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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: Plant Physiology × Author: Singh, Pankaj Kumar × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2010 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Physiology of maize (Zea mays L.) genotypes under moisture stress condition
    (Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), 2014) Singh, Pankaj Kumar; Kavita
    The present investigation was planned and carried out during the period 2012-2013 during Rabi season at T.C.A, Dholi, Research farm, R.A.U., Pusa in Randomize block design with three replication. Altogether twelve genotypes of maize namely Shaktiman-3, Rajendra Hybrid Maize-1 ,Rajendra Hybrid Maize-2 Rajendra Hybrid Maize-3 Shaktiman-1, Lakshmi, Devki, Shaktiman-4 ,DHM-117, MHQPM- 09- 8, Rajendra hybrid Maize Deep Jwala, Shaktiman-2 were sown in stress and control conditions. Based on the anthesis silking interval and yield against moisture stress, tolerant/susceptible maize genotypes were screened. Devki and shaktiman-4 were identified as tolerant, whereas Lakshmi and Shaktiman-1 were found susceptible genotypes .The physiological parameters like root length, root volume, leaf area index (LAI), plant height, and yield parameters like no. of cobs/plot, No. of lines/cob, 1000-grain weight and yield (q/ha) decreased in moisture stress expect root length at both tasseling and silking stage. Tolerant genotypes were significantly superior to susceptible genotypes with regard to all physiological, biochemical, enzymatic and yield parameters at both stage. Among the biochemical parameters, sugar and proline content increased in moisture stress in all the genotypes at both stages. Correlation co-efficient values (r) between yield (q/ha) and all parameters in moisture stress were determined. All parameters studies in control condition were found negatively correlated but positively correlated in stress condition at both tasseling and silking stage. Among the positively correlated parameters, protein (0.913*), protease activity (0.923*) and peroxidase activity (0.900*) were found significant at silking stage. Also protease activity (0.938*) and peroxidase activity (0.940*) were significant at tasseling stage. Whereas proline correlation value (0.990**) at tasseling and (0.977**) at silking stage were highly significant. Some of these parameters might prove useful for screening tolerant genotypes for improving maize genotypes against moisture stress.