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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: Seed Science and Technology × Author: PATIL, RUPESH CHUDAMAN. × End date: 2023 × Start date: 2020 ×
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    ASSESSMENT OF ASSOCIATION AMONG THE SEED QUALITY PARAMETERS AND YIELD IN KHARIF SORGHUM (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench).
    (Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra., 2021-09-21) PATIL, RUPESH CHUDAMAN.; Kalpande, Dr. V. V.
    A present investigation entitled “Assessment of association among the seed quality parameters and yield in kharif sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)” was conducted to estimate the genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance and correlation between seed quality parameters and yield. The experiment was conducted during kharif season of 2020 using Randomized Block Design with three replications. Observations were recorded for each genotype on seventeen different characters namely days to 50% flowering, plant height (cm), number of leaves, panicle length (cm), seed hardness (kg/cm2), threshed grain mold rating (%), specific gravity of seed (g/ml), germination percentage of seed, electrical conductivity (dsm-1), 1000 seed weight (g), shoot length (cm), root length (cm), root shoot ratio, vigour index length, vigour index mass, fodder yield per plant (g) and grain yield per plant (g). The ANOVA revealed highly significant difference among the all genotypes for all the characters studied indicating the presence of substantial amount of genetic variability. The GCV, PCV, heritability and EGA were estimated for all the characters. The characters electrical conductivity and thresh grain mold rating showed high GCV and PCV values. Highest heritability estimate in broad sense was observed for the character electrical conductivity. The highest value of expected genetic advance over mean was recorded for the character electrical conductivity. For the development of high yielding hybrids in sorghum, panicle length should be considered during selection. Due weightage should be given to plant height and number of leaves in developing high fodder yielding hybrids in sorghum. Similarly seed hardness should be taken in to consideration for improvement in the germination percentage of seed. For grain yield per plant, the fourteen hybrids viz., AKMS-90-A x STR- 293 x 426-2, AKMS-733-A x IVT-4121, AKMS-30-A X ICSR-91016, AKMS-30-A x Indore-26, AKMS-751-A x IVT-4121, AKMS-751 x IVT-17-4013, AKMS-751-A X SPV 1616 x 89028-3, AKMS-733-A x IVT-17-4013, AKMS-90-A X IVT-4121, AKMS-733-A X ICSR-1048-Sel.-2, AKMS-751-A x IVT-3004-1, AKMS-30-A X STR-293 x 426-2, AKMS-733-A x ICSR-8086-7-49 and AKMS-90-A x ICSR-1048-Sel.2 were significantly superior over the national check hybrid CSH-35 along with substantial percentage increase over the check. These fourteen hybrids hold promise in developing high grain yielding hybrids. For development of dual purpose hybrids, five hybrids i.e. AKMS-751-A x IVT-4121, AKMS-30-A x Indore-26, AKMS-30-A x ICSR-9106, AKMS-751-A x IVT-17-4013 and AKMS-90-A x STR-293 x 426-2 appeared best because of their good grain yield along with good fodder yield as compared to the national check hybrid CSH-35.