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Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa

In the imperial Gazetteer of India 1878, Pusa was recorded as a government estate of about 1350 acres in Darbhanba. It was acquired by East India Company for running a stud farm to supply better breed of horses mainly for the army. Frequent incidence of glanders disease (swelling of glands), mostly affecting the valuable imported bloodstock made the civil veterinary department to shift the entire stock out of Pusa. A British tobacco concern Beg Sutherland & co. got the estate on lease but it also left in 1897 abandoning the government estate of Pusa. Lord Mayo, The Viceroy and Governor General, had been repeatedly trying to get through his proposal for setting up a directorate general of Agriculture that would take care of the soil and its productivity, formulate newer techniques of cultivation, improve the quality of seeds and livestock and also arrange for imparting agricultural education. The government of India had invited a British expert. Dr. J. A. Voelcker who had submitted as report on the development of Indian agriculture. As a follow-up action, three experts in different fields were appointed for the first time during 1885 to 1895 namely, agricultural chemist (Dr. J. W. Leafer), cryptogamic botanist (Dr. R. A. Butler) and entomologist (Dr. H. Maxwell Lefroy) with headquarters at Dehradun (U.P.) in the forest Research Institute complex. Surprisingly, until now Pusa, which was destined to become the centre of agricultural revolution in the country, was lying as before an abandoned government estate. In 1898. Lord Curzon took over as the viceroy. A widely traveled person and an administrator, he salvaged out the earlier proposal and got London’s approval for the appointment of the inspector General of Agriculture to which the first incumbent Mr. J. Mollison (Dy. Director of Agriculture, Bombay) joined in 1901 with headquarters at Nagpur The then government of Bengal had mooted in 1902 a proposal to the centre for setting up a model cattle farm for improving the dilapidated condition of the livestock at Pusa estate where plenty of land, water and feed would be available, and with Mr. Mollison’s support this was accepted in principle. Around Pusa, there were many British planters and also an indigo research centre Dalsing Sarai (near Pusa). Mr. Mollison’s visits to this mini British kingdom and his strong recommendations. In favour of Pusa as the most ideal place for the Bengal government project obviously caught the attention for the viceroy.

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Subject: Agronomy × Author: GARHEWAL, PRIYA × Start date: 2022 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    EFFICACY OF HERBICIDES AGAINST DIVERSE WEED FLORA OF WHEAT
    (DRPCAU, PUSA, 2022) GARHEWAL, PRIYA; Kumari, Anupma
    An experimental trial was conducted during rabi season of 2021-22 in wheat at Research Farm Pusa, RPCAU, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar to evaluate the efficacy of different herbicides to control diverse weed flora of wheat. The experiment contained thirteen treatments, of which eleven treatments were based on sole and tank mixed application of herbicides at three different stages viz., pre-emergence, early postemergence and post-emergence and rest two were weed free and weedy check. All the treatments were outlaid in Randomized Block Design with three replications. Population of grasses and BLWs found in equal proportion over the cropping period. The most prevalent grasses recorded in the experimental field were Cyanodon dactylon and Setaria glauca. Whereas, Chenopodium album, Solanum nigrum, Polygonum persicaria, Melilotus alba, Melilotus indica, Anagalis arvensis, Physalis minimum, and Vicia sativa, were observed as the principal broad leaved weeds in the experimental field. Pre-emergence application of pyroxasulfone + metsulfuron @ 127.5 + 4 gram active ingredient per hectare recorded superior growth parameters at 30 DAS and in early post-emergence application of pyroxasulfone + metsulfuron @ 127.5 + 4 gram active ingredient per hectare at 60 and 90 DAS and at harvest over the other herbicidal as well as weedy check treatments. However, pre-emergence applications of metribuzin at 300 gram active ingredient per hectare and pre-emergence pendimethalin + metribuzin @ 1250 + 280 gram active ingredient per hectare both caused plants to exhibit phytotoxic symptoms 5 and 10 days after treatment and scored 1 on a scale of 1 to 10 for phytotoxicity. Pre-emergence application of pyroxasulfone + metsulfuron @127.5 + 4 gram active ingredient per hectare resulted significantly lower density of weeds, weed dry weight, and maximum WCE at 30 DAS. However, in later stages, early postemergence application of pyroxasulfone + metsulfuron @ 127.5 + 4 gram active ingredient per hectare resulted in maximum WCE with lowest values of weed density. Yield and yield attributing parameters viz. spike length and number of seeds per spike were recorded significantly maximum in early post-emergence application of pyroxasulfone + metsulfuron @ 127.5 + 4 gram active ingredient per hectare as well as in post emergence application of sulfosulfuron + metsulfuron @ 25 + 4 gram active ingredient per hectare and weed free. Post-emergence application of sulfosulfuron + metsulfuron @ 25 + 4 gram active ingredient per hectare was registered the most economical over the other treatment, as it had been observed maximum gross return, net return and BC ratio. However, significantly minimum gross return, net return and B:C ratio were recorded in weedy check.