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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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    Effect of seed priming on germination and seedling growth of Bael (Aegle marmelos Corr.)
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2021-09) Govind; Mukesh Kumar
    The study entitled, “Effect of seed priming on germination and seedling growth of bael (Aegle marmelos Corr.)” was conducted during 2020-21 at the Nursery and Laboratory, Horticulture and Microbiology, Regional Research Station Bawal, CCS Haryana Agricultural University with objective to study the effect of seed priming with bio-inoculants and chemicals on germination and seedling growth in bael. There were 15 treatments of seed priming i.e. control, IBA @ 100 ppm for 24 hours, IBA @ 50 ppm for 24 hours, GA3 @ 100 ppm for 24 hours, GA3 @ 50 ppm for 24 hours, NAA @ 100 ppm for 24 hours, NAA @ 50 ppm for 24 hours, KNO3 @ 1 per cent for 24 hours, hot water for 30 minutes, Azotobacter (HT 54) for 30 minutes, Trichoderma viride for 30 minutes, Rhizobium (CK 16) for 30 minutes, PSB (P 36) for 30 minutes, nitric acid for 3 minutes, sulphuric acid for 3 minutes. Among different seed priming treatments, gibberellic acid @ 100 ppm for 24 hours performed best in term of germination (83.3 %), seedling length (12.2 cm), maximum dry weight per seedling (153.2 mg), vigour index I (976) and II (12256). Maximum seed viability (90%), was recorded with GA3 @ 100 ppm for 24 hours) and KNO3 @ 1.0% for 24 hours. However shortest germination time (12.7 days) was recorded with sulphuric acid for 3 minutes in agar medium at 28 ⁰C under laboratory conditions. The performance of seed priming treatments under nursery conditions was recorded best in gibberellic acid soaking @ 100 ppm for 24 hours, it resulted into highest germination (74.07%), seedling height (20.69 cm), inter-nodal length (2.83 cm), number of leaves/plant (20.75), leaf area (39.55 cm2), fresh weight of roots (12.20 g), dry weight of roots (4.88 g), fresh weight of shoots (31.55 g) and dry weight of shoots (9.12 g). Maximum seedling diameter (6.04 mm) and survival per cent (96.47%) were recorded in KNO3 @ 1 per cent for 24 hours and IBA @ 100 ppm for 24 hours respectively. Days to emergence of seedling was recorded minimum (6.00 days) in sulphuric acid for 3 minutes, however, it was recorded highest in control.