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Agriculture University, Kota

The Agriculture University, Kota (AUK) was established on 14th September, 2013 after bifurcation of the Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur and Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU), Bikaner through promulgation of Act No. 22 of 2013. The University has been created for the agricultural development in South-East and Eastern Rajasthan which is having diversified agriculture situations from rainfed to canal irrigated agriculture. The Agriculture University has its Headquarter at Borkhera Farm, Kota & is located on Kota-Baran National highway-76. Kota district is situated in the South-Eastern part of Rajasthan and comes under Humid South-Eastern Plain Zone (agro climatic zone V). It lies between 23045’ and 26038’ North latitude and 75037’ and 77026’ East longitude. The jurisdiction of AUK is spread over in 6 districts namely Kota, Baran, Bundi, Jhalawar, Karauli and Sawai Madhopur. It accounts for 9.98 % geographical area, 12.67 % total human population, 9.4 % live stock population, 31.59 % forest area and 20.6 % net sown area of the state. Development and education of modern practices in the field of Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry for sustainable livelihood of the rural masses is the main thrust of the service area of AUK.

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    Effect of Foliar Feeding of Borax, Zinc Sulphate and Urea on Fruiting, Yield and Quality of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) cvs. Lalit and Shweta under high density planting system
    (AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY, KOTA, 2017-02-01) CHANDER, SUBHASH; Jain, M. C.
    A field experiment entitled Effect of Foliar Feeding of Borax, Zinc Sulphate and Urea on Fruiting, Yield and Quality of Guava (Psidiumguajava L.) cvs. Lalit and Shweta under high density planting systemwere conducted at the Instructional farm, KrishiVigyan Kendra, Jhalawar duringAugust,2015 to March, 2016. The experiment was consisting of 18 treatments having three levels of each Borax (0,0.3 and 0.6 per cent), Zinc sulphate (0, 0.3 and 0.6 per cent) and two levels of Urea (0 and 1 per cent). The experiment was laid out in Factorial randomized block design with three replications. Among different doses of foliar spray of nutrients, borax@ 0.6 per cent, zinc sulphate @ 0.6 per cent and Urea @ 1 per cent were found significantly superior over control with respectfruiting characteristics, quality parameters and yieldattributes of guava. In case of interaction effect of foliar spray of nutrients, the application of T17 treatment (borax @ 0.6 per cent, + zinc sulphate @0.6 per cent +urea @ 1 per cent) was found significantly superior over control. This treatment has given maximum increase in fruit set per cent, fruit retention per cent, number of fruits per tree, length of fruit, diameter of fruit, fruit weight, fruit volume, specific gravity, fruit yield per plant, estimated yield per hectare, reducing sugar, non-reducing sugar, total sugar over control. Further, T16 treatment combination (borax @ 0.3 % + zinc sulphate @ 0.6 % + urea @ 1 %) has also significantly increased TSS, TSS: Acid ratio, ascorbic acid content and reduced number of seeds per fruit, days taken to first harvesting, acidity per cent of guava fruits. Similarly, T17treatment (borax @ 0.6 per cent+ zinc sulphate @0.6 per cent +urea @ 1 per cent)has resulted the maximum gross return of (Rs.298650/ha, 275700/ha) in Lalit and Shweta varieties respectively, which was Rs. 156150/ha in Lalit, 139800/ha in Shweta, excess over control. Further, the highest net profit (Rs. 153244/ha, 136894/ha)was also estimated at thistreatment which was 109.58, 102.87 per cent higher than control.