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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 NANOSCALE ZINC OXIDE PARTICLES ON THE YIELD AND YIELD ATTRIBUTES OF MAIZE
    (ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, 2014) VENKATA SUBBAIAH, L; PRASAD, T. N. V. K. V.
    Revealing biological effects of nanoscale materials, especially in plants, is an important research area in bio-nanotechnology. Evaluation of the effects of nanoscale materials on agricultural crops is currently under exploitation. The present investigation was initiated considering the micronutrient deficiencies in the food crops especially the zinc. From the human health point of view, the enrichment of cereal grains with zinc is a desired outcome and in recent days there is an increasing interest in making the cereal grains with optimum zinc concentration. In the present study maize was selected as a test crop. Nano ZnO particles were prepared using modified oxalate decomposition method. As prepared ZnO nanoparticles were characterized using the techniques viz., UV-Vis spectrophotometer, Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and zeta potential analyzer. The mean size of the particles was found to be 25nm. A series of concentrations (50,100,200,400,600,800,1000,1500,2000ppm) of nano ZnO particles were examined to know the effect of nano zinc oxide particles on the germination, growth and development, yield and yield attributes of maize along with the bulk ZnSO4 and control. The highest germination percentage (80%) and seedling vigor index (1923.20) were observed at the 1500 ppm of nano ZnO particles whereas at the field level the physiological parameters such as plant height, leaf area, number of leaves and dry weight were significantly influenced by 400 ppm of nano ZnO particles. The yield (42% more when compared to the control and 15% higher compared to the ZnSO4 @ 2000 ppm) and yield attributes like cob length, number of rows cob-1, number of grains row-1 and test weight of maize grains were also highly influenced by the foliar application of nano ZnO particles (400 ppm). ICP-MS (Inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrophotometer) analysis revealed the higher accumulation of zinc in the grains (35.96 mg kg-1; 37% and 29% higher than control and bulk ZnSO4 @ 2000 ppm respectively) with the application of 100 ppm followed by 400 ppm (31.05 mg kg-1) of nano ZnO particles due to the net remobilization of zinc from the leaves to the grains during grain filling period; whereas at higher concentrations the zinc accumulation in the grains was low because of membrane saturation with Zn at higher concentrations. These results indicate that the nano ZnO particles have significant effects on the growth, development, yield enhancement of agricultural crops, maize in particular, and also enhances the zinc content of grains which is an utmost important feature in terms of human health perspective.