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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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Author: Priyanka × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2010 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Nutrient management of mustard varieties under saline water irrigation
    (CCSHAU, 2019) Priyanka; Ram Prakash
    Several studies have been conducted on different varieties of mustard under the effect of mineral fertilizers and saline irrigation conditions. The experiment on “Nutrient management of mustard varieties under saline water irrigation” was carried out in rabi season of 2017-18 at Research farm, Soil Science Department, CCS HAU, Hisar. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design with three replications, with four mustard varieties in main plots (Kranti, Giriraj, CS-54 and CS-58) and three fertilizer doses in sub-plots [RDF (N, P and K @60:20:20 kg ha -1), 125% and 150% RDF] with application of saline water for irrigation (7 dSm-1). The results showed that the plant parameters like plant height, primary and secondary branches per plant, number of siliqua and seeds per siliqua showed significant increase up to application of 150% RDF under saline water irrigation. 1000-seed weight reported non-significant increase with increased fertilizer doses and recorded maximum in variety CS-58 (5.90 g) at 150% RDF. Oil content decreased non-significantly from RDF to 150% RDF and reported maximum under variety CS-58 (40.17% at RDF). Among four mustard varieties CS-58 recorded maximum seed and straw yield (22.89 and 88.33 q ha-1) at 150% RDF followed by CS-54, Giriraj and Kranti. Nutrient content (N, P and K) in straw increased significantly up to 125% RDF and remained at par with 150% RDF being highest in variety CS-58 followed by variety CS-54, Giriraj and Kranti, respectively. Na+: K+ decreased non-significantly from RDF to 150% RDF and mean significantly higher ratio was recorded in variety Kranti (2.85). Soil properties like pH, ECe and organic carbon reported no significant changes with respect to different varieties and fertilizer doses. Available N, P, K and S of soil after crop harvest increased significantly up to the application of 150% RDF and observed maximum under variety Kranti. The cationic composition of soil extract was observed in order Na⁺> Mg²⁺ > Ca²⁺> K+ likewise the anionic composition of soil extract was observed in order Cl-> HCO3-> SO42-> CO32-, respectively. Therefore, variety CS-58 reported better results with the application of 150% RDF under saline water irrigation.
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    Development of processing technology for instant mango shake powder
    (CCSHAU, 2018) Priyanka; Rekha
    The present investigation ―Development of processing technology for instant mango shake powder‖ was conducted with the objectives to optimize processing technology for development of instant mango shake (IMS). Fresh and six months stored frozen pulp mango pulp had total soluble solids (19.56 and 16.39 %), acidity (0.41 and 0.43 %), ascorbic acid (6.96 and 5.73 mg/100 g), reducing sugars (5.79 and 5.93%), total sugars (13.24 and 13.79%), pectin (0.51 and 0.54%), total carotenoids (1.24 and 1.15 mg/100 g) and total phenols (42.33 and 39.67 mg/100 g) Mango pulp was blanched in microwave (2.00 min. /100 g at 900W). After blanching, the product was either freez dried, tray dried or microwave assisted tray dried. After drying, dried mango pulp was ground to powder, mixed with skim milk powder (SMP) and sugar in 32:26:42 ratio, packed in aluminum laminated and polypropylene pouches and stored for three months at room temperature. IMS1 (prepared from mango pulp, mixed with skim milk powder and freeze dried) and IMS2 (prepared from microwave assisted tray dried mango pulp) had moisture content (4.60 and 4.15%), crude protein (0.82 and 0.77%), crude fat (0.42 and 0.46%), crude fibre (0.93 and 0.89%), ash (1.47 and 1.45%), carbohydrates (96.27 and 96.42%), energy (393.93 and 393.93 Kcal), calcium (262.67 and 252.33 mg/100 g), ascorbic acid (5.75 and 5.01 mg/100 g), carotenoids (1.14 and 1.09 mg/100 g), total phenols (39.19 and 34.17 mg/100 g), bulk density (0.94 and 0.89 g/cm3)and dispersibility (86.87 and 82.93%) The most acceptable instant mango shake powder i.e., mango pulp mixed with skim milk powder and freeze dried had moisture (4.60%), protein (0.82%), fat (0.42%), crude fibre (0.93%), ash (1.47%), carbohydrates (96.27%), energy 392.90 Kcal and calcium (262.67 mg/100 g), ascorbic acid (5.75 mg/100 g), total Carotenoids (1.14 mg/100 g) and total phenols (39.19 mg/100 g) Moisture content, water activity, acidity, non enzymatic browning, total soluble solids, solubility index and microbial load increased while, pH and ascorbic acid of the all three instant mango shake powder variants decreased significantly during three month of storage. Cost of IMS powder ranged from `247.54 to 46.72/100 g. All the instant mango shake powder variants were found acceptable even after three months storage.
