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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: Fruit Science × Author: ANUPAMA, K. C. × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    STUDIES ON SEVERITY OF PRUNING AND METHODS OF IRRIGATION IN CUSTARD APPLE
    (Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra., 2019-07-08) ANUPAMA, K. C.; Panchbhai, Dr. D. M.
    An experiment entitled “Studies on severity of pruning and methods of irrigation in custard apple” was carried out during 2018-19 at Shivar block, Central Research Station, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola to study the effect of severity of pruning on flowering, fruit growth, yield and quality of custard apple, to study the effect of different methods of irrigation on flowering, fruit growth, yield and quality of custard apple and to find out the suitable severity of pruning and irrigation method for better quality fruit and yield in custard apple. The experiment was laid out in Split Plot Design with three methods of irrigation viz., I1- no irrigation, I2- double furrow irrigation and I3- drip irrigation and severity of pruning are P1- no pruning (control), P2- light pruning, P3- medium pruning and P4- heavy pruning. The tree unit per treatment was two and it was replicated thrice with twelve treatment combinations. Better growth was shown by the heavy pruned (P4) trees with respect to average length and thickness of shoot. Light pruning (P2) showed the highest number of flowers per branch and highest number of shoots and minimum days to flowering was found in control trees (P1). Irrigation does not show any significant effect. Maximum number of fruits per plant, fruit yield (kg/tree), fruit yield per ha (t/ha), were recorded highest in treatment of light pruning (P2) and double furrow irrigation (I2) and maximum ‘A’ grade quality fruits was produced in medium pruned (P3) trees with drip irrigation (I3) . The fruit quality in respect of fruit weight, fruit size (length and breadth) was found highest in heavy pruning (P4) with drip irrigation (I3) which was found at par with medium pruned trees. TSS and acidity was also found maximum in heavy pruned (P4) trees but irrigation doesn’t play significant role. The effect of interaction between severity of pruning and methods of irrigation on plant growth, yield and fruit quality was found non significant.