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 extracts of medicinally important spices on shelf life of tomato
(CCSHAU, 2008) Sadananda, G.K.; Rana, M.K.
The present investigation entitled “Effect of extracts of medicinally important spices on shelf life of tomato” was carried out in post harvest laboratory of the Department of Vegetable Science, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during the year 2007. The fruits of tomato hybrid Dev-5031 harvested at green mature and turning stage keeping small pedicel intact were used as experimental materials. The spices extracts used were fenugreek seed extract, ajowain seed extract, turmeric extract, bael leaf extract, ginger extract, basil leaf extract, each at 2 and 5%, control without dipping and control with water dipping. The fruits were dipped for 10 minutes in spices extracts prepared as per treatment and the treated fruits were surface dried and then packed in cardboard boxes lined with newspaper. The tomato fruits of both green mature and turning stage showed minimum value for physiological loss in weight, decay loss, specific gravity and total soluble solids when treated with 5% bael leaf extract, whereas, the maximum value was recorded with control fruits without water dipping. The highest value for fruit firmness, fruit acidity and ascorbic acid content was observed with the treatment 5% bael leaf extract. However, the lowest value was recorded with control fruits without water dipping. Chlorophyll content of tomato fruits decreased with the increase in storage period irrespective of treatments and stages, this was highest in fruits treated with 5% bael leaf extract, but in case of control fruits without water dipping, it was recorded minimum. During the entire storage period, the tomato fruits showed an increasing trend for sugars, carotenoid and lycopene content in both mature green and turning stage. The minimum value for sugars, carotenoid and lycopene content was noticed in fruits treated with 5% bael leaf extract, whereas, the maximum value for sugars was observed in control fruits without water dipping. Higher value for organoleptic test in both mature green and turning stage fruits was noticed with 5% bael leaf treatment, but control fruits without water dipping showed significantly lower value for organoleptic test score. The fruits of both mature green and turning stage treated with 5% bael leaf extract showed high market acceptability for longer period as compared to control and other spice treatments. The tomato fruits of both mature green and turning stage treated with 5% bael leaf extract could be stored with minimum post-harvest quality loss when compared with other treatments.
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Seed production of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) cv. Hisar unnat; sowing time and plant density
(CCSHAU, 2008) Sharma, Vikas
The present investigation on “Seed production of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L) Moench) cv. Hisar Unnat: Sowing time and plant density” were carried out at the Vegetable Research Farm and Seed Technology Centre, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, during rainy season in the year 2007 with a view to study the effect of sowing time and plant spacing on seed yield and quality of seed. Hisar Unnat, a variety developed from CCS Haryana Agricultural University, tolerant to yellow vein mosaic virus was sown from second week of June to last week of July at fourteen days interval under four plant spacing viz., 4520 cm, 4530 cm, 6020 cm and 6030 cm. Plant height, number of flowers per plant, number fruits per plant, fruit set, number of seeds per fruit, seed yield (q/ha), test weight and seed vigour were recorded maximum in second week of June sown crop with 6030 cm plant spacing Thus, for getting higher seed yield and quality seed of okra cv. Hisar Unnat under Hisar conditions, the crop should be sown during second week of June at a spacing of 6030 cm.