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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 SEED TREATMENT WITH BOTANICALS ON SEED QUALITY AND STORABILITY OF GREEN GRAM
    (ACHARYA N G RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, 2024-05-16) B. DURGA BHAVANI; Dr. K. RADHIKA
    The present experiment was carried out to understand the effect of dry-dressing with botanicals, recommended fungicide and storage containers on storability of seed of two green gram varieties, IPM 2-14 and LGG 460. The seed was treated with neem leaf powder @ 10 g kg-1 (T1), turmeric rhizome powder @ 10 g kg-1 (T2), moringa leaf powder @ 5 g kg-1 (T3), fenugreek seed powder @ 4 g kg-1 (T4) and Carbendazim @ 2 g kg-1 (T5 – Treated control). The treated seed, along with untreated control (T6) seed, stored in cloth bag (C1), gunny bag (C2), polythene (700 gauge) bag (C3) for a period of six months during 2021-22 under ambient conditions of Bapatla, Andhra Pradesh were evaluated for seed quality parameters and biochemical composition of seed at monthly and bi-monthly intervals, respectively. The data were analyzed statistically by adopting Factorial Completely Randomised Design (FCRD) with four replications. The results of analysis of variance indicated that the influence of seed treatments, storage containers and their interaction on storability and seed quality was significantly different at different periods of storage. Significant impact of seed treatments was noticed on moisture content and electrical conductivity of seed leachates from first month in both the genotypes, germination and seedling vigour index-I from first month in LGG 460 and from second month in IPM 2-14, protein content and phenol content from second month, seedling length from third month and total soluble sugars from fourth month of storage in both the genotypes. Storage containers had significant influence on moisture content and electrical conductivity of seed leachates from first month, phenol content from second month, germination and total soluble sugars from fourth month and seedling vigour index-I from fifth month of storage in both the genotypes. The significant effect of interaction of seed treatments and storage containers was observed on electrical conductivity of seed leachates from first month, moisture content from third month in both the genotypes, germination from fourth month in IPM 2-14 and fifth month in LGG 460 and seedling vigour index-I from fourth month in IPM 2-14 and sixth month in LGG 460. The results revealed that with the advancement of storage period, there was a progressive decline in germination, seedling length, seedling vigour index-I and protein xv content along with an increase in moisture content, electrical conductivity of seed leachates, total soluble sugars and phenol content in both the genotypes irrespective of seed treatments, storage containers and their interaction. Among the seed treatments, neem leaf powder treated seed performed better by recording higher mean germination, seedling length, seedling vigour index-I and low moisture content, electrical conductivity of seed leachates, total soluble sugars and phenol content in both the genotypes throughout the storage, while seed treated with moringa leaf powder recorded high protein content in both the genotypes at the end of storage. Polythene (700 gauge) bag was found to be the best packaging material for storing green gram seed as evidenced by recording more mean germination, seedling length, seedling vigour index-I and protein content along with minimum fluctuations in mean moisture content, electrical conductivity of seed leachates, total soluble sugars and phenol content compared to cloth bag and gunny bag during the entire period of storage in both the genotypes. Among the genotypes, IPM 2-14 performed better by recording high germination, protein content and low moisture content, electrical conductivity of seed leachates, total soluble sugars and phenol content after six months of storage, while higher seedling length and seedling vigour index-I was recorded in LGG 460 at the end of storage. After six months of storage, neem leaf powder treated seed stored in 700 gauge polythene bag maintained better seed quality with higher germination, seedling length, seedling vigour index-I and low moisture content, electrical conductivity of seed leachates, total soluble sugars and phenol content in both the green gram genotypes, while, higher protein content in IPM 2-14 and LGG 460 was recorded with neem leaf powder treated seed stored in cloth bag and polythene (700 gauge) bag, respectively among all the interaction effects. These storability studies using green gram varieties, IPM 2-14 and LGG 460, clearly revealed that it is preferable to treat the seed of these green gram genotypes with neem leaf powder and store in moisture or vapour proof packaging material i.e., polythene (700 gauge) bag to enhance the quality and storability of green gram seed.