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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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Author: BASAVARAJ × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2000 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    STUDIES ON PHOSPHORUS ENRICHED ORGANIC MANURES ON P-AVAILABILITY TO MAIZE - BENGAL GRAM CROPPING SEQUENCE IN VERTISOL
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, BANGALORE, 2001-08-09) BASAVARAJ; MANJUNATHAIAH, H. M.
    A field experiment was conducted at Main Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad on chromic haplusterts during kharif and rabi of 1997-98 and 1998-99, to investigate the effect of phosphorus enriched organic manures on soil properties and crop yield of maize and their residual effect on bengal gram under irrigated condition. The experiment consisted of three main plots: no P-fertilizcr, HRDF-P (37.5 kg P205/ha) and 100% RDF-P (75 kg P205/ha) and 9 sub-plots: no organic manure, FYM @ 5 t/ha, vermicompost @ 2 t/ha, biogas slurry @ 3 t/ha, poultry manure @ 2 t/ha, P-enriched FYM @ 2.5 t/ha, P-enriched vermicompost @ 1 t/ha, P-enriched biogas slurry @ 1.5 t/ha and Penriched poultry manure @ It/ha, with 3 replications in split plot design. Application of P-enriched organic manures at all levels of Pfertilizers, either individually or in combination significantly increased the growth and yield of maize and bengal gram. The highest grain yields of maize (59.80 q/ha) and bengal gram (24.30 q/ha) were obtained due to addition of P-enriched poultry manure @ 1 t/ha plus 100 % RDF-P, which were found superior to all other treatments. The increase in yield over control (no organic manure) was 27.50 and 118.92 % in maize and bengal gram, respectively. Higher uptake of N, P, K and Zn by both the crops were observed due to increased availability of these nutrients in soil with the addition of P-enriched organic manures and P-fertilizer. Among different P-enriched organic manures, poultry manure gave highest uptake and available status of N, P, K and Zn. All the added P-enriched organic manures and P-fertilizer in soil significantly decreased soil pH and increased EC and organic carbon content. In P-enriched organic manures at all levels of P-fertilizer, either individually or in combination, significantly increased the transformation of applied P into Al-P, Fe-P, Ca-P, Red-Sol-P, Occl-P, total mineral-P and organic-P and similar trend was also noticed in residual effect on bengal gram. Addition of P-enriched poultry manure with HRDF-P found beneficial and yielded higher monetary returns (Rs.49318.0/ha) and B:C ratio (6.19) from maize-bengal gram cropping system.
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    Life table studies and biorational approaches for the management of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in sunflower
    (University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore, 2014-08-10) BASAVARAJ; MOHAN, I. NAIK.
    Studies on the life table of Helicoverpa armigera Hub. and biorational approaches for its management in sunflower were undertaken during 2011-12 to 2012-13 at Zonal Agricultural Research Station, UAS, Bengaluru. Revealed that the maximum mean progeny production by female (mx) per day was 89.17 females per female on the 43rd day of pivotal age of the life cycle which declined to 9.15 females per female (mx) per day on 48th day. Life table of H. armigera on KBSH-44 from field collected life stages revealed that the per cent mortality was highest in Period I larvae and Period III larvae as compared to that in the Period II larvae. Peak incidence of H. armigera was observed during October on DRSH-1 and in November on DRSF-108, in Kharif 2012. In Kharif 2013, the peak incidence was observed during November on both DRSH-1 and DRSF-108. Totally 29 species of predatory spiders were recorded during this investigation in sunflower ecosystem, which belongs to eight families viz., Araneidae (10 species), Salticidae (7), Thomisidae (3), Oxyopidae (3), Tetragnathidae (2), Miturgidae (2 ), Clubionidae (1)and Linyphiidae ( 1). Among bio-rational formulations evaluated against H. armigera, spinosad was significantly superior against H. armigera, it recorded 100 per cent mortality at 48 hours after treatment (HAT) and 72 HAT and it was followed by profenophos. From the pooled mean of Rabi seasons of 2012 and 2013 data it observed that, spinosad based Bio-rational IPM module comprising of imidacloprid 70 WS (5 g/kg) and metalaxyl 35 WS (5 g/kg) ST + spinosad 45SC (0.1 ml/lit) first spray at star bud stage and second spray 15 days later was the most superior module by recording significantly lower incidence of major pests, highest seed yield (3602 kg /ha) and benefit cost ratio (7.59).