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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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Author: 1. Name of Author LOKHANDE, SUSHMA BANSI × End date: 2023 × Start date: 2020 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    3. Title of thesis EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PROPAGATION MEDIA ON ROOTING OF MARIGOLD CUTTINGS AND IT’S FIELD PERFORMANCE
    (Dr.Panjabrao Deashmukh,Krishi Vidyapeet,Akola, 2020-01-20) 1. Name of Author LOKHANDE, SUSHMA BANSI; 2. Name of Advisor Dalal, Dr. S. R.
    11. Abstract A field investigation entitled " Effect of different propagation media on rooting of marigold cuttings and it’s field performance " was carried out during the years 2016-17 and 2017-18 at Floriculture Unit, Department of Horticulture, Dr. PDKV, Akola with the objectives to study the effect of different propagation media on rooting of cutting, growth, flowering, yield and quality of marigold and to find out suitable propagation media for higher and better quality flower production of marigold. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The treatments comprised of twelve different propagating medias viz. soil, sand, vermicompost, FYM, cocopeat, soil + sand (1:1), soil+ vermicompost (1:1), soil + FYM (1:1), sand + vermicompost (1:1), sand + FYM (1:1), soil + sand + vermicompost (1::1:1) and soil + sand + FYM (1:1:1). The result of the present investigation indicated that, significantly minimum days to callusing, maximum roots plant-1, root length as well as leaf area of marigold cuttings were recorded with the vermicompost media. Whereas, significantly minimum days to rooting, maximum rooting success, leaves plant-1 were recorded under the cocopeat media. Performance of transplanted marigold plants in respect of growth parameters viz. plant height, leaves plant-1, branches plant-1, weight of fresh biomass as well as leaf area were noticed significantly maximum in the plants obtained from the vermicompost media. Whereas, maximum plant spread was noted under the plants obtained from cocopeat media. Similarly, significantly minimum days for emergence of first flower bud, 50 per cent flowering, days to first harvesting and maximum blooming period of marigold were observed in the plants obtained from vermicompost media. Flower yield in respect of weight of flowers plant-1, number of flowers plant-1, flower yield plant-1, plot-1 and ha-1 were harvested significantly maximum in the plants obtained from vermicompost media. Flower quality parameters viz, diameter of fully opened flower, weight of petals flower-1,shelf life and vase life of flower were found to be the best with vermicompost media. However, longevity of intact flower was noted maximum under the cocopeat media. In economic analysis, the vermicompost media recorded maximum B:C ratio.