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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: Seed Science and Technology × Author: ARVIND, KUMAR × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Standardization of seed production strategies in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.)
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2017-04-24) ARVIND, KUMAR; CHANNAKESHAVA, B.C.
    Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is popularly known as lucerne and rightly called as “Queen of Forage”. It has been cultivated under wide range of climatic and soil conditions throughout the world. In Karnataka it is popularly called as Kudre masale or Kudare menthe. Alfalfa is cultivated over an area of 22 million hectares in the world with an average green fodder yield of 50 - 125 t ha-1 year-1 with 8 - 12 cutting frequencies and seed yield ranging from 300 - 800 kg ha-1 (Asaadi et al., 2014). In addition, the crop also fixes 83 - 594 kg ha-1 of atmospheric nitrogen through root nodules. In India, it occupies an area of one million hectares and provides 60 to 130 t ha-1 of green forage. It is a major crop in Gujarat, Western districts of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab. After sorghum and berseem, alfalfa is the third important forage crop in India (Pandey and Roy, 2011). In Karnataka it occupies an area of 3121.23 ha which accounts for 0.03 % of net cropped area (Elumalai Kannan, 2012).