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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: Agronomy × Author: Authors: HIWALE, SUMEDH DEVIDAS. × End date: 2023 × Start date: 2020 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Title: SITE SPECIFIC NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT BASED ON STCR IN SAFFLOWER (Carthamus tinctorius L.).
    (Publisher : Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra., 2020-12-30) Authors: HIWALE, SUMEDH DEVIDAS.; Advisor: Chorey, Dr. A. B.
    Abstract: A field experiment entitled “Site specific nutrient management based on STCR in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius l.)” was conducted during the rabi season of 2017-18 and 2018-19 at Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. Experimental plot was clayey in texture with medium in organic carbon (0.59%), low in nitrogen (194 kg ha-1), medium in phosphorus (26.10kg ha-1),fairly high amount of potash (325 kg ha-1) and slightly alkaline in nature. The soil was medium deep black belonging to Vertisols. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design replicated four times. The factor ‘A’ consisted of three manure application treatments i.e. M0- no manure, M1 - 5 t FYM ha-1 and M2 - greengram residue incorporation. while the factor ‘B’ consisted of five nutrient management treatments viz., F0- control (no fertilizer), F1 - recommended NPK, F2 - SSNM (STCR equation), F3 - SSNM (STCR equation) + (ZnSO4 @ 25 kg ha-1+ S @ 10 kg ha-1)and F4 - SSNM (NPK) (deficient + 25 % rec.; Medium: rec.; high: -25 % rec.) with fifteen treatment combination. Objective of study was to evaluate the manure application, nutrient management treatments and their interaction effect on growth, yield, quality, nutrient uptake and economics of rabi safflower.Crop variety used in the present investigation was AKS-207. This variety has been evolved by AICRP safflower Centre, Dr. P.D.K.V. Akola. This variety has suitable for Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. Experimental results revealed that, out of various manure application the application of 5 t FYM ha-1 significantly improved the all growth contributing characters, root parameters, yield attributing parameters, seed yield (kg ha-1), biological yield (kg ha-1), and straw yield (kg ha-1) as compared to no application of manure and found comparable with greengram residue incorporation treatment. The treatment of manure application with 5 t FYM ha-1 significantly improved the days to 50% flowering, days to rosette stage of safflower and chlorophyll content in leaves over no manure application treatment and greengram residue incorporation treatment. Significantly higher oil content (%), oil yield (kg ha-1) and protein content (%), protein yield (kg ha-1) were recorded with application of 5 t FYM ha-1 than the other manure application treatments. No significant influencewas noticed with respect to aphid population and test weight (g) by manure application treatments. Total uptake of nitrogen (kg ha-1), phosphorus (kg ha-1), potassium (kg ha-1), sulphur (kg ha-1), zinc(g ha-1) and available nitrogen (kg ha-1), phosphorus (kg ha-1), potassium (kg ha-1) and sulphur (mg kg-1) found significantly higher under application of 5 t FYM ha-1 than other manure application treatments.Available zinc in soil at harvest was found to be non-significant due to manure application treatments during both the years of i.e. 2017-18 and 2018-19. Soil bacterial, fungal and actinomycetes population at harvest of safflower was found significantly higher under the treatment with application of 5 t FYM ha-1andsuperior over remaining other manure application treatments during both the years study. Higher values for gross monetary returns, net monetary returns and economic efficiency were recorded under application of 5 t FYM ha-1 than no manure and greengram residue incorporation during both the years. However, benefit cost ratio of safflower was found significantly greater with application of greengram residue incorporation, and found superior over no manure and 5 t FYM ha-1 treatments. No manure treatment was recorded lowest growth, yield attributes, root characters, seed yield, biological yield, straw yield, protein yield, oil yield and total uptake of N, P, K, S, as well as economics of safflower. Among the various nutrient management practices treatment of SSNM (STCR equation) along with ZnSO4 @ 25 kg ha-1 + S @10 kg ha-1 recorded significantly higher growth characters viz. plant height, number of branches plant-1, leaf area plant-1, dry matter accumulation plant-1, root dry weight than rest of the treatments and found statistically at par with treatment of SSNM (STCR equation) during both years of investigation. Similarly, yield attributes of safflower were also recorded significantly higher with the application of F3 - SSNM (STCR equation) + (ZnSo4 @ 25 kg ha-1+ S @ 10 kg ha-1)and remain at par with fertilizer application through F2 - SSNM (STCR equation). Application of fertilizer through SSNM (STCR equation) along with ZnSO4 @ 25 kg ha-1+ S @ 10 kg ha-1 recorded higher seed, protein, oil yield, GMR, NMR, economic efficiency and B:C ratio ha-1. The NPK uptake by the crop was higher with fertilizer application through F3 - SSNM (STCR equation) + (ZnSO4@ 25 kg ha-1+ S @ 10 kg ha-1)and found statistically comparable with the treatment of SSNM (STCR equation). The available NPK in soil after harvest were also found highest with the application of fertilizer with SSNM (STCR equation) + (ZnSO4 @ 25 kg ha-1+ S @ 10 kg ha-1) during both years of investigation. From the two years study, it is concluded that, the nutrient management treatments did not showed significant influence on aphid population and soil moisture content (%) at different growth stages of safflower. Days to 50% flowering, days to rosette stage and chlorophyll content in plant increased significantly with SSNM (STCR equation) + (ZnSO4@ 25 kg ha-1+ S @ 10 kg ha-1)as compared to other nutrient management treatments and found numerically on par with treatment of SSNM (STCR equation). Among nutrient management treatments, the treatment of SSNM (STCR equation) + (ZnSO4 @ 25 kg ha-1+ S @ 10 kg ha-1)registered higher microbial population of bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes and found statistically at par with SSNM(STCR equation) treatment during both the years. As regards growth characters, yield attributes quality parameter, seed yield, biologicalyield, straw yield, economics and total uptake of N,P,K, S,Zn and availableN,P,K, S as well as microbial population were found lowest under the treatment of no fertilizer during the years of study.