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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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    INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC AND INORGANIC NUTRIENTS ON CROP GROWTH, SEED YIELD AND QUALITY OF VEGETABLE SOYBEAN (Glycine max (L.) MERRILL) cv. KARUNE
    (University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 10-08-12) MARUTHI, J B; PARAMESH, R
    A field and laboratory experiments were conducted at plot E-6 and department of Seed Science and Technology, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore, respectively during kharif 2011-12 to study the influence of organic and inorganic nutrients on crop growth, seed yield and quality of vegetable soybean cv.Karune. The experiment consisted of twelve treatments and three replications. The results revealed that application of 50% recommended dose of NPK (15:40:18.75 kg/ha) + 50% recommended dose of FYM (5 t ha⁻¹) + 50% Vermicompost (2 t ha⁻¹) + Brady rhizobium (250 g haˉ¹) + Bacillus megaterium (250 g haˉ¹) recorded significantly higher number of leaves plant-1 (34.20), branches plant-1 (3.00), clusters plant-1(10.93), pods plant-1 (18.40), pod weight-1 (15.38 g), number of seeds pod-1 (2.07) and seed yield ha-1 (28.65 q/ha) compared to control and other treatments. The seed quality parameters viz., seed index (35.51g), TDH (4.80), germination (92.00 %), seedling length (30.69 cm), seedling vigour index I and II (2820 and 836), protein content (36.30%) and field emergence (89.33 %) were significantly higher with the recommended dose of NPK (30:80:37.5 kg/ha) + Recommended dose of FYM (10 t ha⁻¹) + Brady rhizobium (250 g haˉ¹) + Bacillus megaterium (250 g haˉ¹) over control and other treatments. In accelerated ageing studies, the same treatment recorded higher seed quality parameters pertaining germination (70.83 %), seedling vigour index I & II (1388 and 485) and lower EC of seed leachate (1.80 mScm-1) at the end of six days of ageing period.
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    STUDIES ON SEED PRIMING AND PRIMED SEED LONGEVITY IN ONION (Allium cepa L.) AND CAPSICUM (Capsicum annuum L.)
    (University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 10-09-13) MURULI, C N; BHANUPRAKASH, K
    Seed priming is one of the most simple and economical intervention to enhance the vigour of low quality seeds. Seed ageing affected all vigour related parameters viz; mean seedling length, speed of germination, mean germination time and seedling vigour index. When compared to fresh, ageing reduced the germination to the extent of 26.36 and 22.68% in onion and capsicum, respectively. With respect to effect of seed priming on fresh and aged seeds, results indicated that GA3 followed by KNO3 showed significant effect on all the vigour parameters but more in aged seeds than fresh. In case of onion, there was an increase of germination to the extent of 7, 6, 4% due to GA3, KNO3 and CaCl2 treatments when compared to control. Similar trend was also noticed in capsicum. Since, primed seeds are desiccation sensitive they lose all viable parameters within short span (one month) when stored under ambient condition. However, under MAS, irrespective of the material, temperatures and atmosphere, germination and vigour related parameters were maintained as fresh even after 6 months of storage. Biochemical and molecular studies indicated wide variation in protein/esterase/peroxidase profiles among treatments. However, no change either in DNA quality or quantity and RAPD profiles was noticed. Thus the results clearly revealed that modified atmospheric storage with vacuum and stored at 100C was best for extending the primed seed longevity as evident from both physiological and biochemical parameters. The Protein and enzyme markers can be used as tools to identify loss of vigour during storage.