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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: Entomology × Author: BANSOD, Nicky × Start date: 2017 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    OCCURRENCE OF ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES IN DIFFERENT CROPPING SYSTEM OF AKOLA VICINITY
    (Dr. PanjabraoDeshmukhKrishiVidyapeeth, Akola, 2017-06-30) BANSOD, Nicky; Undirwade, Undirwade
    The present investigations entitled “Occurrence of Entomopathogenic Nematode in Different Cropping System of Akola Vicinity” were undertaken in the Biocontrol Laboratory of Department of Entomology, Post Graduate Institute, Dr. PDKV, Akola during 2016-17. For isolation of EPN from various cropping systems 276 bait traps with Corcyracephalonica as host were incorporated into the rhizosphere of various crops for at various areas in Akola vicinity. The studies on survey of EPN from different cropping systems revealed that out of 276 traps baited in 24 cropping systems comprising of 21 crops, the presence of EPN was found prominent in case of sorghum, soybean, chilli and okra cropping systems having recorded maximum C. cephalonica deadlarvae inbait traps. Brinjal, tomato, turmeric, sapota, citrus, groundnut, tulsi, chinarose and sadafuli cropping systems have recorded no infected C. cephalonica larvae bait traps in Akola vicinity. The isolation and identification studies revealed that the EPN isolates from these four cropping systems shown pathogenicity to the third instar larvae of C. cephalonica in laboratory. The samples sent for identification confirmed EPN species is Heterorhabditids indica in Akola vicinity as communicated by ICAR-CICR, Nagpur, Maharashtra. The pathogenecity studies revealed that mortality in 3rd, 4th and 5th instar larvae of the three lepidopteran pests i. e. C. cephalonica, H. armigera and S. litura were highest at 30 IJs/100µl concentration of EPN suspension. The reproduction and multiplication studies revealed that recovery of EPN Infective Juveniles (IJs) was highest in the 3rd and 4th instar larvae of C. cephalonica when infected with EPN isolates from okra and chilli, soybean and sorghum cropping systems, respectively.While in case of H. armigera the recovery of the EPN Infective Juveniles (IJs) was highest in 3rd and 4th instar larvae when infected with EPN isolates from soybean and sorghum and okra and chilli crop ecosystems, respectively. In case of S. litura recovery of the EPN Infective Juveniles (IJs) was highest in the 5th instar larvae when infected with EPN isolates from soybean, sorghum, chilli and okra crop ecosystems.