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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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    Assessment of Soil Fertility Status of Agricultural Research Station, Ummedganj-Kota
    (COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, UMMEDGANJ, KOTA, 2020-08-25) Bhil, Kamlesh; Sharma, M. K.
    The soils of various fields of Agricultural Research Station, Ummedganj-Kota were collected and analyzed for the physical properties (soil colour, texture, bulk density, particle density, porosity and water holding capacity), physico-chemical properties (pH, EC and organic carbon) and available macro and micronutrients (N, P, K, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Mn). Soil maps prepared with the help of GIS software using geo-statistical analysis. Majority of the soils were found clay loam to clayey in texture with highest variability in sand and clay content, whereas, minimum in case of silt. The BD ranged from 1.25 to 1.57 Mg m-3 with a mean value of 1.43 Mg m-3, PD of the soils ranged from 2.57 to 2.71 Mg m-3 with mean value of 2.68 Mg m-3 and the porosity of the soils ranged from 41.42 to 51.92% with mean value of 46.42%.WHC of the soils ranged from 35.11-52.46% with mean value of 44.31% and soil colour varied from brown, dark brown, dark gray, very dark gray and black. The soils were neutral to alkaline in soil reaction (pH) and most of the soil EC <1 dS m-1, means soluble salt content in safe limit. The organic carbon content ranged from 0.30 to 0.79% with a mean value of 0.50%, in general, the organic carbon status of soils was under low (18.33%) to moderate (76.00%) categories. The available nitrogen of the soils ranged from 142.90 to 380.53 kg ha-1 with a mean value of 246.76 kg ha-1, thus, overall the available nitrogen status was low in these soils (77.33%). The available P of the soils ranged from 4.60 to 42.02 kg ha-1 with a mean value 20.09 kg ha-1, available P status of soils falls under moderate (47.00%) and moderately high (23.66%) categories.