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    Self-esteem, achievement motivation and academic performance of high school children
    (CCSHAU, 2018) Priyanka; Balda, Shanti
    Self-esteem refers to person's beliefs about his or her worth and value. Self-esteem is important because it influences individual's decisions. Achievement motivation is described as the need for performing well or the motivated for success and evidence by persistence or effort in the facing the difficulties. Academic performance as well as achievement both is the outcomes of education and the extent from which a student, teacher and the institution has accomplished their educational goals. The present study examines the relationship between self-esteem, achievement motivation and academic performance of high school children. The study was conducted in Hisar city and rural area of Hisar district. Total sample constituted of 240 adolescents, 120 from rural area and 120 from urban area, representing both the sexes in equal number. Self-prepared interview schedule was used to collect information on personal and socio-economic variables. Self- Esteem Inventory (Prasad and Thakur, 1977) was used to assess self-esteem of children. Rao‟s Achievement Motivation Test (Rao, 1974) was used to assess achievement motivation of children. For academic performance, percentage of marks secured in previous three examinations was obtained from school records. The results revealed that maximum percentage of high school children belonged to moderate category of personally perceived and socially perceived self-esteem. Irrespective of area of residence and sex of children, self-esteem of majority of high school children was high followed by negative and balanced. Majority of children had moderate level of achievement motivation. Majority of children from both the areas belonged to above average category of academic performance. There existed significant positive correlations between self-esteem (personally perceived and socially perceived) and achievement motivation and academic performance of children. Children with balanced and high self-esteem had high achievement motivation and performed better in academics than those with negative self-esteem. Results further revealed that socio-economic status of family was strong predictor of self-esteem and achievement motivation of children.
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    Assessment of multiple Intelligence of school going boys
    (CCSHAU, 2017) Priyanka; Chhikara, Sudha
    A person can be most successful in a profession when the same is according to his or her abilities and interest. The different domains and disciplines valued by different cultures exert a tremendous influence over how one's intelligences develop, and to what extent they are mobilized. Focus these days is on designing educational experiences for students that demonstrate and explore how they are smart in the synergistic environment of a community of learners. The present study was accompanied with the aim of assessing the multiple intelligence levels of school going boys and to study the cultural differences in the levels. For this, 200 boys in age group of 6-8 years from rural and urban areas of Fatehabad district of Haryana state were selected. The data were collected with the help of standardized Multiple Intelligence Tool and a questionnaire for human ecological factors by Dabas, R. 2000. The results of the investigation elucidated that majority of the respondents were found to be having average levels of intelligence for all the nine components of multiple intelligence. Significant differences were observed in the mean scores of boys from urban area for linguistic, logical-mathematical, intrapersonal, naturalistic and existential intelligences whereas in rest of the intelligences i.e. Musical, Bodily Kinesthetic, Spatial, Interpersonal, no significant variations across rural and urban setting emerged. The results explained that all the aspects of multiple intelligence were significantly associated with human ecological factors of the respondents.
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    Effect of biopolymer treatments on biochemical changes in ber (Ziziphus mauritiana L.) fruit during storage
    (CCSHAU, 2016) Priyanka; Jain, Veena
    During present investigations, ber fruits of variety Kaithali (shelf -life 4-5 days) at mature green stage were harvested and were analyzed for various physico-chemical and biochemical parameters during storage. PLW, TSS content and sugars (total and reducing) of ber fruits with increasing storage period while fruit firmness and tittratable acidity exhibited continuous decrease throughout storage. The oxidative stress which is indicated by H2O2 content, MDA content and LOX activity, increased significantly during storage while the activities of ROS scavenging enzymes viz. SOD, CAT, POX, PPO and GR were invariably low at the later stages during storage. ROS scavenging metabolite viz. ascorbic acid, total phenolics, total flavonoids and antioxidative activity increased upto 8 th DOS and thereafter decreased at 10 th days of storage. However β-carotene decreased continuously throughout storage period. Pretreatment of chitosan and CaCl2 delayed PLW, decreased TSS content and sugars content and retained fruit firmness and acidity significantly during storage. Fruits treated with CaCl2 (2%) and chitosan (1%) alone and in combination could help them to retain higher antioxidative activity and ROS scavenging metabolites and the combined treatment of 2% CaCl2 and 1% chitosan was the most effective in enhancing storage ability of fruits.
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    Studies on chemical weed control in berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum L.)
    (CCSHAU, 2015) Priyanka; Sheoran, R.S.
