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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: Plant Biochemistry × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2019 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    VARIABILITY OF PROTEIN, ANTI-NUTRITIONAL FACTORS AND HARDNESS IN RICE BEAN SEEDS (Vigna umbellata)
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, GKVK BENGALURU, 2019-09-30) MANISH CHANDAN, S.; Krishnaprasad, B. T.
    Rice bean is one of the underutilized leguminous crops. It has good nutritive quality as it contains appreciable levels of carbohydrates, fatty acids and essential amino acids like tryptophan and methionine. Despite their nutritional potential, the usage of pulses in routine cuisine is limited due to the presence of antinutritional factors and seed hardness. In the present study, 49 accessions of rice bean were evaluated for seed hardness and other physical parameters in comparison with other Vigna species. Total crude protein and antinutritional factors were quantified in released varieties of rice bean and other Vigna species. Seed hardness of rice bean accessions after soaking and boiling ranged from 12.55 N to 16.65 N and 2.52 N to 4.94 N, respectively. The hardness of boiled seed of rice variety KBR-1 was lower than cowpea but higher than black gram and green gram. Physical parameters such as swelling capacity and water uptake were not correlated to seed hardness among the accessions examined in this study. Compared to other Vigna species rice bean had least protein content. The highest protein content of 19.02 percent was observed in KBR-22. Antinutritional factors among the released varieties of rice bean were also examined. KBR-22 recorded lowest quantity of phytic acid, trypsin inhibitor and saponin. KBR-22 had less trypsin and saponin content than cowpea and green gram but phytic acid content was higher than in other Vigna species. Information obtained in this study could be made use of in popularizing the use of rice bean in routine diets.
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    SCREENING OF TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.) F4 MAPPING POPULATION FOR HIGH LYCOPENE CONTENT
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, GKVK BENGALURU, 2019-08-27) PRIYANKA, B.; SHYAMALAMMA, S.
    Tomato F4 mapping populations (140) exhibited wide variations for growth, yield and biochemical traits. Higher plant height (141.8 cm) and fruit yield per plant (1182.6g) were recorded in progeny 52. Higher primary branches per plant in progeny 3 (6.78), maximum fruit length (7.17 cm) in progeny 83, maximum fruit width (6.22 cm) in progeny 15 and maximum pericarp thickness (8.5 mm) was recorded in progeny 17. The progeny 49 recorded higher fruit width (5.64 cm), higher number of fruits per plant (21) and individual fruit weight (73.57 g) compared to average mean values. The biochemical parameters such as lycopene content was higher in progeny 68.5 (27.18 mg/100g FW), total carotenoid content was higher in progeny 45.3 (31.2 mg/100g FW), total phenol content was more in progeny 101.4 (63.5 mg GAE/100g FW) and TSS content was higher in progeny 35.4 (5.9 °Brix). Genetic variability studies revealed, higher GCV and PCV values for individual fruit weight (38.4 and 36.3), fruit yield per plant (28.1 and 28.3), lycopene content (37.60 and 37.26) and total carotenoid content (32.11 and 30.21), respectively. The heritability estimates were high for all the biochemical parameters studied. Since the present study was carried out in fourth generation, the population needs to be forwarded up to seventh generation to stabilize the growth and fruit quality traits for further selections