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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: Fruit Science × Author: Maurya, Poonam × End date: 2022 × Start date: 2021 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    EFFECT OF SEASON, IBA AND GROWING MEDIA ON ROOTING OF SINGLE LEAF-BUD CUTTING OF LEMON (Citrus limon Burm.) CV. NEPALI OBLONG
    (DRPCAU, PUSA, 2021) Maurya, Poonam; Mukhim, C.
    The present experiment was conducted at Horticulture nursery, TCA, Dholi, Muzaffarpur, Bihar on lemon during August 2020 to June 2021 under agro-shade net (50%) condition to know the influence of season, IBA concentrations and growing media on rooting and survival of single-leaf bud cuttings of lemon cv. Nepali Oblong. The experiment was designed in Factorial Completely Randomized Design (CRD) and consisted of total thirty two (32) treatment combinations, which contained seasons i.e., rainy and spring, IBA concentrations i.e., 1000 ppm, 1500 ppm, 2000 ppm & control (treated only with distilled water) and four growing media i.e., soil + FYM + sand, soil + peat moss + sand, soil + sand and soil alone. The experiment was replicated thrice with 30 cuttings in each replication; therefore total 1440 treated cuttings were planted on raised bed under agro- shade net in each season. After two seasons of experimentation, rainy season showed maximum survival percentage (51.46 %), minimum days taken to first sprouting (19.75 days), highest number of roots (33.28), sprouting percentage (54.75 %), length of longest root (5.81 cm), average fresh and dry wt. of cuttings (3.46 g & 1.31 g, respectively). Among the media, soil + peat moss + sand reported maximum survival percentage (47.92 %), minimum days taken to first sprouting (20.04 days), highest number of roots (28.17), sprouting percentage (54.14 %), length of longest root (5.99 cm), average fresh and dry wt. of cuttings (3.55 g & 1.46 g, respectively). Among the IBA concentrations, IBA @ 2000 ppm performed best with respect to maximum survival percentage (47.50 %), minimum days taken to first sprouting (20.37 %), maximum number of roots (27.02), sprouting percentage (55.33 %), length of longest root (6.10 cm), average fresh and dry wt. of cuttings (3.72 g & 1.41 g, respectively). Highest B: C ratio (2.76) was recorded in cutting planted during rainy season treated with IBA @ 2000 ppm containing soil + peat moss + sand growing media.