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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: Horticulture × Author: Thakur, Ghanshyam × Start date: 2016 × Type: Thesis ×
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    Studies on production techniques of capsicum (Capsicum annum L. var. grossum) under protected cultivation
    (Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), 2017) Thakur, Ghanshyam; Singh, A. K.
    Capsicum (Capsicum annuum L. var. grossum Sendt; 2n =24) also known as Bell pepper or Sweet pepper or Green pepper or Shimla mirch. The genus capsicum belongs to the family Solanaceae which is grown in several part of the world and is believed to be native of Tropical South America. An experiment was carried out to study the effect of planting geometry and number of shoots on quality and yield of capsicum cv. Buffalo under naturally ventilated Poly house during Rabi, 2016 at Hi-Tech Horticulture, Dr. RPCAU, Pusa. There were three spacings viz., 45 cm × 30 cm (4.4 plants/m2), 45 cm × 45 cm (2.94 plants/m2) and 45 cm × 60 cm (2.22 plants/m2) and three levels of number of shoots per plant viz., two shoots, three shoots and four shoots. The experiment was laid out into Factorial randomize block design, with three replications. Among the different spacing tried, the maximum spacing 45 cm × 60 cm recorded significantly higher fruit length (9.41 cm), fruit breadth (7.26 cm), fruit weight (185.31 g), fruit volume (299.60 cc), shelf life (7.18 days), rind thickness (0.74 cm), number of fruits (18.48/plant) and fruit yield (3.38 kg/plant). The maximum fruit yield (82.13 t/ha) was recorded under spacing 45 cm × 30 cm. With regards to the number of shoots per plant, the treatment two shoots per plant recorded significantly higher fruit length (9.30cm), fruit breadth (7.03 cm), fruit weight (175.91 g) fruit volume (309.80 cc), rind thickness (0.73 cm) and shelf life (7.11 days). Whereas retaining four shoots per plant recorded significantly higher number of fruits (20.31/plant), fruit yield (3.20 kg/plant), and fruit yield (95.01 t/ha). Over all treatment combination S2 (45 cm x 45 cm) with training P3 (four shoots) levels can be adopted for higher yield with better quality of capsicum fruit as well as maximum benefit cast ratio and higher net return.