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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: Floriculture and Landscaping × Author: LANJEWAR, AKSHAY NARENDRA. × Start date: 2017 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    EFFECT OF HUMIC ACID AND POTASSIUM NITRATE ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF TUBEROSE.
    (Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra., 2019-07-25) LANJEWAR, AKSHAY NARENDRA.; Jadhav, Dr. G. G.
    The present investigation entitled “ Effect of humic acid and potassium nitrate on growth, yield and quality of tuberose” was carried out at the farm of Horticulture Section, College of Agriculture, Nagpur from August, 2018 to January, 2019 with the objectives to study the effect of humic acid and potassium nitrate on growth, flowering, yield and quality of tuberose and to find out the suitable combination of humic acid and potassium nitrate for better growth, flowering, yield and quality of tuberose. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications. The treatments comprised of four levels of humic acid viz., control , 0.05% HA, 0.1% HA and 0.15% HA and four levels of potassium nitrate viz., Control ,1% KNO3, 1.5% KNO3 and 2% KNO3 with sixteen treatment combinations The results of the present investigation indicated that, significantly maximum vegetative growth of tuberose in respect of earliest sprouting of bulbs, maximum sprouting of bulbs, shoots plant -1,plant height, number of leaves plant-1 and leaf area were recorded with application of 0.15% HA and 1.5% KNO3. In respect of flowering characters, minimum days to initiation spike, days to opening of first floret, days to 50 per cent flowering and days to first harvesting were recorded with application of 0.15% HA and 1.5% KNO3. The yield parameters viz., spikes plant-1, spikes plot-1, spikes ha-1, florets spike-1, bulbs plant-1, bulbs plot-1, bulbs ha-1, in tuberose were recorded maximum with the treatment of 0.15% HA and 1.5% KNO3. Similarly, The quality parameters in respect of length of spike, diameter of spike, length of floret, diameter of floret, length of rachis, diameter of bulb and vase life in tuberose were recorded maximum with the treatment 0.15% HA and 1.5% KNO3. However, interaction effect of humic acid and potassium nitrate in respect of all vegetative, flowering, yield and quality parameters were found non significant.