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Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola

Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola was established on 20th October, 1969 with its head-quarter at Akola. This Agricultural University was named after the illustrious son of Vidarbha Dr. Panjabrao (alias Bhausaheb) Deshmukh, who was the Minister for Agriculture,Govt. of India. The jurisdiction of this university is spread over the eleven districts of Vidarbha. According to the University Act 1983 (of the Government of Maharashtra), the University is entrusted with the responsibility of agricultural education, research and extension education alongwith breeder and foundation seed programme. The University has its main campus at Akola. The instructional programmes at main campus are spread over in 5 Colleges namely, College of Agriculture, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, College of Forestry, College of Horticulture and Post Graduate Institute. At this campus 4 degree programmes namely B.Sc.(Agri.) B.Sc. (Hort.), B.Sc. (Forestry) and B.Tech. (Ag. Engg.) , two Master’s Degree Programmes viz. M.Sc.(Agri.) and M.Tech. (Agri.Engg.) and Doctoral Degree Programmes in the faculties of Agriculture and Agril. Engineering are offered. The University has its sub-campus at Nagpur with constituent College, College of Agriculture which offers B.Sc.(Agri.) and M.Sc.(Agri.) degree programmes. The Nagpur Campus is accomplished with a garden, surrounded by its natural beauty and a well established Zoo which attract the general public and visitors to the city. A separate botanic Garden is being maintained on 22 hectares with a green house for the benefit of research workers. In addition there are 2 affiliated grant-in-aid colleges and 14 private non-grant-in-aid colleges under the umbrella of this University A Central Research Station is situated at the main Campus which caters to the need of research projects undertaken by Crop Scientists of the principle crops of the region are Cotton, Sorghum, Oilseeds and Pulses.

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Subject: Agricultural Engineering × Author: Authors : SIRSAT, LAXMAN GOVINDRAO. × End date: 2023 × Start date: 2020 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Tech. ×
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    Description : The present investigation was conducted at Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, College of Agriculture Engineering and Technology, Akola, Dr. PDKV, Akola during the year 2020-2021 for calibration and validation of AquaCrop model for irrigated okra crop.
    (Publisher : Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra., 2022-10-04) Authors : SIRSAT, LAXMAN GOVINDRAO.; Advisor : Wadatkar, S. B.
    Abstract : The present study entitled “calibration and validation of AquaCrop model for irrigated okra crop” was conducted at Department of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Dr. PDKV, Akola. Predicting attainable yield under water limiting condition is an important goal in rainfed agriculture. Proper irrigation planning is not only essential for water saving, but also for yield enhancement and it is only possible when an accurate and reliable decision-making tool has been adopted. AquaCrop is one of the model extensively used for irrigation plaining purposes. To evaluate the performance of the model, entitled study “Calibration and Validation of AquaCrop model for irrigated okra crop” was undertaken, with objective to calibrate and validate this AquaCrop model. AquaCrop model was calibrated using okra production data for the period 3rd December 2016 to 14th March 2017. The harvest index was observed as 86% for the okra. Thus, validation was carried out without any further adjustment to the calibrated parameters. The model validated for the period 20th November 2017 to 1st March 2018. Using irrigation treatment T1 and T2. Two statistical parameters i.e. root mean square error (RMSE) and Nash Sutcliffe coefficient of efficiency (R2Ns) were used as performance indicator. Results indicated that both statical parameters were in acceptable limit for both calibration and validation period. Testing of two formulated Irrigation Schedules was carried out for period of 3rd November 2018 to 12th February 2019. AquaCrop model was tested for two different irrigation schedules formulated during 2018-19 and it was observed that Iirrigation schedule S0 (80 % ETc with PM) was best fitted in terms of water saving and yield obtained as compared to S1 (60 % ETc with PM) irrigation schedules.