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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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    Influence of neem coated urea and micronutrients on performance of rice under aerobic condition.
    (Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), 2017) Kumari, Gayatri; Chaudhary, S. K.
    The present experiment entitled “Influence of neem coated urea and micronutrients on performance of rice under aerobic condition” was carried out at the Crop Research Centre of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar (India) during kharif- 2016. The soil of the experiment field was calcareous sandy loam with alkaline in reaction and pH 8.4. It was moderately fertile being low in organic carbon (0.35%), available nitrogen (211 kg N/ha), phosphorus (17 kg P2O5/ha), potassium (104 kg K2O/ha). The factors under study comprised of (A) Nitrogen sources (4 levels): M1- 120 kg N/ha prilled urea, M2- 120 kg N/ha neem coated urea, M3- 140 kg N/ha prilled urea and M4- 140 kg N/ha neem coated urea that were kept in the main plot and (B) Micronutrients (4 levels): S0- Control, S¬1- Two foliar spray of FeSO4 at tillering and panicle emergence, S2- Two foliar spray of ZnSO4 at tillering and panicle emergence and S3- Two foliar spray of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 at tillering and panicle emergence that were kept in sub plot. The experiment was conducted in split plot design which was replicated thrice taking the variety ‘Abhishek’ as a test crop. Crop management practices were performed as per standard package and practices. 60 kg P2O5/ha and 40 kg K2O/ha fertilizers and neem coated urea (120 kg and 140 kg N/ha as per treatment) was given as basal whereas prilled urea was given in three split doses as basal (50%), active tilleing (25%) and panicle initiation (25%). Among the nitrogen sources, M4- 140 kg N/ ha neem coated urea registered the maximum grain yield (41.28 q ha-1), straw yield (51.17 q ha-1), N content (1.54%) and N uptake (63.37 kg ha-1) in grain. Among the micronutrient applications, S3- Two foliar spray of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 at tillering and panicle emergence registered maximum grain yield (51.17 q ha-1), straw yield (47,92 q ha-1), N content (1.50%) and N uptake (59.11 q ha-1). Among the nitrogen sources and levels, maximum net return ( 37242) and B: C ratio (1.20) was recorded with M4- 140 kg N/ha neem coated urea. Among the micronutrient applications, maximum net return ( 32734) was recorded with S3- Two foliar spray of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 at tillering and panicle emergence while maximum B: C ratio (1.07) was recorded with S0- Control and S2- Two foliar spray of FeSO4 and ZnSO4 at tillering and panicle emergence.