    The present investigation entitled, “Studies on chemical weed control in berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) was conducted at Research Farm of Department of Agronomy, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during winter (rabi) season of 2013-14 to find out suitable herbicides for productivity enhancement by suppression of associated weeds like Coronopus didymus L. along with other weed flora in berseem (Trifolium alexandrinum L.). Fifteen herbicide combinations namely butachlor at 1000 and 1500 g/ha, pendimethalin at 750 and 1000 g/ha as PRE, imazethapyr at 50, 75 and 100 g/ha as PPI, PRE and 3 WAS and oxadiargyl at 75 and 100 g/ha as PRE were tested along with unweeded control (weedy check). All herbicide combinations along with weedy check were tested in randomized block design replicated thrice in the plots measuring 5×4 m 2 . Among herbicides, imazethapyr at 100 g/ha at 3 WAS scaled down the population of the entire weed flora including their dry weight appreciably in comparison to other treatments, whereas, the effect of pendimethalin against dominant weeds was not to the desirable level when applied at 750 and 1000 g/ha as PRE and caused phyto-toxicity on berseem plants. The application of imazethapyr at 100 g/ha applied as post-emergence resulted in the increased yield attributes viz. plant height and number of tillers as compared to the remaining herbicidal treatments as well as the weedy check. Significantly higher green fodder yield (859.8 q/ha) and dry matter yield (117.0 q/ha) were obtained with the use of imazethapyr at 100 g/ha as post-emergence than the other treatments except the lower doses of imazethapyr i.e. 50 and 75 g/ha as post-emergence, where the differences were non-significant. However, the quality parameters viz. crude protein content (%) and IVDMD (%) were not significantly influenced by the various treatments. The crude protein yield (24.3 q/ha) and DDM yield (68.4 q/ha) was significantly improved with the application of imazethapyr at 100 g/ha at 3 WAS over other herbicidal treatments and weedy check. The highest net returns (Rs. 55971/ha) and B:C ratio (1.77) was realized with the post-emergence application of imazethapyr at 100 g/ha.
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    Nutritional evaluation of value added products prepared from fresh green chickpeas
    (CCSHAU, 2013) Priyanka; Dahiya, Saroj
    The present study was carried out to analyse the nutritional composition and sensory evaluation of four fresh green chickpea varieties Kabuli (HK-1 & HK-2) and Desi (HC-1 & HC-3). All fresh green chickpeas varieties were evaluated for sensory characteristics like color, appearance, flavor, texture, taste, and overall acceptability using Nine Point Hedonic Scale by a panel of ten judges. Results indicated that the fresh green chickpea Kabuli (HK-1 &HK-2) and Desi (HC-1& HC-3) varieties contained 18.45to 20.59% crude protein, 3.61 to 4.70% crude fiber, 3.06 to 4.00% ash, 4.31 to 6.16% fat content. Regarding minerals HC-3 (desi) contained highest amount of calcium as (155.45 mg/100g), phosphorus (235.62mg/100g), zinc (5.81mg/100g), iron (4.63mg/100g), magnesium (121.33mg/100g) and manganese (2.86mg/100g) followed by HK-1, HK-2, HC-1 varieties. Vitamin C content was observed to be the highest in Desi (HC-3) (14.36 mg/100g) and Kabuli (HK-1) (14.16 mg/100g). Sensory evaluation showed that mean scores of all fresh green chickpea varieties were ‘liked moderately’ in terms of colour, appearance, aroma, texture, taste and overall acceptability and were organoleptically acceptable. Fresh green chickpea varieties Desi (HC-3) and Kabuli (HK-1) were found to be nutritionally superior and organoleptically acceptable. Based On sensory and nutritional evaluation of fresh green chickpea varieties Kabuli (HK-1) and Desi (HC-3) were utilized in preparing products. Sensory acceptability and nutrient composition of fresh green chickpea products was also assessed. Products developed from fresh green chickpea were chapati, parantha, dry vegetable, curry vegetable, kadhi, pulao and chutney and from fresh green chickpea powder (40 & 60%) ratio were biscuits, sev, matar and dhokla. All the products developed were organoleptically acceptable and fell in the category of ‘liked moderately’ to ‘liked very much’. Nutritional evaluation showed that highest amount of crude protein was found in Kabuli (HK-1) 24.35 g/100g. Crude fiber content was significantly higher in dry vegetable Desi (HC-3). Maximum amount of fat was found in biscuit Desi (HC-3) 24.35 g/100g. Supplemented curry vegetable (HC-3) contained highest amount of dietary fiber 27.71 g/100g. Regarding minerals, calcium was highest in Chutney(HC-3) 145.64 mg/100g, phosphorus in Matar (HC-3 60%) 322.83 mg/100g, iron in Chutney(HC-3) 9.15 mg/100g , highest zinc in curry vegetable (HC-3) 5.08 mg/100g , highest magnesium in Chutney(HC-3)116.15mg/100g and manganese content was highest in Dhokla(HK-1) 2.96mg/100g respectively. The highest amount of Vitamin C content was observed in Kadhi (HC-3) 11.60 mg/100g. Out of four varieties of fresh green chickpea, (Kabuli (HK-1) and Desi (HC-3) varieties were nutritionally superior and organoleptically acceptable. Therefore these varities can be effectively utilized for preparation of value added products and suitable for human consumption. Hence, it may be cocluded that fresh green chickpea may be consumed in daily diet by general population and it will help to provide appreciable amount of protein, calcium, iron, vitamin, fiber and others micronutrients for maintaining good health among masses.