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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: Authors: CHAVAN, MINAKSHI VILAS. × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Title: STUDIES OF PRE-SOWING SEED TREATMENTS ON GERMINATION AND SEEDLING GROWTH OF GUAVA.
    (Publisher : Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra., 2022-09-02) Authors: CHAVAN, MINAKSHI VILAS.; Advisor: Raut, Dr. U. A.
    Abstract: An investigation pertaining to “Studies of pre-sowing seed treatments on germination and seedling growth of guava’’ was carried out at Fruit Nursery and Analytical laboratory, Department of Fruit Science, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola during the year 2020-21 with objective, to study the effect of physical and chemical treatments on higher seed germination and seedling growth of guava and to find out the suitable pre-sowing physical and chemical treatment for higher seed germination and seedling growth of guava. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Completely Randomized Design (FCRD) with two factors, as Factor ‘A’ constitutes physical treatment i.e. scrapping of seed coat with sand paper and without scrapping of seed coat with sand paper and Factor ‘B’ constitutes chemical treatment i.e. soaking seeds for 24 hrs in different chemical solutions of different concentrations viz.,GA3 @ 500 ppm, GA3 @ 1000 ppm, Thiourea @ 2000 ppm, Thiourea @ 4000 ppm and Tap water with ten treatment combinations and replicated thrice. The observations in respect of germination and growth parameters were recorded from the initial days of germination to periodically at 30 days interval up to 90 days after sowing. The results of an investigation indicated that, germination and growth of guava significantly influenced by physical treatment i.e. scrapping of seed coat with sand paper and showed early germination and better response for germination percentage, vigour index, height of seedling, number of leaves per seedling, diameter of stem, length of shoot, length of root per seedling, fresh weight of shoot, root and seedling, dry weight of shoot, root and seedling, root: shoot ratio, absolute and relative growth rate and final survival percentage. With reference to different chemical treatments, soaking seeds in GA3 @ 1000 ppm recorded significantly best results over all the treatments for early germination, highest germination percentage, vigour index, height of seedling, number of leaves per seedling, diameter of stem, length of shoot, length of root per seedling, fresh weight of shoot, root and seedling, dry weight of shoot, root and seedling, root: shoot ratio, absolute and relative growth rate, and final survival percentage. The interaction effect of physical and chemical treatments indicated that, guava seeds treated with treatment combination scrapping of seed coat with sand paper + soaking seeds in GA3 @ 1000 ppm for 24 hrs recorded significant performance for number of days to germinate, germination percentage and final survival percentage. While it showed non-significant effect regarding other germination and growth parameters. The highest benefit: cost ratio was recorded in treatment combination of scrapping of seed coat with sand paper + soaking seeds in GA3 @ 1000 ppm.