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Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

After independence, development of the rural sector was considered the primary concern of the Government of India. In 1949, with the appointment of the Radhakrishnan University Education Commission, imparting of agricultural education through the setting up of rural universities became the focal point. Later, in 1954 an Indo-American team led by Dr. K.R. Damle, the Vice-President of ICAR, was constituted that arrived at the idea of establishing a Rural University on the land-grant pattern of USA. As a consequence a contract between the Government of India, the Technical Cooperation Mission and some land-grant universities of USA, was signed to promote agricultural education in the country. The US universities included the universities of Tennessee, the Ohio State University, the Kansas State University, The University of Illinois, the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Missouri. The task of assisting Uttar Pradesh in establishing an agricultural university was assigned to the University of Illinois which signed a contract in 1959 to establish an agricultural University in the State. Dean, H.W. Hannah, of the University of Illinois prepared a blueprint for a Rural University to be set up at the Tarai State Farm in the district Nainital, UP. In the initial stage the University of Illinois also offered the services of its scientists and teachers. Thus, in 1960, the first agricultural university of India, UP Agricultural University, came into being by an Act of legislation, UP Act XI-V of 1958. The Act was later amended under UP Universities Re-enactment and Amendment Act 1972 and the University was rechristened as Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology keeping in view the contributions of Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, the then Chief Minister of UP. The University was dedicated to the Nation by the first Prime Minister of India Pt Jawaharlal Nehru on 17 November 1960. The G.B. Pant University is a symbol of successful partnership between India and the United States. The establishment of this university brought about a revolution in agricultural education, research and extension. It paved the way for setting up of 31 other agricultural universities in the country.

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Subject: Agricultural Biotechnology × Author: Gandhi, Vikas × End date: 2022 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Plasma nanoparticles treated seed induced changes in molecular and biochemical profiling of wheat grown under heat and water stress condition
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2019-08) Gandhi, Vikas; Pandey, Priyanka
    Wheat is one of the main staple foods in India as well as in the world. The yield and grain quality of the crop are severely affected by stress conditions like heat and water stress. In the present study experiments were conducted to delineate the effect of plasma and microbial consortia under heat stress condition and effect of nano ZnO, nano chitosan and microbial consortia under water stress condition. Field experiments were done at Norman E. Borlaug Crop Research Centre of G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar in 2018-19, using Randomised Block Design. The “HD 2967” variety of wheat was used for seed treatment, sampling for molecular and biochemical profiling was done at three different growth stages i. e., booting, heading and grain filling stage. In both heat and water stress conditions, the contents of photosynthetic pigment, relative water content, protein, proline, sugar, and antioxidants were found to be highest in the combination plasma + MC I and nano ZnO + chitosan NPs + MC I treatment respectively, which helped wheat combat water stress condition. The grain protein, quality of grain and the yield were also best in this treatment. Maximum increase in Zn and Fe concentration was also recorded using this treatment. In case of heat stress condition, similar results were found for all the above parameters in case of plasma + MC 1 treatment. As the immunity of plant decreases during abiotic stress condition they become more susceptible to attack by biotic factors reducing plant growth, development and yield. So antimicrobial property of nano ZnO and chitosan nanoparticle was assessed in antifungal and antibacterial experiments. Both nano ZnO and nano chitosan were found to have inhibitory effect, but the combination of these two nanoparticles was observed to have maximum antimicrobial properties both in case of bacteria and fungi. Our research finding reveals that nano ZnO, nano chitosan and combination of both nanoparticles can be used to reduce the losses caused by abiotic stress in wheat.