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University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad

The University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad was established on October 1, 1986. The University has 5 Colleges, 27 Research Stations, 6 Agriculture Extension Education Centers, 6 Krishi Vigyan Kendras and ATIC. The University has its jurisdiction over 7 districts namely Bagalkot, Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, and Uttar Kannada in northern Karnataka. Greater diversity exists in soil types, climate, topography cropping and farming situations. The jurisdiction includes dry-farming to heavy rainfall and irrigated area. Important crops of the region include sorghum, cotton, rice, pulses, chilli, sugarcane, groundnut, sunflower, wheat, safflower etc. The region is also known for many horticultural crops. Considerable progress has been registered in the field of education, research and extension from this University.

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    Efficacy of sorghum based supplementary sports food on physical endurance of basket-ball players
    (UAS, Dharwad, 2008) Asha.S.Lamboonavar; B.Kasturiba
    A study was conducted to assess the “efficacy of sorghum based supplementary sports food on physical endurance of basket-ball players” during 2006-07. The sports food which mainly included sorghum and soy flour, skimmed milk powder and sugar powder was given as a test food for loading and supplementation study. A total of 32 professional basket-ball players of Dharwad city were selected purposively for the study. Anthropometric measurement and biochemical parameter viz., hemoglobin level and endurance test on tread mill was estimated at the baseline study. In loading test 50 g of sports food was given in the form of porridge one hour before tread mill test and endurance capacity was observed in terms of calorie burnt, distance covered and time of exhaustion. In supplementation study out of 32 subjects 16 were taken as experimental group and rest as control group. Experimental group was supplemented with sports food (50 g) for a period of 30 days. The anthropometric, biochemical parameters and endurance capacity were recorded in both control and experimental group before and after supplementation study. The results revealed that the endurance capacity of all the subjects enhanced significantly in terms of calorie burnt, distance covered and time of exhaustion after loading test compared to supplementation test. Further, supplementation had shown an improvement in anthropometric characters and hemoglobin levels in the experimental group (12.23%) when compared to control group.