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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: Forestry × Author: HARSHITHA, M. × End date: 2023 × Start date: 2020 ×
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    PERFORMANCE OF COWPEA AND FODDER SORGHUM UNDER FODDER TREE BASED AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM
    (University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, 2021-12-01) HARSHITHA, M.; C., Hanumanthappa
    The study entitled “Performance of cowpea and fodder sorghum under fodder tree based agroforestry system” was carried out at Agroforestry unit, ZARS, GKVK, Bengaluru during 2020-21. The experiment consisted of ten treatment combinations replicated four times under RCBD. Main plots consisted of fodder trees viz., Agase, Calliandra, Gliricidia, Moringa and Subabul. Whereas, sub lots consisted of fodder sorghum and fodder cowpea. The cowpea variety (KBC-9) was used @ 25 kg ha-1 . Whereas, fodder sorghum variety (COFS-31) was used @ 30 kg ha-1. These were sown as intercrops under different perennial fodder trees. The result showed that, highest green biomass production was recorded in Subabul (25.84 kg tree-1 annum-1) followed by Gliricidia (25.28 kg tree-1 annum-1) and less biomass production was recorded in Calliandra (8.48 kg tree-1 annum-1). The highest fodder sorghum yield was 2366 kg ha-1 and highest cowpea yield was 2217 kg ha-1. Among fodder trees, Moringa had highest protein content of 20.16 per cent followed by Subabul was 18.87 per cent, Economics of fodder trees revealed that, the highest net returns was recorded in Agase (Rs. 21705 ha-1) followed by Subabul (Rs. 18553 ha-1). So, the best fodder trees that can be used for agroforestry system were Agase and Subabul. The net returns of cowpea (Rs. 22590 ha-1) and sorghum (Rs. 21273 ha-1) under Agase was found to be the highest. So, it was concluded that intercropping of fodder sorghum and cowpea with Agase would be better to get good growth and economics under agroforestry system.