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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: Processing and Food Engineering × Author: CHANDRALEKHA × End date: 2023 × Start date: 2020 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SUB-BARIC STORAGE BIN FOR SEED STORAGE
    (2023-01-05) CHANDRALEKHA; RAMACHANDRA, C T.
    The study was conducted to evaluate the performance of SBSB at 650 mm Hg for storage of paddy, redgram and sunflower seeds. Seeds were packed by using cloth bags of each having one kg capacity they were loaded in the storage bin to test the performance in comparison to ambient storage. Before experimentation and also for every 30 days interval, sampling was done from both storage conditions and analyzed for different quality parameters and infestation. The moisture was reduced in SBSB stored samples from 7.33-5.84%, 6.93- 5.12% and 7.15-4.85% whereas it was increased in control samples from 7.33-11.51%, 6.93- 11.52% and 7.15-8.19% for paddy, redgram and sunflower seeds, respectively. Samples stored in SBSB was-found to maintain the color value of the samples better than control samples during the storage. For storage period of 210 days, the paddy and redgram seeds retained the germination percentage of 90 and 52%, 81 and 69% for SBSB and control conditions, respectively. For 120 days of storage period, the sunflower seeds retained the germination percentage of 94 and 81% for SBSB and control conditions, respectively. No insect was observed in SBSB samples, whereas storage insects like Sitophilus oryzae observed in control paddy seeds. SBSB resulted in good-quality seeds at the end of the storage period whereas maximum damage and infestation was observed in case of control samples. From the results, the benefit cost ratio of 1.5:1 was found to be effective in working with sub-baric storage bin.