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University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru

University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, a premier institution of agricultural education and research in the country, began as a small agricultural research farm in 1899 on 30 acres of land donated by Her Excellency Maharani Kempa Nanjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhiyavaru, the Regent of Mysore and appointed Dr. Lehmann, German Scientist to initiate research on soil crop response with a Laboratory in the Directorate of Agriculture. Later under the initiative of the Dewan of Mysore Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah, the Mysore Agriculture Residential School was established in 1913 at Hebbal which offered Licentiate in Agriculture and later offered a diploma programme in agriculture during 1920. The School was upgraded to Agriculture Collegein 1946 which offered four year degree programs in Agriculture. The Government of Mysore headed by Sri. S. Nijalingappa, the then Chief Minister, established the University of Agricultural Sciences on the pattern of Land Grant College system of USA and the University of Agricultural Sciences Act No. 22 was passed in Legislative Assembly in 1963. Dr. Zakir Hussain, the Vice President of India inaugurated the University on 21st August 1964.

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Subject: Crop Physiology × Author: ARJUN, S. A. × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2012 × Type: Thesis ×
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    EVALUATION OF FINGER MILLET GERMPLASM FOR CELLULAR LEVEL TOLERANCE: IT’S RELEVANCE TO MOISTURE STRESS
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2015-07-17) ARJUN, S. A.; . NANJA REDDY, Y A
    Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) is an important staple food crop in southern Karnataka which meets the regional food security. Despite being a C4 species intermittent moisture stress under rainfed conditions, results in reduced productivity. Therefore, improving productivity under water limiting conditions has immense importance. This necessitates identification of stable donors responsive to drought. In this study, 194 accessions were screened for cellular level tolerance (CLT) using temperature induction response technique (TIR). To determine the relevance of CLT, these accessions were further evaluated under field conditions to arrive at drought susceptibility index (DSI). The CLT not related to DSI, indicating that CLT may not be the only the factors leading to improved productivity under water limiting conditions. Based on CLT and DSI, two sets of contrasting lines namely GE-1332 and GE-208 and GE-1830 and GE-50 were selected in targeted expression of specific drought responsive genes namely TAF-6, CIPK and SRP. The expressions pattern did not match with the observed CLT/DSI. This trend needs to be examined screen the accessions differing in root traits.