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Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur

The Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) was established on 12th June 1964 at Hyderabad. The University was formally inaugurated on 20th March 1965 by Late Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India. Another significant milestone was the inauguration of the building programme of the university by Late Smt. Indira Gandhi,the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India on 23rd June 1966. The University was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on 7th November 1996 in honour and memory of an outstanding parliamentarian Acharya Nayukulu Gogineni Ranga, who rendered remarkable selfless service for the cause of farmers and is regarded as an outstanding educationist, kisan leader and freedom fighter. HISTORICAL MILESTONE Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) was established under the name of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) on the 12th of June 1964 through the APAU Act 1963. Later, it was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on the 7th of November, 1996 in honour and memory of the noted Parliamentarian and Kisan Leader, Acharya N. G. Ranga. At the verge of completion of Golden Jubilee Year of the ANGRAU, it has given birth to a new State Agricultural University namely Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University with the bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014. The ANGRAU at LAM, Guntur is serving the students and the farmers of 13 districts of new State of Andhra Pradesh with renewed interest and dedication. Genesis of ANGRAU in service of the farmers 1926: The Royal Commission emphasized the need for a strong research base for agricultural development in the country... 1949: The Radhakrishnan Commission (1949) on University Education led to the establishment of Rural Universities for the overall development of agriculture and rural life in the country... 1955: First Joint Indo-American Team studied the status and future needs of agricultural education in the country... 1960: Second Joint Indo-American Team (1960) headed by Dr. M. S. Randhawa, the then Vice-President of Indian Council of Agricultural Research recommended specifically the establishment of Farm Universities and spelt out the basic objectives of these Universities as Institutional Autonomy, inclusion of Agriculture, Veterinary / Animal Husbandry and Home Science, Integration of Teaching, Research and Extension... 1963: The Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) Act enacted... June 12th 1964: Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) was established at Hyderabad with Shri. O. Pulla Reddi, I.C.S. (Retired) was the first founder Vice-Chancellor of the University... June 1964: Re-affilitation of Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Hyderabad (estt. in 1961, affiliated to Osmania University), Agricultural College, Bapatla (estt. in 1945, affiliated to Andhra University), Sri Venkateswara Agricultural College, Tirupati and Andhra Veterinary College, Tirupati (estt. in 1961, affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University)... 20th March 1965: Formal inauguration of APAU by Late Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India... 1964-66: The report of the Second National Education Commission headed by Dr. D.S. Kothari, Chairman of the University Grants Commission stressed the need for establishing at least one Agricultural University in each Indian State... 23, June 1966: Inauguration of the Administrative building of the university by Late Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India... July, 1966: Transfer of 41 Agricultural Research Stations, functioning under the Department of Agriculture... May, 1967: Transfer of Four Research Stations of the Animal Husbandry Department... 7th November 1996: Renaming of University as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University in honour and memory of an outstanding parliamentarian Acharya Nayukulu Gogineni Ranga... 15th July 2005: Establishment of Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) bifurcating ANGRAU by Act 18 of 2005... 26th June 2007: Establishment of Andhra Pradesh Horticultural University (APHU) bifurcating ANGRAU by the Act 30 of 2007... 2nd June 2014 As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014, ANGRAU is now... serving the students and the farmers of 13 districts of new State of Andhra Pradesh with renewed interest and dedication...

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    EFFECT OF SOIL AND FOLIAR APPLICATION OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON PRODUCTIVITY OF GROUNDNUT IN SANDY SOILS
    (guntur, 2022-08-08) ABHIGNA, DOKKA; LAKSHMAN, K.
