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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: PRATHIBHA, M D × End date: 1959 ×
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    GENETIC VARIABILITY AND RELEVANCE OF EPICUTICULAR WAXES IN RICE: PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF A FEW WAX BIOSYNTHETIC GENES LEADING TO ALLELE MINING
    (University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 02-08-12) PRATHIBHA, M D; MOHAN RAJU, B
    Maintaince of positive turgor and positive carbon gain are most critical for achieving increased water productivity. Plants have evolved to accumulate waxes on the leaf surfaces as a strategy to conserve moisture by reducing non stomatal transpiration. Further through reflection of heat radiations waxes decreases leaf temperature there by evolving an optimistic strategy for water conservation. To examine these hypotheses a set of 86 diverse germplasm of rice were evaluated for epicuticular wax content which ranged between 1μg to 25μg/cm2 leaf area representing a significant variability. This variability was consistent across developmental stages and seasons indicating a strong genetic control of this trait. EWC was found to have negative relationship between both rate of water loss and leaf temperature reiterating the relevance of waxes. The increased wax content among the stressed plants indicate the adoptive relevance of waxes. Based on the previous experiments, four genotypes each for low and high wax categories were selected and raised under well watered and water limited conditions. The well standardized gravimetric approach was adopted to maintain the specific stress regime (100% and 60% FC)The expression profile of few genes associated with wax biosynthesis was assessed in two contrasting genotypes differing in EWC found to be higher in high wax genotypes and stressed plants. Analysis of the composition of waxes revealed important variations between high and low wax types.