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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: Entomology × Author: Bahuguna, Swati × End date: 2013 × Start date: 2013 × Type: Thesis ×
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    Studies on comparative efficacy of some synthetic insecticides, phytoproduct and biopesticides against brinal fruit and shoot borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guen. and hadda beetle, Epilachna vigintioctopunctata Fab. in brinjal at Pantnagar
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2013-08) Bahuguna, Swati; Srivastava, Poonam
    Twenty-eight species of insects belonging 10 different orders and 20 families were encountered to know the diversity of insect fauna associated with brinjal crop. Among the various insect pest of brinjal, the brinjal shoot and fruit borer (L. orbonalis) and hadda beetle (E. vigintioctopunctata), have been recorded as the most prevalent species as evidenced by their activity period at Vegetable Research Centre, Pantnagar The relative efficacy of each treatment was assessed on the basis of per cent pest reduction over control where the per cent reduction of larval population over control was recorded and observed to be highest in lambdacyhalothrin at 4 ml/lt with 54.50 percent which is highest percent in reduction of larval population after 3rd application followed by the lambdacyhalothrin at 0.56, 1.38, 0.69 and 0.81 ml/lt with 53.10, 52.00, 50.90 and 48.86 per cent over B. t. (Halt), B. b. (Biosoft) and neem at 2ml/l with 39.00, 35.80 and 34.70 per cent respectively. The percent reduction of hadda beetle population was recorded highest in chlorpyriphos, quinalphos, carbaryl at 2ml/lt, lambdacyhalothrin at 1.38, 0.69 and 0.56 ml/lt range from 78.33-53.33 per cent. However, the lowest percent of reduction was recorded in the treatment B. t. (Halt), B. b. (Biosoft), neem and malathion at 2ml/l, lambdacyhalothrin at 0.81 and 4ml/lt 51.66-31.66 per cent. The safety of the treatments for the natural enemies viz., Coccinella septumpunctata, Chrysoperla carnea, spider and Eucanthecona bug were observed and the results revealed that the highest population of natural enemies was found in untreated check (T13), as it was the complete safest treatment for all natural enemies followed by neem, B. t. (Halt) and B. b.(Biosoft) at 2ml/lt indicating partial safety of the treatment whereas, lambdacyhalothrin at 0.56, 0.69, 0.81, 1.38 and 4ml/lt, chlorpyriphos, quinalphos, carbaryl and malathion were recorded with lowest number of natural enemies indicating no safety of the treatments. The highest yield of brinjal was recorded in lambdacyhalothrin at 4 ml/lt (204.16 kg/ha) with per cent damage of (28.00) followed by lambdacyhalothrin at 1.38, 0.69, 0.81 and 0.56 ml/lt with 197.22, 190.27 and 170.83 kg/ha and a per cent damage of (32.51, 35.30 and 38.70) respectively. Whereas, B. b. (Biosoft) at 2ml/lt was recorded with lowest yield100.38 kg/ha and a per cent damage of (87.00).