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ThesisItem Open Access Allelopathic Influence of Some Tree Special Commonly Integrated With Agricultural(Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 2006) Murari Sharma; R.P. SinghThe present investigation was conducted on the Allopathic influence of leaves of some tree species commonly integrated with agricultural crops in agroforestry practices at faculty of forestry (BAU), Ranchi in a completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. The experiment was conducted to know the allopathic effect by leaf powder of three tree species namely leucaena leucocephala (Subabul), Dalbergia sisso (Sissoo) and Gmelina arborea (Gamhar) on three agricultural crops Phaseolus vulgaris (French bean) Phaseplus aureus (Green Gram) and Phaseolus mango (Black Gram). The treatment concentrations of tree leaf powder(1.25%,2.50% and 3.75%) was given on agricultural crops at fifteen days after sowing (15 DAS). Allelopathic effect of leaf powder of tree species on agricultural crops at different concentrations were found significant because in control better growth was obtained, while in treatment reduction or inhibitory trend was seen . Subabul leaf powder performed more allelopathic effect as compared to other two tree species. Sissoo and Gamhar. As high concentration (3.75%) more pronounced effect than lower concentration (1.25%) is found . The cumulative out come had indicated that in an agroforestry system allopathic effect has found having trees crops combination. The effect on germination and survival of agricultural crops was found non- significant in all the treatment concentrations (1.25%, 2.50% and 3.75%). However, with higher concentration of subabul less germination and survival percentage was noticed. The growth performance of French bean, Black Gram, And Green Gram measured in term of vigour index was found maximum as 76.1.85, 6108.88 and 8508.14 for control respectively, whereas minimum value was noticed for Subabul, Subabul and sissoo with 3.75% as 43.58.28.ThesisItem Open Access Management of Major Insept - Pests of Cauliflower In Ranchi(Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 2006) Lucvetia Tigga; I. P. SinghHence , it can be concluded that cauliflower var.Snowball-16 should be grown in intercropping system with coriander or garlic for achieving higher yield with minimum incidence of major insect pests. Need based application of chlorpyriphos 20 EC @ 0.5kg ai ha-1 and profenphos 50 EC @ .0.3kg ai ha-1 can be given.ThesisItem Open Access Effect of PGRs On Bearing And Keeping Quality of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Cv Amrapali(Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 2006) Birendra Prasad; R.N.RoyMango (Mangifera indica L.) is the national fruit of India and acknowledged as king of fruits. It belongs to family Anacardiaceous . It is tropical fruit but can successfully be grown in sub- tropical climate also. The agro- climatic condition of Jharkhand is very congenial for mango growing and the state has an enormous wealth of genotypes. In recent years, Amrapali is gaining immense popularity due to its dwarf stature, regular and prolific bearing and its suitability for high density archaizing and also for kitchen garden. Besides all these qualities, flowering, fruiting and keeping quality of aAmrapali mango are not so good.Hence, an experiment was carried out to study the effect of various growth regulators to enhance flowering, fruit set, yield and improve the keeping quality of fruits. The experiment was conducted at Horticulture garden of Department of Horticulture, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi on five years old plants of Amrapali mango with eighteen treatments including two controls replicated thrice in Randomized block Design. The results showed the remarkable influence of different PGR on flowering fruiting and quality characters. NAA 20 ppm was the best treatment for improving almost all flowering and physic-chemical characteristics, whereas, fruiting characters and keeping quality characters were best with GA 100 ppm treatment in Amrapali mango. 2, 4-D 20ppm also exhibited good results in these regards. Earliness in panicle emergence, decrease in duration of flowering, earliness in opening of 1st and 50 per cent flowers, increase in percentage of flowering stone and peel weight and almost all physic cochemical parameters were enhanced by NAA 20 ppm.However, increase in fruit set, retention, size, yield of fruits were found more with the physiological loss in weight of fruits, spoilage loss percentage and thereby helped in increase the keeping quality of Amrapali mango. It was also observed that the fruits wrapped with newspaper produced minimum physiological loss in weight (PLW) and spoilage loss of fruits during storage at room temperature and ultimately it increased the keeping quality of fruits. On calculation of economics of experiment the average net profit during both the years was highest from the plant treated with NAA 20 ppm. The other effective treatment in this regard was 2, 4-D at 20ppmThesisItem Open Access : Status And Response Of Boron To Lentil [Lens Esculenta ]Rainfed Acidic Upland Soils of Ranchi(Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 2006) Ajit Kumar Kushwaha; Surendra SinghAn attempt was made to delineate extent of soil acidity, status of organic carbon and available nutrients in typical rainfed uplands of Ratu and Khijari blocks of Ranchi district. Altogether, 50 surface soil samples (0-0.15) were