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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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    Processing of Black Gram (Vigna mungo L) for quick cooking
    (CCSHAU, 2004) Ajay Kumar; Rajendra Singh
    The present work was undertaken for development of process for fast cooking of black gram (whole and splitted). The quick cooking black gram dhal was evaluated for sensory quality after processing and storage for two months in different packaging materials at room temperature. Black gram (whole and splitted) grains were procured from local market. Black gram (whole and splitted) grains were soaked in distilled water and salt solution (1.5 % sodium bicarbonate, 0.5% sodium carbonate, 0.75% citric acid) for 12 hrs. Water uptake and solute losses during soaking were determined. After soaking the samples were cooked by different methods viz. microwave coking, steam cooking, pressure-cooking, vat cooking. Cooking time and solute losses were recorded. After cooking, samples were dried by cabinet drying and fluidized bed drying at 600C. After drying the samples were analyzed for grain hardness, cooking time, hydration and dispersion. . Whereas, salt soaked black gram (splitted) showed significantly lower cooking time than water soaked black gram (splitted) dhal. But in case of whole grains no effect of salt soaking on cooking time of instantized dhals was found. So water soaking was considered for instantization. Cabinet drying was found best suited for dying of cooked dhal. Treatments showed significant decrease in fat and protein and ash. The best combination was then packed in different packaging material viz. polypropylene, aluminum foil-polyethylene laminated pouches, polyethylene, and glass jar and stored for two months at room temperature. After two months the samples were analyzed for cooking time. It was observed that cooking time significantly increased after two months storage at room temperature, non-significant changes in sensory quality of products were observed. Steam precooked black gram dhal had better hardness, less cooking time, less dispersion, sufficiently higher hydration. Thus, salt soaking, steam cooking and cabinet drying was concluded as best treatment for development of quick cooking splitted black gram dhal and water soaking, steam cooking, and cabinet drying in whole black gram dhal.
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    A study of farm management decisions of vegetable growers in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, 2012) Ajay Kumar; Suhag, K.S.
    The cultivation of vegetables is most suitable in a country like ours with preponderance of small land holdings, varied climatic conditions and surplus family labour. However, the level of profitability of the vegetable crops depends upon farm management decisions taken by vegetable growers. To study socio-economic profile, farm management decisions and problems faced by the growers in vegetable production, the research problem entitled ‘A study of farm management decisions of vegetable growers in Haryana’ was undertaken covering three districts (Gurgaon, Kurukshetra and Mahendergarh), six villages and 90 vegetable growers. It was found that literacy rate and average per annum family income was lower in Mahendergarh district than Kurukshetra and Gurgaon districts. The study revealed that majority of the respondents (91 percent) were married and only 9 percent were unmarried. More than 75 percent of the respondents were living in nuclear type of families and were growing vegetables for the last 15 to 20 years. The marketed and marketable surplus were almost similar across categories of vegetable growers and the selected districts. Largest size of the operational holdings were in Kurukshetra district. Area under Kharif vegetables was more than the area under Rabi vegetables in Haryana. Among all the vegetables, tomato crop provided highest human labour employment. Majority of the vegetable growers decided to grow timely maturing varieties in the study area. Only few large vegetable growers were processing and storing the vegetables. Majority of the vegetable growers were found selling their vegetables to the wholesalers. High cost of labour was found as the main production related problem of the selected vegetable growers and too much fluctuation in prices as the biggest and main market related problem of the vegetable growers in the study area. However, provision of technical trainings to the labour, proper and timely supply of packaging materials, quality seeds, more markets and price regulations may help to solve the problems of the vegetable growers in Haryana.
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    Microsatellite diversity among pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br.] genotypes differing in iron and zinc contents
    (CCSHAU, 2013) Ajay Kumar; Dhillon, Santosh
    Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br., commonly called pearl millet, is the fourth most important world food crop. It is well adapted to drought, low soil fertility, salinity, low pH and high temperatures among tropical cereals and is grown on >27 million hectares in arid and semiarid regions of Asia (10 million hectares) and Africa (17 million hectares). Pearl millet is a good source of calories, protein, fat and which provide sustenance to resource poor farmers and can grow in the poorest soil. The present study was undertaken to study iron ,zinc and microsatellite diversity among 30 pearl millet genotypes. The iron content in selected genotypes ranged from 22.65 mg/kg to 65.00 mg/kg and the zinc content varied from 21.90 mg/kg to 62.80 mg/kg (Table 4). ICTP- 8203 had highest iron content (65.00 mg/kg) while PPC-6 had lowest iron content (22.65 mg/kg). Highest zinc content (62.80 mg/kg) was observed in ICMV-221 and HHB-67 had lowest zinc content (11.90 mg/kg). Out of 30 primers analyzed, twenty-four primers showed amplification producing 77 bands, where 68 bands were polymorphic and 9 bands were monomorphic. Total number of bands ranged from 1 to 7 bands per primer with an average of 3.16. The size of amplified bands ranged from 100-700 bp. The similarity coefficients between different genotypes ranged from 0.51-0.88 with an average similarity value of 0.68. At an arbitrary cut-off at 62 per cent similarity level on a dendrogram, the pearl millet genotypes fall into one major cluster, the genotype HHB-234 was an outgrop. The major cluster was further divided into subclusters and subgroups. A unique allele of 350 bp was found into genotypes which had high Fe content.