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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: Soil Sciences × Author: Bungla, Prerna × Start date: 2020 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Effect of varying levels of boron and sulphur on yields and nutrient uptake of linseed and sunflower grown in a mollisol
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2021-12) Bungla, Prerna; Pachauri, S.P.
    The laboratory and greenhouse experiments were conducted in the micro-nutrient Laboratory and net house of Department of soil science, College of agriculture, GBPUAT, Pantnagar in the year of 2018-2019 to study the leaching behavior of B and S in the presence of either nutrient in soils of varying textures. In pot culture experiment, the effect of B and S application on yields, nutrient concentration and uptake of B and S by linseed and a residual crop of sunflower. Two soils of different textures i.e. sandy loam and clay loam were collected from different depths (0-15, 15-30, 30-45, 45-60 and 60-90 cm) in NBCRC, Pantnagar. These soil samples were packed depth-wise in plastic pipes of 1 inch diameter and 110 cm length. All columns were packed with slightly moist soil at natural bulk density. The lower most pipe was covered with a perforated polythene sheet tied with tight rubber band. Boron and S sources were added as borax and ammonium sulphate (2 mg B kg-1 and 60 mg S kg-1) to the uppermost layer of soil. Soil columns were subjected to 6 cm irrigation at specified time intervals. Boron and sulphur were analyzed in the percolated water samples every 24 h until leaching stopped. Relatively higher amounts of B were lost from the sandy loam soil than clay loam soil and S application delayed the leaching loss of B in sandy loam soil. The kinetics of B and S losses in both the soil could be satisfactorily accounted by a first order kinetics. Pot culture experiment was laid out in a factorial completely randomized design with combinations of six levels of boron (0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 mg B kg-1 soil and 2 foliar sprays of 0.2% borax at 30 and 45 DAS) and six levels of sulphur (0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 60 mg S kg-1 soil) with three replications. Linseed (cv. Neelum) and a residual crop of sunflower (cv. Shresta) were taken as test crops and all the treatments were basally applied to linseed only. Two foliar sprays of 0.2% borax were done in sunflower crop at 30 and 45 DAS. The highest total dry matter (6.45 g pot-1), seed yield (2.30 g pot-1), stover yield (4.16 g pot-1), S concentration, B uptake and S uptake was observed under a treatment combination receiving 2 mg B and 60 mg S kg-1 soil. The highest B concentration in seeds and stover of linseed was observed under a treatment combination receiving foliar spray of B and 60 mg S kg-1 soil. The highest total dry matter (48.81 g pot-1), seed yield (13.69 g pot-1) and stover yield of sunflower (35.12 g pot-1) was recorded under a treatment combination receiving 2 mg B and 60 mg S kg-1 soil applied to linseed crop. The highest B concentration in seeds and stover and highest concentration of S in stover of sunflower was noted under a treatment combination receiving foliar spray of B in sunflower and 60 mg S kg-1 soil applied to linseed crop. The highest B uptake of sunflower was recorded under a treatment combination receiving two foliar sprays of 0.2% borax and 60 mg S kg-1 soil applied to linseed crop. The highest S uptake by sunflower was observed under a treatment combination receiving 2 mg B and 40 mg S kg-1 soil applied to linseed crop.