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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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    Genetic variation and character association studies in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)
    (DRPCAU, Pusa, 2020) A.B, Deepak; Pramila
    The present study entitled “Genetic Variation and Character Association Studies in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)” was passed on “Vegetable Research Farm of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar”. The trail laid in randomized block design (RBD) strategy comprises three repetitions conducting thru kharif season 2019. The twenty-two genotypes of cucumber were studied for thirteen quantitative traits including fruit yield per plant. The result enclosed that ANOVA marked a wide range of significant variances amongst twenty-two genotypes aimed on thirteen quantifiable characters. The (PCV) phenotypic coefficient of variation noted slightly greater than equivalent (GCV) genotypic coefficient of variation which representing a role of genotypes in manifestation of studied traits. The greater heritability attached with greater (GA) genetic advance (percent of mean) were detected for the node number at which first female flower appeared, fruit length, fruit diameter, inter nodal length, average fruit weight, fruit yield, number of primary branches as well as vine length at final harvest. Selection on these studied traits in an early generation will be effective in crop improvement program. The traits such as average fruit weight then the number of fruits per plant unveiled significant as well as positively correlated thru the fruit yield per plant encompassing its higher and direct positive outcome while, number of primary branches per plant and fruit diameter also shown positive as well as significant correlation coefficient thru the fruit yield per plant comprising high and positively indirect correlation via number of fruits per plant as well as average fruit weight, suggesting that during course of selection emphasis should be given to number of fruits and average fruit weight traits toward enhance the fruit yield per plant of cucumber. The placement of genotypes in the different cluster does not have any geographical similarity except cluster IV suggesting that the genotypes belonging in one cluster having genetical similarity. Among the five clusters a maximum inter-cluster performance was exhibited among cluster number IV in addition cluster number V fallowed by cluster number II as well as cluster number V. Since a maximum cluster mean of yield contributing traits such as number of primary branches, fruit diameter, average fruit weight then number of fruit per plant was observed in cluster number II as well as greater cluster performance marked in cluster number II then cluster number V. thus, inter crossing between the genotypes fitting to cluster number II as well as cluster number V was suggesting to advance maximum yielding recombinants.