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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: Vegetable Science × Author: BEHERA, NISHIPRABHA × End date: 2022 × Start date: 2022 × Type: Thesis ×
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    INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT SOWING DATES ON YIELD OF GARDEN PEA (Pisum sativum L.)
    (DRPCAU, PUSA, 2022) BEHERA, NISHIPRABHA; KUMAR, UDIT
    The current field investigation entitled “Influence of different sowing dates on yield of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.)” was undertaken during the Rabi season of 2021-22 in vegetable research farm, Department of Horticulture, PG College of Agriculture, Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur region of Bihar state. The investigation was performed in Randomized block design with three replications consisting of eight different sowing dates of garden pea. Cv. Azad Pea-3 from 12th October (T1) to 21st December 2021(T8), at 10 days interval between each sowing dates. Observations made on various growth, yield & quality parameters were evaluated & correlated with mean maximum, minimum temperature & bright sunshine hours as recorded during different phases of crop growth. Growth parameters like plant stand, plant height, number of branches plant-1 & number of nodules plant-1 at flowering were highly influenced by different dates of sowing. Maximum plant stand (93.53%) was recorded with T6, plant height at 60 DAS (83.77cm), number of branches plant-1 (3.97) & number of nodules plant-1 at flowering (26.13) with T4. Whereas minimum values were recorded with T1 in all growth parameters. Length of various phases like days to first flowering, days from flowering to harvest & days from sowing to harvest were also greatly influenced by different dates of sowing. Minimum days to first flowering (29.33), flowering to harvest (38.33) & days from sowing to harvest (67.67) were recorded with T1. Meanwhile, maximum values were recorded with T6. Pod yield, seed yield & their attributing parameters were notably influenced by different dates of sowing. Maximum number of green pods plant-1 (20.80), pod length (9.30cm), 10 pods weight (75.67g), shelling percentage (54.18) & pod yield hectare-1 (52.06q/ha) were recorded with T4. Whereas T1 recorded minimum for all such parameters. Seed yield & its attributing parameters viz. number of seeded pods plant-1 (17.23), number of seeds pod-1 (8.10), 10 pods seed weight (41.00g), 100 seed weight (44.63g) & seed yield hectare-1 (24.07q/ha) were recorded highest with T4 & lowest with T1.The quality parameters under study were much influenced in response to various dates of sowing. A maximum value for TSS (16.67° Brix) was recorded with T6, total sugar (92.39mg/g), reducing sugar (25.03mg/g) with T4 & minimum with T1. But soluble protein content (65.93mg/g) was highest for T1, while lowest in T7. Correlation analysis revealed significant positive relationship of plant height at 20 DAS & 40 DAS, number of nodules plant-1 at flowering & soluble protein content with mean maximum temperature & average bright sunshine hrs. A negative association of plant stand, length of various phases (days for first flowering, days from flowering to harvest, days from sowing to harvest), pod yield attributing (number of green pods plant-1, pod length, 10 pods weight, shelling percentage & pod yield hectare-1), seed yield attributing (number of seeded pods plant-1, number of seeds pod-1, 10 pods seed weight & seed yield hectare-1) & other quality parameters (TSS, total sugar & reducing sugar) was observed with mean maximum, minimum temperature & average bright sunshine hrs. recorded during various phases especially during flowering to harvest period of crop. Mean maximum temperature 21.6-23.4℃, minimum temperature 10.2-10.9℃ & 3.0-4.8 hours of bright sunshine from flowering to harvest of crop was observed to be markedly associated with higher pod & seed yield of garden pea. Hence from the current investigation it could be inferred that sowing of garden pea from 1st November to 1st December was effective in providing favorable meteorological conditions required for different phenophases which eventually led to maximization of pod & seed yield under North Bihar conditions.