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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: Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry × Author: ANITHA, T × End date: 2018 × Start date: 2015 × Type: Thesis ×
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    GENESIS, CLASSIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF SOILS IN PAKALA MANDAL OF CHITTOOR DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH
    (Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur, 2015) ANITHA, T; Dr. M.V.S. NAIDU
    The present investigation involves study of genesis, classification and evaluation of soils in Pakala mandal of Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh. For this, seven representative pedons were selected in seven different locations of the study area covering all types of soils. All the seven pedons were described for their morphological features in the field and horizon-wise samples were collected and analyzed in the laboratory for physical, physico-chemical and chemical properties. The study area was characterized by semi-arid monsoonic climate with distinct summer, winter and rainy seasons. The pedons selected were located on plains (0-1%), very gently sloping (1-3%) and gently sloping (3-5%) topography. All the Pedons were developed from granite-gneiss parent material The morphological features indicated the presence of AC (Pedons 1, 2 and 6) and ABC (Pedons 3, 4, 5 and 7) profiles. The soils were shallow to very deep in depth, brown to dark greyish brown in colour, sandy clay loam to clay loam in texture and had crumb, sub-angular blocky and angular blocky structure. The clay content decreased with depth in pedons 3 and 6 whereas pedons 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 had shown no specific trend with depth. Physical constants like water holding capacity, loss on ignition and volume expansion xiv followed the trend of clay content. The bulk density increased with depth in pedons 1, 2, 4 and 6 while the remaining pedons showed an irregular trend of bulk density with depth. The soils were neutral to slightly alkaline in reaction, non-saline and low to medium in organic carbon. All the pedons registered low to medium CaCO3 status. CEC values were low to medium and exchange complex was dominated by Ca+2 followed by Mg+2, K+ and Na+. Chemical composition of soils revealed that all the pedons had high silica content indicating siliceous nature. Regarding nutrient status, the soils were low in available nitrogen, low to high in available phosphorus, low to medium in available potassium and deficient to sufficient in available sulphur. However, soils were deficient to sufficient in available zinc, deficient in iron and sufficient in available copper and manganese. Based on morphological, physical, physico-chemical, mineralogical and meteorological data, the soils of Pakala mandal were classified as: Pedons 1 & 6 : Fine-loamy, siliceous, isohyperthermic, Typic Ustorthent Pedon 2 : Fine-loamy, siliceous, isohyperthermic, Typic Ustifluvent Pedon 3 & 7 : Fine-loamy, smectitic, isohyperthermic, Typic Haplustept Pedon 4 & 5 : Fine-loamy, mixed, isohyperthermic, Typic Haplustept Based on the soil properties, the soils of the Pakala mandal have been classified into land capability classes and sub-classes viz., IIIse (Pedons 2, 4 and 7), IIIs (Pedons 3 and 5), IVse (Pedon 1) and IVsw (Pedon 6). The soil-site suitability evaluation of study area revealed that pedons 3 and 4 were highly suitable (S1) for sorghum and sugarcane and moderately suitable (S2) for groundnut. Pedon 4 was moderately suitable (S2) for rice and pigeonpea. Pedons 5 and 7 were moderately suitable (S2) for sugarcane and pedon 5 was moderately suitable (S2) and pedon 7 was highly suitable (S1) for growing of sorghum crop. Pedon 7 was highly suitable (S1) and pedon 5 was moderately suitable (S2) for growing of rice, groundnut and pigeonpea crops. Pedon 3 was marginally suitable (S3) for growing crops like rice and pigeonpea. Pedon 1 was highly suitable (S2) for rice and sorghum, moderately (S2) suitable for sugarcane and marginally suitable (S3) for groundnut and pigeonpea. However, pedon 6 was highly suitable (S2) for rice, sugarcane and groundnut, moderately suitable (S2) for sorghum and marginally suitable (S3) for pigeonpea. Pedon 2 was highly suitable (S1) for sorghum, moderately suitable (S2) for rice, groundnut and pigeonpea and marginally suitable (S3) for sugarcane.