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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: Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry × Author: Authors: BOLE, SRUSHTI VIJAY. × End date: 2023 × Start date: 2022 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Title: EFFECT OF VARIOUS LEVELS OF FERTILIZERS ON SOIL FERTILITY, YIELD, AND NUTRIENT UPTAKE BY Bt-COTTON ON INCEPTISOLS.
    (Publisher : Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra., 2022-10-28) Authors: BOLE, SRUSHTI VIJAY.; Advisor: Rakhonde, Shri. O. S.
    Abstract: A field study entitled “Effect of various levels of fertilizers on soil fertility, yield and nutrient uptake by Bt-cotton on Inceptisols” was conducted during kharif2020-21 at Research farm, Cotton Research Unit, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra. The soil of the experimental site classified as Inceptisol, it was calcareous in nature and moderately alkaline in reaction. The fertility status of the soil indicates that the soil was medium in organic carbon, low in available nitrogen, very low in available phosphorus and very high in available potassium. The soil samples were collected at the start of experiment and after harvest of cotton to study effect of different treatments on soil properties. The plant samples were collected at boll development stage (85-90 DAS) to estimate the nutrient concentration, dry matter and uptake of major nutrients. The seed cotton and stalk yield was also recorded. The experiment comprised of different levels of fertilizers comprised of five treatments involving 60:30:30 NPK kg ha-1, 90:45:45 NPK kg ha-1, 120:60:60 NPK kg ha-1, 150:75:75 NPK kg ha-1 and absolute control. Twenty treatment combinations were executed in randomized block design with four replications. The results indicated that the chemical properties such as soil organic carbon, availability of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and uptake of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium by cotton at boll development stage were improved significantly under application of 150:75:75 NPK kg ha-1 which was followed by application of 120:60:60 NPK kg ha-1 and 90:45:45 NPK kg ha-1 with higher seed cotton yield. Application of very high fertilizer doses in rainfed condition helped to improve higher vegetative growth of cotton. Hence, it is concluded that, for attending optimum yield use of soil test based fertilizer application or by restricting to the presently available fertilizer dose of 90:45:45 NPK kg ha-1 use for improvement in yield of cotton, nutrient uptake and soil fertility in Inceptisol under rainfed condition.