collected from farmer’s field in the cluster of each five villages of Khijari block viz, Bargawa, Tikra- Toli, Tonka-Toli and saparom and five villages of khijari Block viz, Bargawa, Bara- Kauali, Ghaghra- bassti, chhota –kauali and Khijari- basti. A filed experiment was conducted with lentil BR-25 during Rabi season of 2005-2006 at experimental area of the department of Soil Science and agricultural chemistry to study the effect of boron application under limed and unlimed condition on crop yield, nutrients content (N.P.S and B), nutrient uptake (N,P,S and B), protein content and protein yield of lentil crop. Analyses of the upland of the farmer’s field reveal that soil were acidic in reaction (pH4.0 to 6.2), poor in organic carbon content (2.1 to 5.3g kg-1), and coarse in texture (50.8 to 51.8%) sand, 25.2 to26.1% silt% and 22.4 to 23.0% clay). Available nutrients in these farmer’s field soil ranged from 68.0 to 238.6 Kg N ha-1 and 0.20 to.46 mg B Kg-1. The magnitude of nutrients level in these soils are rated to be more than 80 percent soil samples low in organic carbon content and low in plant available nutrients status (N,P,K, S, and B). Soil available S and B indicated positive correlation ships with organic carbon and clay content in upland of both Ratu and Khijari Blocks of Ranchi District. Results of the field experiment indicated that response of boron application to lentil was evident at 0.5Kg B ha-1 under limed condition and at 1.0Kg B ha_1 under unlimed condition , Further increase in the B levels crop yield decreased linearly under both limed and unlimed condition. Content of nutrient ( N, P, S and B) increased significant with increasing in levels of B application in both limed and unlimed soil. However, total uptake of these nutrients was evident up to 1.kg B ha-1 application. The content and uptake of these nutrients by crop was more in limed as compared to unlimed soils, protein content and protein yield of crop were also affected considerable with boron and liming. An additional net profit of Rs. 4976/- was obtained with 0.5 kg B ha-1 along with RDF and 250 kg ha-1 lime application. Liming to rainfed upland soils increased availability of N.p.K.S. and B after crop harvest in the experimental plot. .ThesisItem Open Access Provenance Trials of Jatropha cur cash in seeding stage in Ranchi Region(Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 2006) Kachhap, Pankaj; V. SivajiJatrha curas a multipurpose plant to alleviate soil degradation, desertification, deforestation and also can be used for bio – energy to replace costly petrol-diesel, for soap production, bio –fence, plant protectant as pesticide, insecticide, medicines and climatic protection. Jatropha can help to increase rural income , self-sustainability and alleviate proverty for man, woman, tribal community , small farmer or nation as a whole hence deserves specific attention. Climatic conditions prevailing in this region have vast potential for the growth of Jatropha . Important hurdle is to select suitable provenance for better establishment, good growth, and better seed production. There is no recommendation of a specific provenance for this region. Therefore, a trial study for the evaluation of twelve provenances of Jatropha has been undertaken. For this, twelve provenances namely Niwara Nagpur, PKVJ-DHW1-AKOLA, Mancheswar Orissa, TFRI-II Jabalpur, RJ-117 Rahuri, Barmuda Orissa, J Set 2 Pantnagar, TERI-Jabalpur, JSel1, Pantnagar Kalyanpur Orissa, PKVJ-MKU 1 Akola, and Ranchi Jharkhand were tried. Experiment was conducted in completely randomized design having three replicaitons. Data were collected on seed characteristics such as seed length, seed width, and seed weight , Seeds were sowm in nursery to study seed germination percent and different growth parameters like seedling height, collar diameter, number of leaves and leaf area were measured at monthly interval for four months. At the end of four months experimental period, length of primary root , number of lateral roots , estimation of biomass, root –shoot ratio, sturdiness and Dickson quality index were also studied. Seed characteristics viz. seed length, seed width and seed weight, have been found maximum 19.64mm, 9.20mm,086 gm respectively, from PKVJ-MKU1-Akola provenance while minimum value of seed length 16.90mm, seed width 7.08mm, seed weight 0.58 gm has been found from Niwara Nagpur Provenance. Maximum germination percent 86.67has been found from Niwara Nagpur Provenance and minimum germination percent 21.33% has been found from Barmuda (Orissa ) provenance. Among the Growth Parameters Maximum seedling height, collar diameter, Number of leaves and leaf area have been found from TFRI-2 Jabalpur provenance and minimum seedling height, collar diameter, number of leaves and leaf area have been exhibited by Barmuda Orissa Provenance. On the basis of over all parameters studies such as seed characteristics and seedlings growth performance, TFRI2 Jabalpur provenance may be considered as best one for raising plantation be planting the seedlings. If plantation is to be raised by sowing the seed Niwara Nagpur provenance may by considered , Ranchi provenance also may be considered for raising plantation both by sowing and planting the seedling as it had exhibited good results and also reduce the cost of raising the pThesisItem Open Access Studies on Efficacy of Herbal Anthalmintics and its Campostion wih chemical drugs in Goats(Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 2006) Nupur Hoel; S. HoqueBased on the present findings it was