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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: Kumar, Lokesh × End date: 2016 × Start date: 2016 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Response of Soybean[Glycine max (L)]genotypes to methods of Sowing and Phosphorus levels.
    (Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), 2016) Kumar, Lokesh; Sinha, K. K.
    A field experiment entitled “Response of soybean genotypes to methods of sowing and phosphorus levels” was carried out during kharif season of 2015 at Agricultural Research Farm of Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi, (Muzaffarpur), a campus of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), Bihar, (India). The treatments comprised two planting methods [Flat bed method (S1) and Ridge and furrow method (S2)] in main plots and combination of three phosphorus levels [P @ 25 kg/ha (P1), P @ 50 kg/ha (P2) and P @ 75 kg/ha (P3)] and three genotypes [JS-335 (V1), PS-1092 (V2) and SL-688 (V3)] in sub-plots. The treatments were replicated thrice in split plot design. The soil of the experimental plot was sandy loam in texture, alkaline in reaction (pH -8.12), low in organic carbon & available N, P2O5 ¬and K2O in medium range. The soybean varieties were sown at a distance of 45 × 5 cm using the seed rate of 75 kg/ha with recommended N and K doses.   Among the planting methods, ridge and furrow method proved significantly superior in all the growth parameters (plant height, number of leaves per plant, number of root nodules, dry matter accumulation, crop growth rate and leaf area index), yield attributes and yield. The ridge and furrow method of planting also significantly improved the grain yield of soybean by 18.08 % over flat bed method. Phosphorus levels, also significantly influenced the all growth parameters (plant height, number of leaves per plant, number of root nodules, dry matter accumulation, crop growth rate and leaf area index), yield and yield attributing parameters. Application of Phosphorus @ 75 kg/ha significantly enhanced the grain yield (16.96 q/ha) by 46.48 % over phosphorus @25 kg/ha under sandy loam condition. Genotypes also showed significant variation on all the growth parameters (plant height, number of leaves per plant, number of root nodules, dry matter accumulation, crop growth rate and leaf area index), yield and yield attributing parameters. Genotype PS-1092 significantly enhanced the grain yield over other two genotypes. Increment in grain yield of soybean under ridge and furrow method of planting resulted in significantly higher gross return ( 73190/ha) and net return ( 48512/ha) as compared to flat bed method. On the basis of economics of soybean under phosphorus levels, it was found that highest gross return ( 72918/ha), net return ( 47702/ha) and B: C ratio (1.88) was incurred with application of phosphorus @ 75 kg/ha. Genotypes PS-1092 recorded the highest gross return ( 74258/ha), net return ( 50162/ha) and B: C ratio (2.08) which was significantly higher than other two genotypes.