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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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Author: ABHISHEK PRATAP × Start date: 2022 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Effect of pre-harvest spray of growth substances on fruit drop, yield and quality of Kinnow Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco).
    (DEPARTMENT OF FRUIT SCIENCE COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE BANDA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY BANDA-210 001 (U.P.) INDIA, 2023-07-21) ABHISHEK PRATAP; Anand Singh
    Citrus is the world leading fruit crop. Kinnow, which is a most flavoured and aromatic member of Mandarin group, is a hybrid between ‘King’ Mandarin (Citrus nobilis Lour) and ‘Willow Leaf’ Mandarin (Citrus deliciosa Tenora). Heavy fruit dropping is a great factor for low productivity of Kinnow Mandarin. The present study entitled “Effect of preharvest spray of growth substances on fruit drop, yield and quality of Kinnow Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco)” was carried out at experimental orchard in the University campus, Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda during 2022-23. Various concentration of four different plant growth substances, Salicylic Acid (SA, 15 ppm), ZnSO4 (0.5 and 0.25 %), K2SO4 (0.25 %) and Ca(NO3)2 (0.25 %) and their combinations were applied foliarly two times (15th October and 15thNovember) to study the impact of different treatments on pre-harvest drop, yield, quality and shelf-life of Kinnow fruit. The results revealed that the pre-harvest application of SA + ZnSO4 + K2SO4 was most effective among all other treatments to control pre-harvest drop and increased the fruit yield with enhanced quality. The physical attributes of the fruit viz. Fruit length and width, fruit weight, volume and juice recovery were also increased while peel thickness, peel content and rag content were decreased with SA + ZnSO4 + K2SO4 application. Fruit firmness was found highest with the application of SA + Ca(NO3)2. The treatments not had any significant effect on the specific gravity and colour of the fruit. Biochemical parameters viz. TSS, TSS: acidity ratio, sugar, ascorbic acid content, antioxidants and total phenols were also increased with the treatment of SA + ZnSO4 + K2SO4, while the titratable acidity was reduced with the same treatment. Pectin content was increased with the application of SA + Ca(NO3)2. The fruits harvested from the trees applied with the treatment SA + Ca(NO3)2 + K2SO4 had higher shelf-life as they showed minimum PLW % and got higher scores in sensory analysis during storage.