    A field experiment entitled ―Effect of soil and foliar application of micronutrients on productivity of groundnut in sandy soils‖ was conducted during rabi, 2020 on sandy loam soil of Agricultural College Farm, Bapatla. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) and replicated thrice with ten treatments. The treatments consisted of T1 (Control), T2 (RDF + FYM @ 10 t ha-1), T3 (RDF + soil application of ZnSO4 @ 16 kg ha-1 as a basal), T4 (RDF + soil application of FeSO4 @ 10 kg ha-1 as a basal), T5 (RDF + soil application of borax @ 10 kg ha-1 as a basal), T6 (RDF + soil application of ZnSO4 @ 16 kg ha-1 + FeSO4 @ 10 kg ha-1 + borax @ 10 kg ha-1 as a basal), T7 (RDF + foliar application of ZnSO4 @ 0.2% at 30 and 60 DAS), T8 (RDF + foliar application of FeSO4 @ 0.5% at 30 and 60 DAS), T9 (RDF + foliar application of borax @ 0.25% at 30 and 60 DAS) and T10 (RDF + foliar application of ZnSO4 @ 0.2% + FeSO4 @ 0.5% + borax @ 0.25% at 30 and 60 DAS). The results indicated that application of each and combined micronutrients through soil and foliar methods significantly influenced the growth parameters, yield and yield attributes, quality parameters, nutrient content, uptake and available nutrient status in soil after harvest and economics of groundnut crop. The highest plant height, dry matter accumulation, number of branches plant-1, SPAD chlorophyll meter readings, leaf area index, total number of nodules and nodules dry weight were recorded with application of FYM @ 10 t ha-1 along with RDF (T2) and was on a par with soil and combined foliar application of micronutrient treatments (T6, T10, T5, T3 and T4). The higher number of developed pods plant-1 and lower number of undeveloped pods plant-1 recorded with T2 (RDF + FYM @ 10 t ha-1) and was found on par with sole and combined application of micronutrient treatments (T6, T5, T3 and T4) to soil. xv The highest number of pods plant-1, 100 kernel weight, pod and haulm yield were recorded significantly higher with application of RDF + FYM @ 10 t ha-1 and found on par with soil and combined foliar application of micronutrient treatments (T6, T5, T3, T4 and T10). There was no significant effect of micronutrient fertilization on number of kernels pod-1 and harvest index of groundnut. However, the highest shelling percentage and protein content in kernel was recorded with treatment T2 (RDF + FYM @ 10 t ha-1) and was on a par with all the other treatments except with the application of RDF alone (T1). Application of FYM @ 10 t ha-1 along with RDF recorded the highest oil content and oil yield. It remained on a par with soil application of micronutrient treatments (T6, T5, T3 and T4) in case of oil content and with T6 and T5 in case of oil yield. Application of FYM @ 10 t ha-1 along with RDF recorded the highest nutrient content and was found on par with all the treatments except RDF alone (T1) in case of nitrogen and potassium and treatments (T1, T3 and T7) in case of phosphorous content. The treatment T2 (RDF + FYM @ 10 t ha-1) recorded higher total zinc content and was found at par with the treatments (T3, T7, T6 and T10). The total iron content recorded with RDF + FYM @ 10 t ha-1 (T2) was found on par with soil and foliar application of iron treatments (T4, T8, T6 and T10) and in case of boron, T2 (RDF + FYM @ 10 t ha-1) recorded higher total content and was found on par with soil and foliar application of boron treatments (T5, T9, T6 and T10). Application of FYM @ 10 t ha-1 along with RDF recorded highest total nutrient uptake and was found on par with treatments (T6 and T5) in case of nitrogen, potassium and boron uptake; treatment (T6) in case of phosphorous and zinc uptake and treatments (T6 and T4 ) in case of iron uptake. Application of FYM @ 10 t ha-1 along with RDF (T2) recorded the highest available N, P2O5, K2O, Zn, Fe and B status in soil after harvest. It was found on par with the treatments T6, T5, T3, T4 and T10 in case of nitrogen; treatments T6 and T5 in case of phosphorous; treatments T6, T5, T3 and T4 in case of potassium; treatments T3, T6, T7 and T10 in case of zinc; T4, T6, T8 and T10 in case of iron and treatments T5, T6, T9 and T10 in case of available boron nutrient status in soil. Higher agronomic use efficiency and apparent recovery efficiency due to micronutrient fertilization was recorded with the combined foliar application of micronutrients (T10) whereas, higher physiological use efficiency was obtained with the combined soil application of micronutrients (T6). The highest gross returns were realized with T2 (RDF + FYM @ 10 t ha-1), however the higher net returns and benefit cost ratio was realized with combined soil application of micronutrient treatment (T6). From the findings it can be concluded that combined soil application of all micronutrients followed by individual micronutrient application alone found better than foliar application of each micronutrient alone. The highest net returns and benefit cost ratio were obtained with the combined soil application of all micronutrients. However, combined foliar application of all micronutrients proved on par with soil application of micronutrients.