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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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    Studies on crop weed competition and weed management in Onion (Allium cepa L.)
    (DRPCAU, Pusa, 2000) Kumari, Sangeeta; Prasad, B.
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    Genetic variability and stability of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.)
    (DRPCAU, Pusa, 2000) Singh, Suresh Prasad; Singh, R.K.
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    Studies on the performance of different Mango hybrids
    (DRPCAU, Pusa, 1997) Chaterjee, Diwakar; Kumar, Ram
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    Studies of genotype X environment interaction in Bhindi (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench)
    (DRPCAU, Pusa, 1997) Sharma, Ramesh Kumar; Chaudhary, D.N.
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    Stability analysis in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculate (L.) Walp)
    (DRPCAU, Pusa, 1997) Sinha, Bipin Bihari; Pujari, M.M.
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    Effect of foliar feeding of micronutrients and plant growth regulators on yield and quality of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Allahabad Safeda under agroecological-condition of north Bihar
    (DRPCAU, Pusa, 2020) Suman, Achyut; Singh, Anil Kumar
    The present investigations on “Effect of foliar feeding of micronutrients and plant growth regulators on yield and quality of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Allahabad Safeda under agroecological-condition of north Bihar” were carried out during the year 2018-19 in the Guava Block of Model Farm of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, India. The different treatments included micronutrients and plant growth regulators at different concentrations and a control. The spray was done in the month of July and readings for various flowering and fruiting attributes were taken. It was observed that Treatment T2 (60 ppm GA3) took minimum days to first flowering among all treatments and exhibited significantly highest number of flowers per shoot over rest of the treatments. The fruit set (%) values under various treatments ranged between 65.00 - 92.33 whereas in case of fruit retention the maximum value was 55.00 % and minimum value was 38.33%. Fruit physical parameters were found to be the best with T9 (0.4% Borax). Fruit chemical parameters were found to be the best with treatment 0.4% Borax (T9). The maximum fruit yield was recorded with T2 (60 ppm GA3). The organoleptic score was highest in T2 (60 ppm GA3). The highest B:C ratio was obtained in treatment T2 (60 ppm GA3) as compared to other treatment. It can be concluded that foliar spray of 60 ppm GA3 and 0.4 % Borax at higher concentration tended to exhibit better flowering, yield and quality of guava fruits.
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    Effect of canopy characteristics for quality production of litchi in rectangular system of planting
    (DRPCAU, Pusa, 2020) Lalrinngheta, Jonathan; Pandey, S.D.
    An attempt was made to understand effect of canopy characteristics on 12 years old litchi trees under 6 m x 4 m rectangular system at Space and Height Experimental Block of NRC on Litchi, Musahari, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The study was subjected to three different pruning intensities viz. 2 m, 2.5 m and 3 m height above ground level and no pruning as control. The least vegetative characteristics such as height, plant spread, canopy volume and canopy area were observed under most severe pruning i.e. 2 m height while maximum were under control. The light interception in different parts of canopy viz. upper, middle and lower canopy was superior under most intense pruning. The interception of light in the upper canopy was significant and severe pruning at 2 m and 2.5 m were at par statistically. The anthocyanin content and colour of peel were also significantly greater under most intense pruning while the yield and yield attributing characters such as fruit size, fruit weight and number of fruits per panicles were also significantly superior under most intense pruning and least were recorded under control. Pruning had a significant effect on physical characters such as peel and pulp weight, pulp: seed ratio but it does not influence the weight of the seed nor percentage pulp recovery. The quality attributes such as TSS, total phenolics content of pulp and titrable acidity and TSS:Acid ratio for local market fruits were significantly influenced by pruning intensity. The effect on economic parameters such as return per tree, return per hectare, benefits and benefit:cost ratio were also positively influenced by pruning intensity. The study revealed that pruning at 2 m height proves to be superior in most of the recorded parameters and an ideal standard height for 6 m x 4 m high density system ensuring superior yield and fruit quality.