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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: Genetics and Plant Breeding × Author: BADABAGNI, VISHNU × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2017 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    GENETIC STUDIES FOR AMENABILITY TO COMBINE HARVESTING IN CHICKPEA (Cicer arietinum L.)
    (Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, 2017) BADABAGNI, VISHNU; JAYALAKSHMI, V
    The present investigation entitled “Genetic studies for amenability to combine harvesting in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)” was carried out during rabi, 2016-17 at Regional Agricultural Research Station, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh, India to identify elite high yielding chickpea genotypes amenable to machine harvesting and also to study extent of genetic variability, genetic diversity and trait associations both under rainfed and irrigated situations. Thirty chickpea genotypes were evaluated in Randomized Block design with three replications each under rainfed and irrigated (two supplemental irrigations) conditions. The variability among the genotypes is highly significant for angle of primary branch, height of the first pod , days to 50% flowering, days to maturity, plant height, number of primary branches per plant, number of secondary branches per plant, SPAD Chlorophyll meter reading (SCMR), number of pods per plant, shoot biomass per plant, seed yield , 100 seed weight, protein content of grain under rainfed and irrigated conditions except for harvest index under irrigated condition. Elite genotypes with high per se performance, under irrigated and rainfed conditions which are amenable to combine harvest are NBeG 780, NBeG 857, NBeG 47, NBeG 863 and BG 3061. Exclusively under rainfed condition DBGV 3104 and NBeG 865 are noteworthy. Study of genetic variability revealed that height of the first pod, days to 50 per cent flowering, number of primary branches per plant and number of secondary branches per plant under both rainfed and irrigated conditions and plant height under irrigated condition exhibited high to moderate variability, high heritability and high expected genetic gain under selection suggesting that the selection for these traits will be effective for obtaining superior yielding genotypes with amenability to mechanical harvesting. Genetic divergence studies clearly distinguished 30 genotypes into five clusters under both rainfed and irrigated conditions. Promising genotypes along with high per se performance viz., NBeG 780, NBeG 857, NBeG 47, NBeG 863 and BG 3061 of cluster I in rainfed and cluster II in irrigated, GBM 2 of cluster II in rainfed and cluster I in xiv irrigated, ICCL 85213 and NBeG 865 of cluster III in rainfed, DBGV 3104 of cluster I under rainfed and GL 12021 of cluster V under both rainfed and irrigated are suggested to utilize in crossing programs to breed for high yield with amenability to combine harvesting. Correlation analysis revealed that number of secondary branches per plant, number of pods per plant, shoot biomass, harvest index and 100 seed weight exhibited positive and highly significant association with seed yield and also among themselves under rainfed as well as irrigated conditions. On the other hand, the association of height of first pod, days to 50% flowering and days to maturity were negative and significant with seed yield under both the conditions. Whereas, some deviation was observed in angle of the primary branches under irrigated condition and SCMR under rainfed condition where significant positive correlation was recorded. It is suggested that breeding for high yield should consider optimum crop growth period depending on moisture status of the soil. Major emphasis to be laid on shoot biomass and harvest index as evidenced from their high direct effects and indirect effects on seed yield with other correlated traits viz., number of secondary branches per plant, number of pods per plant and 100 seed weight. Despite significant negative correlation with seed yield, phenological traits days to flowering and days to maturity also exhibited indirect negative effects by two important traits viz., shoot biomass and harvest index. Thus in chickpea growing areas of Andhra Pradesh which are characterized by shorter growing season and where rainfall is rarely received during crop growth period, short duration varieties which mature before terminal soil moisture stress should be developed. The inter se association between traits like days to flowering and maturity, shoot biomass, harvest index and seed yield should be considered carefully in breeding programmes to breed varieties with matching duration of crop growth for rainfed areas and also to areas where facilities for supplemental irrigation are available.
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