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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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    Morpho-cultural variability and management of Colletotrichum capsici (Sydow) causing leaf spot disease of turmeric (Curcuma longa L.)
    (RPCAU, Pusa, 2023) Bhaskar, Ambarish; Mishra, A. K.
    Turmeric crop suffers very badly due to Colletotrichum capsici causing leaf spot disease in terms of both quantitative and qualitative losses across India and world. Especially in rainy season under humid condition, it affect the crop severely. Therefore, the current study was undertaken on Morpho-cultural variability and management of Colletotrichum capsici involving different culture media adjusted at different pH and at different temperature. In in vitro management of C. capsici, six different aqueous plant extracts and fungicides was used. In study of colony characters of different isolates of pathogen: different colour, shape, elevation with different type of margin and texture were observed under study. The interaction effect on mycelial growth of all three isolates on PDA media was found significant. However, the max. mycelial growth of 77.00 mm was recorded in isolate, V3 on 8th day. The interaction effect on mycelial growth of all three isolates on CDA media was found non-significant. However, the max. mycelial growth of 90.00 mm was recorded in isolate V2 and V3 on 8th day. Irrespective of isolates, statistically significant max. mycelial growth of 89.33 mm was found on 8th day followed by 79.83 on 6th day respectively. In interaction effect of different isolates at different time interval in RSA media, max. mycelial growth of 90.00 mm followed by 81.50 were found in isolate V3 on 8th and 6th day respectively. At 5 per cent conc., min. mycelial growth of pathogen (35.33 mm) followed by 49.33 mm and consequently 60.74 and 45.19 per cent inhibition in pathogen growth over absolute check was recorded in culture media amended with aqueous extract of Ashoka and tobacco respectively. Irrespective of botanicals used, min. mycelial growth was observed at 15% conc. followed by 10% conc. and both of these conc. was found to be statistically significant in their effect. At 100 ppm, no mycelial pathogen growth was observed in ready mixture of Azoxystorbin 7.1% SC + Propiconazole 11.9% SC (Azoxy P) followed by Propiconazole 25% SC (Tilt). Here, both treatments were found to be statistically significant in their effect. At 250 ppm conc., no mycelial growth was found in ready mixture of Azoxystorbin 7.1% SC + Propiconazole 11.9% SC (Azoxy P) and Propiconazole 25% SC (Tilt) used as standard check, followed by Hexaconazole 5% EC (Contaf). These treatments were found statistically significant in their effect in supressing pathogen growth. At 500 ppm conc., no mycelial growth was observed in ready mixture fungicide, Azoxystorbin 7.1% SC + Propiconazole 11.9%SC (Azoxy P), Propiconazole 25% SC (Tilt) used as standard check and Hexaconazole 5% EC (Contaf) followed by ready mixture of Azoxystorbin 11% SC + Tebuconazole 18.3% SC (Suzuki). Irrespective of fungicides used, min. mycelial growth of pathogen was observed at 500 ppm conc. followed by 250 ppm conc. and effect of both the conc. on pathogen growth were found statistically significant. In interaction effect of different fungicides, no growth of pathogen was observed in ready mixture fungicide of Azoxystorbin 7.1% SC + Propiconazole 11.9%SC (Azoxy P) at all conc., used. Propiconazole 25% SC (Tilt) used as standard check at 250 ppm and 500 ppm and Hexaconazole 5% EC (Contaf) at 500 ppm followed by ready mixture of Azoxystorbin 11% SC + Tebuconazole 18.3% SC (Suzuki) and all these treatments were found statistically significant, over absolute check in their effect.