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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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Subject: Crop Physiology × Author: GEETHANJALI, KOTLA × Start date: 2017 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF NUTRIENTS AND PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY AND YIELD OF Bt COTTON
    (Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, 2017) GEETHANJALI, KOTLA; Dr. R.ANKAIAH
    A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural College Farm, Bapatla, during Kharif, 2013-14 and Kharif, 2014-15 to find out the “Effect of foliar application of nutrients and plant growth regulators on growth, development, quality and yield of Bt cotton”. The experiment was laid out in split plot design and replicated thrice. There are two main treatments i.e. Bt cotton hybrids viz., Bhaskara hybrid and Bunny BG II hybrid and fourteen sub treatments viz., macro nutrients Urea (2 %), DAP (2%), KNO3 (2 %) and growth regulators viz., NAA (30 ppm) and GA3 (30 ppm). Nutrients and growth regulators were sprayed individually and in combinations at peak squaring/budding stage, peak flowering stage, peak boll formation stage and peak boll development stage. The results revealed that significant differences were observed between two hybrids and among foliar treatments, however their interactions were non significant. The findings of the experiment revealed that the growth parameters such as plant height, number of branches, leaf area, total drymatter measured at different intervals were significantly influenced by Urea (2%), DAP (2%), KNO3 (2%) and growth regulators viz., NAA (30 ppm) and GA3 (30 ppm spray treatments compared to control. Bhaskara hybrid recorded higher plant height (18.47%, 17.53%), number of branches plant-1 (8.06%, 8.26%) total dry matter (19.11%, 17.86%) and leaf area (10.89%, 10.41%) over Bunny BG II hybrid in both the years respectively. Among all the treatments, application of gibberellic acid along with urea, DAP and KNO3 (T14) at different stages recorded higher plant height (18.71%; 16.82%), leaf area (18.61%; 15.92%) and total dry matter (18.29%; 17.63%) over control in both the years respectively. The results indicated that the growth characteristics like CGR, RGR and NAR increased with the spray of GA3 and NAA combined with macro nutrients (Urea, DAP, KNO3) due to increment in the leaf area and total dry matter production. Biochemical parameters like total chlorophyll content, NPK content, nitrate reductase activity and photosynthetic rate increased with the foliar spray of GA3 combined with nutrients compared to NAA combined with nutrients and nutrients alone and control in both the years of study. Yield components viz., number of bolls plant-1, boll weight, seed index, and seed cotton yield were significantly increased in Baskara hybrid compared to Bunny BG II hybrid in both the years of study. Number of bolls and squares dropped plant-1 reduced in GA3, NAA treatments compared to control. Foliar spray of GA along with KNO3 at different stages (T13) recorded significantly higher yield and yield attributes. Number of pods plant-1 (25.64 %; 20.01), boll weight (16.37% ; 18.36%) and seed cotton yield (30.88%; 25.60) were high with the spray of GA3 + KNO3 (T13). Fibre quality parameters viz., Ginning percentage, 2.5 per cent span length, bundle strength, and micronaire value were significantly influenced by the macro nutrients and growth regulator treatments. In terms of genotypic performance Bhaskara hybrid showed better performance compared to Bunny BG II. Among all the foliar treatments GA3 @ 30 ppm + KNO3 @ 2% spray at peak squaring, peak flowering, peak boll formation stage and peak boll developmental stage (T13) recorded higher growth, physiological efficiency, yield attributes and fiber quality traits.