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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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    Impact of Different Tillage Practices on Soil Moisture Variation and Physical properties of Soil In North Bihar
    (Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), 2013) Kumari, Sweta; Jain, S. K.
    A field experiment entitled "Impact of different Tillage Practices on soil Moisture Variation and Physical Properties of Soil in North Bihar" was conducted at the research farm of Rajendra Agricultural University, Bihar, Pusa (Samastipur) during rabi season of 2011-12 in randomized block design with eight treatment combinations replicated thrice to evaluate the effect of various conservation tillage treatments on the soil physical properties and yield of wheat crop. The selected treatments were - puddled transplanted rice + conventional tillage wheat, puddled transplanted rice + zero tillage wheat, rice and wheat on permanent beds with crop residue, zero tillage rice + conventional tillage wheat, zero tillage rice + zero tillage wheat without crop residue, zero tillage rice + zero tillage wheat with crop residue, unpuddled transplanted rice + zero tillage wheat and zero tillage rice with brown manuring + zero tillage wheat. The soil of the experimental plot was sandy loam, calcareous with pH value 8.4 and poor in fertility. The effect of tillage treatments on the productivity of wheat crop and soil properties (soil moisture content, bulk density and infiltration characteristics) during wheat growth in rice – wheat cropping system were investigated. The results indicated that the treatment of rice and wheat on permanent beds with crop residue significantly influenced the soil moisture content throughout the root zone of the crop, bulk density of the soil, infiltration rate and ultimately the yield of the crop. The highest grain yield (60.46 q/ha) was recorded under this treatment.
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    Fertigation Effect on Carnation(Dianthus caryophylus L.) under Polyhouse
    (Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa (Samastipur), 2013) Kumar, Sunil; Suresh, R.
    In present study “Fertigation Effect on Carnation(Dianthus caryophylus L.) under Polyhouse, an attempt has been made to explore the feasibility of carnation cultivation under greenhouse condition. The experiment was laid under Split Plot Design (SPD) with twelve (12) treatments, i.e., 3 main treatments on variety, namely; V1: Loris; V2: Pingu & V3: Gioele, and 4 sub- treatments on fertigation, i. e, F1: 80 % fertigation of RDF of NPK; F2: 100% fertigation of NPK; F3: 120% fertigation of NPK and F4: 100% application of RDF, manually, i.e., control and three replications. The average daily month wise water requirement per plant of Carnation was computed to the tune of 0.15 cm October, 2012; 0.17cm November; 0.12cm December; 0.12cm January; 0.20 February; .41cm March; 0.56cm April and 0.47cm May, 2013. The total water requirement during crop period was found to be 66.56cm. Among different varietal treatments, the treatment V2 (Pingu) recorded maximum number of branches (9.80); minimum days for bud initiation (89.83 days)& flowering(164.83 days) ; maximum flower diameter (7.83cm) and stalk length (60.22cm) & girth (4.43mm) as well as maximum number of flowers per m2 area 281. As for effect of fertigation treatment is concerned, the treatment F3 (120% fertigation of RDF of NPK) is found very effective, might be due to application of higher doses, resulting maximum plant heights 28.88, 28.83, 45.31, 62.20, 80.33, 85.21 and 87.18cm, respectively at 30,60,90,120,150,180 and 210 DATs. Also, the number of branches (11.59); minimum time for bud formation (87.89 days), minimum days to flowering (165.11 days), maximum stalk length (57.83cm) and girth (4.91mm) as well as maximum number of flower per m2 area (352.22). The b/c ratio was also found highest in fertigation treatment F3, i.e. 2.60, 2.56 and 2.59 for all the varieties ,i.e., V1, V2 and V3, respectively, whereas lowest 0.81, 0.96 and 0.85 was recorded in control treatment (F4) for Loris, Pingu and Gioele, respectively.