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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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    Studies on varying application mode of Fe and Zn on growth, yield and quality parameters of lentil (Lens culinaris L.)
    (RPCAU, Pusa, 2023) JEE, BIPUL; Singh, Harendra
    Among the plethora of emerging technologies, the utilisation of nutrients for the purpose of augmenting crop yield via seed, soil, and foliar application, alongside the optimisation of nutrient utilisation efficiency, is widely acknowledged as a highly effective and economically viable approach to bolstering nutrient demands during pivotal growth phases. For this an investigation entitled, “Studies on varying application mode of Fe and Zn on growth, yield and quality parameters of Lentil “was carried out at the research farm of Tirhut College of Agriculture, Dholi (Muzaffarpur) during Rabi 2022-23. In experiments there were seven treatments such as T1 100%RDF (control) which is common to all seven treatments having difference of 0.5% ZnSO4 in (T2), 0.5% FeSO4 (T3), 0.5% ZnSO4 + 0.5% FeSO4 (T4) applied on foliage at pre flowering and pod germination stage. In T5 & T6 seed priming with 0.05% ZnSO4 (W/v) & 0.05% FeSO4 (W/v). Whereas in T7 soil application of ZnSO4 @20kg ha-1was used at the time of sowing. In the current investigation, the foliar treatments utilized for nourishment included ZnSO4.7H2O (containing 21% Zn) and FeSO4.7H2O (containing 19% Fe). Throughout the experiments, a quantity of 300 litres of water was employed for every foliar application in a one-hectare area. The findings demonstrated that ZnSO4 to the soil at a rate of 20 kg per hectare and 100% RDF as basal. The baseline measurements exhibited notably superior growth indicators, yield characteristics, grain yield, net earnings, benefit-cost ratio, nutritional composition, & nutrient assimilation. Their outcome at par result with treatment T4 having foliar spray of ZnSO4 + FeSO4 @ 0.5% during the pre-flowering and pod formation stages. These both treatments (T1, T4) were superior over other treatments. The highest levels of zinc and iron in lentil grains were similarly observed with the approach of soil application of ZnSO4 at 20 kg per hectare and ZnSO4 and FeSO4 at 0.5% spray on foliage during pre-flowering and pod formation stages (measuring 67.34 and 64.66 mg of zinc per kg, and 76.81 and 80.52mg of iron per kg of grain respectively). Thus, it can be said that these techniques enhance the nutritional content in lentil grains, consequently offering a potential solution to mitigate micronutrient (zinc and iron) malnutrition in human populations.