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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: Biochemistry × Author: Badoni, Vaibhav × End date: 2022 × Start date: 2020 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Experimental evaluation of pyrolysed bio-oils for the development of anti-bacterial agent
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2020-12) Badoni, Vaibhav; Verma, A.K.
    Pyrolysis bio-oils from pine needle, sugarcane leaf residue, wheat straw and rice husk was used to assess the anti-bacterial activity of various plant (Xanthomonas axonopodis, xanthomonas campestris, Xanthomonas oryzae, Erwinia tracheiphila and Ralstonia solanacearum where Pseudomonas fluorescens) and animal pathogenic bacteria (Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia and Salmonella enterica). The pine needle bio-oil has about 50% of pehnolic content that may be responsible for the antibacterial activity against plant and animal pathogenic bacteria. The pine needle bio-oil showed the best antibacterial activity results against plant pathogenic bacteria with the maximum zone of inhibition of 23±0.33 mm and animal pathogenic bacteria with zone of inhibition 15.67±0.33 mm at concentration of 1000 μg/ml. Similarly the aqueous phase of pine-needle bio-oil showed the highest antibacterial activity with maximum zone of inhibition 14.33±1.09mm against plant pathogenic bacteria and 13.67±0.17 in animal pathogenic bacteria. Antibacterial activity of bio-oil was better with respect to aqueous phase in both plant and animal pathogenic bacteria. Pine-needle bio-oil was utilized for preparation of antibacterial agent. The antibacterial agent was prepared by using pine-needle bio-oil at 15%w/v, surfactant sodium-lauryl sulphate at 1%w/v, sequestering agent EDTA at 0.1%w/v and solvent ethanol at 30%v/v. The prepared antibacterial agent had a good efficacy against animal pathogenic bacteria (Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia and Salmonella enterica) with ME values 5.08, 5, 4.55 and 4.33 respectively. An inhibition of bacteria was also observed in carrier based test. However, phenol coefficient was 1 for Staphylococcus aureus indicating that the antibacterial agent was as effective as phenol at the same dilutions.