concluded that all these Herbal anthelmintic are cheaper than chemical drugs which are within the reach of poor farmers even in the remote villages for the treatment of their goats against helminthiasis in Jharkhand State. The Herbal plants are eco-friendly which having least toxic effect and also cause least damage to the vital organs; hence they can be used against the G. I parasites. Thus the Herbal drugs as an alternative anthelmintic can be used safely and recommended in the treatment of the goats suffered by helminthiasis in field practices.ThesisItem Open Access Evaluation And Characterization of Chotanagpur Sheep in Its Home Tract(Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 2006) Jyoti Kumari Jha; Dilip Kumar SinghThe results obtained have been summarized below: 1.Chotanagpuri sheep are native of Jharkhand and adjacent part of West Bengal. 2. These sheep are being reared exclusively for mutton production 3. Pre- dominant coat colour was brown (45.73%) followed by White/grey (38.11%) 4. Average body weight of males and females are 19.17 ±0.06Kg, respectively. 5.Males were heavier than females. 6.Average body length, body height at withers, heart- girth, paunch girth, ear length and tail length were 45.17 ± 0.09,. 7. Males are horned but females are polled. 8. Average horn-length is 7.22±0.32 cm. 9. Average body weight at birth, 15, 30, 45 , 60, 75 and 90 days of age for males were recorded as 1.96±0.04, 2.96±0.05, 4.16±0.08 Kg respectively 10. The effect of flock size was significant on ear length at birth, body weight at 15 and 30 days, ear length at 30 days, body weight and ear length at 45 days, ear length at 60days, ear length at 75 days and height at body height at withers, heart-girth, paunch-girth and ear length at 90 days of age 11. Effect of sex was significant on paunch –girth and ear length at 75 days , and ear length and tail length at 90 days. 12.Effect of season of birth was significant on body length, ear length at 15 daysThesisItem Open Access Semen Quality, Fertility Hatchability and Egg Quality in Poultry after Administration of Distilled Cow Urine [Gomutra](Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 2006) Dr.Chandra Shekhar Singh; A.K.SinhaThis study was carried out on 80 hens and 20 cocks of Desi breed maintained at Avian Research and Development Centre, Ranchi Veterinary College, Ranchi. Birds were allocated to different groups. Birds were allocated to different groups. 1.Cocks Group T1 = Distilled cow urine administration 2.Cocks Group C1= Simple drinking water 3. Hens Group T2 = Distilled cow urine Administration 4. Hens Group C2= Simple drinking water • Semen was collected by massage method and insemination was done with tuberculin syringe. • Ejaculation time of treated cocks and untreated cocks was non significant. • Highly significant difference was observed with respect to motility Percentage and sperm concentration between semen of treated cocks and untreated cocks . Where as no difference was observed with regard to volume of semen, live sperm percentage and normal sperm Percentage. • Highly significant effect of treatment was observed on fertility of eggs. • Highly significant effect of treatment on hatchability of eggs was observed. • Significant effect of treatment was observed in weight of eggs. • Highly significantly difference was observed with respect to albumen index and shape index between treated hens and untreated hens. • Yolk index and shell thickness of treated hens and untreated hens were non- significant. • Administration of distilled cow urine may be effective to improve seminal quality, fertility and hatchability of eggs and egg qualities.ThesisItem Open Access Studies On Evaluation And Dilution Of Aseel Cock Semen With Special Reference To Its Fertility(Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, 2006) Pankaj Kumar Sinha; Balraj SinghStudy was conducted on and 6 Cocks of Aseel breed and 180 Desi hens maintained at Avian Research and Development centre , Ranchi Veterinary college, Ranchi. Semen was collected by massage method and insemination was done by tuberculin syringe. Two types of semen diluters namely normal saline solution and Ringer’s solution were used. Overall mean with S.E. of efaculation time and various seminal attributes in cocks recorded were as follows 1. Ejaculation Time:73.88+_1.43 Second 2. Volume of semen: 0.3+0.02ml 3. Motility percentage: 88.72+.44 4. Sperm concentration :2.54+0.11 million 5. Live sperm percentage :89.67+.33 6. Normal sperm percentage :93.61+.36 7. Negative correlation was found between ejaculation time and volume of semen Cock wise fertility rate of Normal saline solution diluted semen varied from 37.50 to 68.75 percent with an overall mean value of 60.42 percent. Cock wise fertility rate of Ringer’s solution diluted semen varied from 80.64 to 93.93 percent with and overall mean value of 88.48 percent. Cock wise fertility rate in natural mating varied from 37.50 to 63.63 percent with an overall mean valur of 52.88 percent. Fertility rate was highest 88.48% with Ringer’s solution diluted semen. Highly significant difference (p<0.01) in fertility rate between normal saline solution diluted semen and Ringer’s diluted semen and also between Ringer’s solution diluted semen and natural mating. Day wise variation in egg fertility was found subsequent to insemination normal saline solution diluted semen, Ringer’s solution diluted semen and with natural mating but C.D. value indicated non –significant difference in variation of fertility rate from first to seventh day.
