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Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda

Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda has been established as a full-fledged State University, having unique honour of being the “First Agricultural University of Bundelkhand Region”. The University was notified vide Government Order No. 301/79-V-1-10-1 (Ka) 27-2009 Lucknow and established on 2nd March 2010 under Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (Sanshodhan) 1958 Gazette-Adhiniyam 2010. Initially it was named as “Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda”, which was changed as “Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda” vide Uttar Pradesh Agriculture University Act (Sanshodhan) Adhiniyam, 2014, No. 1528(2)/LXXIX-V-1-14-1(Ka)-13-2014 dated 4th December 2014. The University has been established for the development of the agriculture and allied sectors in the Uttar Pradesh on the whole and Bundelkhand region in particular. It is committed to serve the Bundelkhand region with trinity concept, i.e. complete integration of teaching, research and extension for the development of agriculture and allied sectors in order to ensure food security and enhance socio-economic status of inhabitants. State Government of Uttar Pradesh has assigned the University with the responsibilities of (a) human resource generation and development, (b) generation and perfection of technologies, and (c) their dissemination to the farmers, orchardists and dairy farmers in the Chitrakoot Dham and Jhansi divisions. The Chirtrkoot Dham Division consists of four districts, namely Banda, Chitrakoot (Karvi), Mahoba and Hamirpur whereas Jhansi Division consists of Jhansi, Lalitpur and Jalaun (Orai) districts.

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Subject: Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry × End date: 2021 × Start date: 2021 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    EFFECT OF SULPHUR RATES AND SOURCES ON MUSTARD (Brassica Juncea L.) PRODUCTIVITY AND SOIL HEALTH
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2021-10-10) SINGH, SAURABH; Pathak, Jagannath
    A field experiment entitled “Effect of sulphur rates and sources on mustard (Brassica juncea L.) productivity and soil health” conducted during rabi season of 2020-21 at Integrated Farming System (IFS) unit of Banda university of agriculture and technology, Banda. The experiment was comprises of seven treatments and four replications and laid out under RBD. Three different levels of sulphur (15, 30 & 45 kg ha-1 ) and two sources viz. elemental sulphur and 80% WDG were tested on mustard variety NRCHB-101. The results revealed that both the sources of sulphur were found comparable and statistically at par with each other. Growth attributes like plant height, dry matter accumulation and number of branches plant-1 were increased significantly with the increase of sulphur levels up to 45 kg S ha-1 irrespective of sources of sulphur. When compare the levels of sulphur (15, 30 & 45) with each other data revealed that 30 kg S ha-1 was significantly superior over 15 kg S ha-1 but it was at par with 45 kg S ha-1 i.e. further increase in sulphur levels from 30 to 45 could not achieve the level of significance. Yield attributes like number of siliqua plant-1 , number of seeds siliqua-1 , and 1000 seed weight increased significantly with the increase of sulphur doses and up to 30 kg S ha-1 significant response was recorded because 45 kg S ha-1 was at par with 30 kg S ha-1 . Effect of sulphur doses and sources on seed, stover and biological yields were also studied. Best treatment T3 (30 kg elemental S ha-1 ) gave 2075 kg ha-1 seed yield over the control. Seed yield obtain under T3 was 458 kg and 22.07 % more over control. Sulphur concentration in seed (0.81) and stover (0.50) and total uptake of sulphur (43.88 kg ha-1 ) was significantly best in treatment T3 followed by T6. Review of data related to economic studies showed higher gross return (Rs/ha 96488), net return (Rs/ha 58109), B:C ratio (2.51) and VCR (1.51) were found in treatment T3 followed by treatment T6. Effect of applied treatment on soil fertility status of soil pH, EC, organic carbon, available N, available P and exchangeable K were non-significant. The sulphur content in soil increase with increasing levels of sulphur and highest (18.01 mg kg-1 soil) sulphur content was noticed in treatment T4. Overall application of 30 kg S ha-1 irrespective of sources was found to be optimum dose for sulphur management in the mustard crop to the farmers of this region.
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    Evaluation of Integrated Nutrient Management on Performance of Chickpea and Mustard Crops and Soil Properties
    (Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda-210001, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2021-09-30) Singh, Veerendra; MISHRA, AMIT
    A field experiment was carried out on crops sesame and black gram during Kharif 2020, and the same field INM study was carried out in Rabi season 2020-21 on chickpea and mustard crops. The experiments were conducted on heavy clay soil at Agriculture Research Farm, College of Agriculture, Banda University of Agriculture & Technology, Banda. The experimental design was split-plot with main factor two cropping systems viz. Sesame – Chickpea and Blackgram-Mustard and sub-factor eight integrated nutrient management viz. farmer fertilizer practice (T1), 100 % RDF (T2), 100% RDF + FYM (T3), 100 % RDF + FYM + Zn(10 kg ha-1 ) (T4), 125 % RDF + FYM+ biofertilizer consortia (BC) (Rhizobium spp., PSB and Azotobacter spp.) (T5), 100 % RDF + FYM+BC (T6), 75% RDF + FYM+BC (T7) and 50 % RDF +FYM+BC (T8), all treatments were replicated thrice. The FYM was applied @ 5 t ha-1 . The physicochemical properties of experimental soil were as follows; neutral pH (7.58), electrical conductivity (0.16 dSm-1 ), low in organic carbon (3.80 g kg-1 ) and medium in available phosphorus (16.4 kg ha-1 ) and available potassium (250.5 kg ha1 ). The experimental results revealed that application of 125% and 100 % RDF along with FYM and biofertilizer consortia increased significantly nodule number, nodule weight per plant and number of pods per plant, thereby increased grain yield of chickpea significantly in comparison to farmers fertilizer practice (T1), sole application of 100 % RDF (T2) and 50 % reduction of RDF along with FYM and biofertilizer consortia (T8). The similar results were obtained with the mustard crop. The growth, yield attributes, and yield were significantly improved by applying 125% and 100 % RDF along with FYM and biofertilizer consortia (T5 and T6) treatments. The maximum B:C ratio was obtained with T6 treatment (3.05) and minimum in T8 i.e., 2.52, irrespective of the cropping systems. A slight improvement in organic carbon and available phosphorus was observed from the initial value. The watersoluble carbon (WSC) was higher in treatments T5 and T6 than sole fertilizer application in T1 and T2, irrespective of the cropping systems. Sesame-Chickpea cropping system also had higher WSC than a black gram –mustard system. The available phosphorus was also higher in T5 and T6 treatments than T1-T4 and T8 treatments. Overall, the study recommends addition of 100 % RDF along with FYM (5 t ha-1 ) and biofertilizer consortia to chickpea and mustard crops during the initial year of cultivation in low organic carbon and available phosphorus soils for the better productivity, profitability and sustain of soil fertility. As 75 % RDF with FYM and biofertilizer also performed good and slight changes in soil fertility observed. Longterm studies on INM in various cropping systems are, thus, required in order to monitor changes in soil properties and reduce fertilizer dose across a wide range of ecologies.