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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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Subject: Genetics and Plant Breeding × Author: Dhakar, Ashok Kumar × End date: 2014 × Start date: 2010 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Evaluation of pearl millet {Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.} hybrids under diverse climatic conditions in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, 2012) Dhakar, Ashok Kumar; Verma, P. K.
    The present investigation was undertaken for evaluation of pearl millet {Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.} hybrids under diverse climatic conditions in Haryana to study genotype x environment interaction (G X E), co-relation between characters, direct & indirect effects on grain yield and identification of stable hybrids for different characters over different environments. The material for the present investigation comprised of 30 pearl millet hybrids, including two checks viz. HHB-67 Impr., HHB-226. The experimental material was grown at three different sites of CCS Haryana Agricultural University i.e. Genetics & Plant Breeding Research Area; Dry Land Agriculture Research Area; and RRS, Bawal (Rewari) during Kharif 2011 in a randomized block design with three replications. The estimates of stability parameters of individual hybrids revealed that hybrid ICMA 99111 X HBL 11 was the most ideal for grain yield. It exhibited stable performance across the environments for ear girth, ear length and protein content also. Correlation study revealed that grain yield was significantly and positively correlated with ear girth in all test environments and with ear length in E1 and E3, while with effective tillers per plant in E1 and E2 environments. The path coefficient analysis suggested the importance of ear girth, ear length, effective tillers per plant, nodes per tiller, days to 50 per cent flowering and days to maturity, as these had positive direct and indirect effects on grain yield. Therefore, selection for higher yield will be useful if it is based on traits such as ear girth, ear length and effective tillers per plant.