grain formation for intercropped pigeonpea. The periodic photosynthetic conversion efficiency (DM produced per unit of intercepted PAR (kg ha-1 /MJM-2 ) for intercropped pigeonpea observed more or less suppressed in early stage and after harvest of intercrop, the conversion efficiency of intercropped pigeonpea was highly accelerated with canopy development which seems to have contributed for partitioning higher grain formation compared to sole stand of pigeonpea, except pigeonpea + pearlmillet system. The conversion efficiency of sole pigeonpea, during reproductive stage remained more or less constant, resulted in highest straw and lower grain formation. Looking to the overall conversion efficiency of both the component crops, except pigeonpea + pearlmillet and pigeonpea + soybean, rest of the cropping systems found superior.
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    INHERITANCE OF QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERS IN Gossypium hirsutum L. x G. barbadense L. HYBRIDS
    (AAU, Anand, 1987) PANCHAL, S. S.; Dalal, K. C.
    The experiment was conducted at Plant Breeding Research Farm, Anand during 1984-85, Six generations viz., P1, P2, F1, F2, BC1 and BC2 developed from two crosses :(1) H-51-3 x SUVIN and (2) H-51-3 x S.I.L.S-9 were studied. The parents were of species Gossypium hirsutum L. (H-51-3) and G. barbadense (SUVIN and S.I.L.S-9). Two rows each of P1, P2 and check four each of F1, BC1 and BC2 and six rows of F2 were planted in compact family block design.
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    YIELD, CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS AND SMOKE CHARACTERISTICS OF BIDI TOBACCO CULTIVARS AS INFLUENCED BY DATES OF PLANTING AND NITROGEN LEVELS
    (AAU, Anand, 1987) PATEL, J. A.; Patel, G. R.
    With a view to finding out the influence of different dates of planting and nitrogen levels on the yield, quality, chemical constituents and smoke characteristics of most popular (Anand 119) and recently released (Gujarat Tobacco 5) bidi tobacco cultivars an experiment was conducted during 1983-84 and 1984-85 at Bidi Tobacco Research Station, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand.
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    EFFECT OF METHODS OF HARVESTING, GRADING AND CHEMICAL TREATMENTS ON THE ESTIMATES OF POST HARVEST LOSSES IN RAJAPURI MANGO (Mangifera indica L.)
    (AAU, Anand, 1987) Purohit, L. P.; Vaishnav, M. R.
    An experiment was planned on Rajapuri mango incorporating two method of harvesting, the grading treatment and calcium carbide post harvest treatment to estimate the post harvest losses during ripening at Horticulture Farm of B. A. College of Agriculture, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand during the year 1985.