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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: Zoology × Author: Jangra, Lakshay × Start date: 2020 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Study of avian faunal diversity in and around district Fatehabad (Haryana)
    (CCSHAU Hisar, 2022-07) Jangra, Lakshay; Ravikant
    The present investigation deals with the study of avian faunal diversity in the selected study areas of District Fatehabad, Haryana. The damage caused by the birds in major cultivated Kharif crops in the study area, Pearl Millet and Sorghum, were also studied. Periodic weekly visits were conducted in the morning and later in the evening hours in the selected study areas of Fatehabad: Badopal village, Dhangar village, Chilli Lake, Bhodia village pond and their nearby regions. Various methods were used to study birds' diversity, such as the Line Transect and Point Count methods. Ninety-one bird species were found during the study period belonging to 18 orders and 41 families. The family Muscicapidae was dominant, containing eight bird species, followed by Anatidae, containing seven bird species and the family Columbidae containing five bird species. Family Motacillidae also included five bird species. Family Accipitiridae contained four bird species. The rest of the families had a low amount of species diversity. It was found that 36 species had IUCN status of Least Concern (Stable), and 21 were Least Concern (increasing). Also, 21 species had a status of Least Concern (Decreasing), 11 had Least Concern (Unknown), and two species were found to be Near Threatened (Decreasing). Damage caused by birds in major Kharif crops in the study area, Pearl Millet and Sorghum, was studied. These crops are sown in July and harvested in November. Damage was seen at the various stages of crops: sowing stage, seedling stage, milk stage and ripened stage. 9 bird species were found to damage the crops. Both crop fields were present close to each other, so the birds were damaging both crops at various stages at different levels. Severe bird pests were Jungle Babbler, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Red-vented Bulbul and Baya Weaver, as they were present in the field in a large population at a time (more than 15). A survey was conducted in the study area regarding damage caused by birds in these crops, and it was found that birds were most active in the morning and evening. Most farmers were annoyed by the birds and required reliable bird-resistant solutions.