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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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    Evaluation of wheat and paddy straw based growing medium on the agronomical, morphological, and nutritional parameters of Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. PIN - 263145, 2022-08) Bisht, Chandan; Mishra, S.K.
    Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler is an edible and medicinal mushroom that is very popular in traditional South Asian Medicine and used to treat different human ailments including strengthening the immune system. In the world, both production and consumption of Lentinula edodes are increasing proportionately day by day due to the increase in the demand for food and medicine and hence, received the privilege of the first rank with 7.89 million tons of production. In India, it generally grows on wheat straw, but its rising cost making Lentinula crop unremunerative while, on the other hand plenty of paddy straw is available at a much cheaper rate. Therefore, 10 strains- Le-21-01, Le-21-02, Le-21-03, Le-21-04, Le-21-05, Le-21-06, Le-21-07, Le-21-08, Le-21-09 and Le-21-10 as well as the growing media made of wheat (GM 1) and paddy straw (GM 2) were selected for the present study. The spawn run and cropping period of Le-21-02 was completed very shortly within 38 days, Whereas its full harvest period was maximum of 108 days, respectively on the GM 1. However, Le-21-06 respond a minimum of 58 days to first harvest, highest 90.44% BE, and a maximum 75.43 g average fruit body weight was recorded with the same growing media GM 1. The pilus diameter, stipe length, and stipe thickness of the fruitbodies of Le-21-06 were also found excellent with 14.7, 7.34 and 1.9 cm respectively in the same growing media. Therefore, the above parameters of the study undoubtfully kept Le-21-06 upsides than other strains, hence being selected for the nutritional and GC-MS based study. Along with the above observations, the effect of both the growing media was also evaluated with the results that GM 1 was found more or less superior to GM 2 for most of the selected agronomical and morphological parameters. In case of nutritional observations taken with Le-21-06, GM 1 also represented the highest moisture (86.16%), carbohydrate (76.40%), crude fiber (2.22%), potassium (3.06%), and energy value (388.08 Kcal/gm). While GM2 was known best with protein (17.80%) and ash (7.30%) and both respond equally to fat and phosphorus content. Moreover, GM 1 was also encouraged to produce the highest 34 numbers of aromatic compounds from the fruiting bodies of Le- 21-06 compared to the 18 numbers of aromatic compounds observed from the same strain of GM 2. Four volatile compounds- Diethylamine, 3-Methyl-2-buten-1-ol, Hexamethylcyclotrisiloxane, and Hexyl formate were found identical with their names and molecular weights in the GC-MS study. Therefore, as a conclusion of the above study, it would be appropriate to say that there is a need to further improve the nutrition prepared from paddy straw so that the production of Lentinula edodes can be increased to the maximum with least cost.