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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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    MORPHO-METRIC TRAITS AND SSR MARKER ASSAY-BASED DIVERSITY AMONG HOT PEPPER (Capsicum annuum L.) WORKING COLLECTION
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU, 2016-08-17) ASHWINI JAIN, J; MOHAN RAO, A
    Increase use of genetic resources (GR) is a pre-requisite for developing crop cultivars with broad genetic base which contribute to sustainable production. Precise information on diversity of GR at phenotypic and genotypic levels help enhance their enhanced use. Thirty two hot pepper working collection’ genotypes were phenotyped for morpho-metric traits following field trial at the experimental plot of the department of Genetics and Plant Breeding (GPB), University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bengaluru during 2013. They were also assayed using SSR markers at the Hot Pepper improvement unit, Department of GPB, UAS, Bengaluru. Appreciable magnitudes of variation was observed for single fruit weight, green fruit yield plant-1, red fruit yield plant-1, capsaicin and oleoresin contents. The working collection’ genotypes were grouped into five clusters based on K-means clustering approach. Twenty nine of 50 SSR markers were polymorphic among the 31 genotypes. The number of alleles per SSR locus varied from 1 to 4 with an average of 1.8 alleles. Polymorphic Information Content ranged from 0.00 to 0.64 with an average of 0.21. Four pairs of genotypes; Lampang Local Short and Wakako Long, Lampang Local Short and CMS 6B, CMS 7B and Anugraha, Lampang Local Short and LCA 235 were contrasting for productivity per se traits and polymorphic at greater number of SSR loci. Two pairs of genotypes; Gouribidanur and LCA 960 and Utkal Awa and LCA 353 were not only polymorphic for highest number of SSR marker loci but also contrasting for fruit quality traits. These pairs of genotypes could serve as putative parents in breeding programme to generate variability and develop segregating populations for SSR marker-assisted mapping genomic regions controlling productivity per se and fruit quality traits.