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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: Hussain, Mohd. Zakir × End date: 2018 × Start date: 2018 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Effect of different levels of potassium on performance of Kharif maize (Zea mays L.)
    (Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), 2018) Hussain, Mohd. Zakir; Kumar, Mritunjay
    The present experiment entitled “Effect of different levels of potassium on performance of Kharif maize (Zea mays L.)” was carried out at the Crop Research Centre of Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi under Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar during Kharif 2017. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with four replication taking variety ‘Pioneer-3377’ as a test crop. The soil of the experimental field was sandy loam in texture, calcareous in nature with pH 8.2 and low in organic carbon (0.44%). The soil contained 210, 16.32 and 122 kg ha-1 available N, P2O5 and K2O, respectively. The treatment comprised of nine treatments viz., RD of N and P + no K (T1), RD of N and P + 30 kg K ha-1 (T2), RD of N and P + 60 kg K ha-1 (T3), RD of N and P + 90 kg K ha-1 (T4), RD of N and P + 120 kg K ha-1 (T5), RD of N and P + 150 kg K ha-1 (T6), T2 + 5 t FYM ha-1 (T7), T3 + 5 t FYM ha-1 (T8), T4 + 5 t FYM ha-1 (T9). Different treatments had significant influence on growth, yield and yield attributes of maize. Plant height, number of leaves, dry matter accumulation, yield and yield attributes i.e., number of cobs plant-1, length of cobs, girth of cobs, number of grains cob-1 and test weight were significantly influenced by different treatments. The plant population recorded at different stages of growth was found to be non significant due to different treatments. Experimental results indicated that treatment T9 (T4 + 5 t FYM ha-1) produced higher plant population at all the stages of growth which were responsible for higher yield. Treatment T9 (T4 + 5 t FYM ha-1) recorded higher plant height, number of leaves, dry matter accumulation at all the growth stages. There was no significant difference on 50% tasseling and silking. Similarly, there was no marked effect of different treatments on number of cobs plant-1, length of cobs, girth of cobs and test weight. However, number of grains cob-1 was found significantly higher in treatment T9 (T4 + 5 t FYM ha-1). Grain yield, stover yield and stone yield were significantly influenced by different treatments. The maximum grain yield (63.19 q ha-1), stover yield (101.61 q ha-1) and stone yield (14.61 q ha-1) were recorded under treatment T9 (T4 + 5 t FYM ha-1). N and P content of grain and stover were non-significant due to different treatments. However, significantly higher K content of grain and stover was recorded with treatment T9 (T4 + 5 t FYM ha-1). Significantly higher N, P & K uptake of grain and stover were recorded under T9 (T4 + 5 t FYM ha-1) as compared to other treatments. Economics of different treatments clearly indicated that by virtue of higher grain yield, treatment T9 (T4 + 5 t FYM ha-1) exhibited a gross returns, net returns and B: C ratio of ₹ 90,046 ha-1, ₹ 47,987 ha-1 and 1.14, respectively.