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Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur

The history of agricultural education in Kerala can be traced back to the year 1896 when a scheme was evolved in the erstwhile Travancore State to train a few young men in scientific agriculture at the Demonstration Farm, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram, presently, the Cropping Systems Research Centre under Kerala Agricultural University. Agriculture was introduced as an optional subject in the middle school classes in the State in 1922 when an Agricultural Middle School was started at Aluva, Ernakulam District. The popularity and usefulness of this school led to the starting of similar institutions at Kottarakkara and Konni in 1928 and 1931 respectively. Agriculture was later introduced as an optional subject for Intermediate Course in 1953. In 1955, the erstwhile Government of Travancore-Cochin started the Agricultural College and Research Institute at Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram and the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Mannuthy, Thrissur for imparting higher education in agricultural and veterinary sciences, respectively. These institutions were brought under the direct administrative control of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Animal Husbandry, respectively. With the formation of Kerala State in 1956, these two colleges were affiliated to the University of Kerala. The post-graduate programmes leading to M.Sc. (Ag), M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees were started in 1961, 1962 and 1965 respectively. On the recommendation of the Second National Education Commission (1964-66) headed by Dr. D.S. Kothari, the then Chairman of the University Grants Commission, one Agricultural University in each State was established. The State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) were established in India as an integral part of the National Agricultural Research System to give the much needed impetus to Agriculture Education and Research in the Country. As a result the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) was established on 24th February 1971 by virtue of the Act 33 of 1971 and started functioning on 1st February 1972. The Kerala Agricultural University is the 15th in the series of the SAUs. In accordance with the provisions of KAU Act of 1971, the Agricultural College and Research Institute at Vellayani, and the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, were brought under the Kerala Agricultural University. In addition, twenty one agricultural and animal husbandry research stations were also transferred to the KAU for taking up research and extension programmes on various crops, animals, birds, etc. During 2011, Kerala Agricultural University was trifurcated into Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) and Kerala Agricultural University (KAU). Now the University has seven colleges (four Agriculture, one Agricultural Engineering, one Forestry, one Co-operation Banking & Management), six RARSs, seven KVKs, 15 Research Stations and 16 Research and Extension Units under the faculties of Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering and Forestry. In addition, one Academy on Climate Change Adaptation and one Institute of Agricultural Technology offering M.Sc. (Integrated) Climate Change Adaptation and Diploma in Agricultural Sciences respectively are also functioning in Kerala Agricultural University.

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Subject: Agriculture × End date: 1979 × Start date: 1970 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Influence of different levels of calcium and phosphorus on the growth, yield and composition of two high yielding varieties of rice, padma and jaya
    (Division of agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural College & Research institute Vellayani, Trivandrum, 1970) Sivan Nayar, P N; KAU; Koshi, M M
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    Studies on the lack of response of phosphatic fertilizers to rice in the laterite soils of Kerala
    (Division of agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural College & Research institute Vellayani, Trivandrum, 1970) Akbar, A; KAU; Subramoney, N
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    Inheritance studies on the F2 generation of intervarietal crosses in rice
    (Division of Agricultural Botany, Agricultural college & research institute , Vellayani Trivandrum, 1970) Abdurahiman, P V; KAU; Namboodiri, K M N
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    Cytomorphological and chemical studies on intervarietal crosses of Capsicum annuum, L.
    (Division of Agricultural Botany, Agricultural College & Research Institute, Vellayani, 1970) Manikantan Nair, P; KAU; Mary, K George
    The cytomorphological and chemical aspects of four F1 hybrids of crosses involving five varieties of Capsicum annuum L. were studied . The variety ' Local blue' which possessed mosaic resistance , prolific bearing habit , long life span and high pungency was selected as the common seed parent. The selected pollen parents were, Russian, Indian long red , Chinese giant and Oskosh which were gifted with a higher content of ascorbic acid and sucrose and larger fruit size , but lacking the qualities of the common seed parent. 2. All the four F1 hybrids manifested a marked degree of heterosis in many economically important attributes like , carliness in blooming, number of leaves, number of branches, leaf area and chemical constituents like ascorbic acid and sucrose. 3. An intermediate condition was observed with regard to height , spread, number of fruits, fruit size and number of F2 seeds
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    Studies on intervarietal hybrids of tomato
    (Division of Agricultural Botany, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1975) Rema Bai, N; KAU; Mary K, George
    The present investigations were carried out in College of Agriculture, Vellayani during the year 1974-75. Five varieties of Lycopersion esculentum viz., YRFN-3, Mech9, VF36, Walter and Local were utilised for intercrossing. Investigations on the quantitative and qualitative characters, heterosis, hybrid sterility and sucrose content of the parents and hybrids were undertaken. Though the hybridisation work was done in all combinations, there was fruit setting only in fourteen crosses. YRFN-3 as male parent failed to cross with any other varieties except with Walter. In this case though fruit setting was occurred, seeds obtained were not viable. YRFN-3 as female parent also failed to cross with any other varieties except with Local.
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    Genetic studies in cowpea
    (Division of Agricultural Botany,College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara, 1979) Chandrika, P; KAU; Narayanan Namboodiri, K M
    Geneticstudies were undertaken with 202 varieties of cowpea (Vigna ungulculata L.) maintained in the germplasm collection of the Division of Agricultural Botany, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara. The studies conducted during the two khariff seasons of 1977-78 and 1978-79 were mainly directed towards estimation of the variability available in the collection, working out of the heritable components of the variability, identification of promising donor varieties for important characters and grouping the varieties into clusters according to the estimated genetic distances following the Mahalanobis D2-statistic.
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    Studies on the F3 generation of intervarietal crosses in rice
    (Division of Agricultural Botany, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1976) Thomas Mathew; KAU; Abraham, A T
    The present study was conducted in the Division of Agricultural Botany, College of Agriculture, Vellayani during the period from March to June 1974. Nine characters in the F3 generation of the intervarietal crosses of rice was studied. The crosses involves three local varieties, Navara, Ptb-28 and Ptb-29 and the two high yielding varieties , Anapurna and Triveni. Correlation of the yield with four characters was also studied. The characters, viz. flowering duration, plant height, total number of tillers, panicle length, grain yield, 1000 grain weight, ear weight and apikelet sterility are inherited quantitatively and are controlled by more than one gene. Spikelet sterility is more in the Anapurna X Navara cross
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    Effect of defoliation at panicle emergence and anthesis on grain yield in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
    (Department of Agricultural Botany, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1978) Syed Moshin, Ibrahim; KAU; Gopinathan Nair, N
    The contributions of the different leaves and the importance of the period between panicle emergence and anthesis to grain filling in three varieties of rice were studied by employing the defoliation technique. Jaya, a medium duration dwarf variety recorded the highest yield and yield components. Of the two short duration varieties the dwarf variety Jyothi performed better than the tall variety Ptb.10. Increasing the severity of^defoliation resulted in further reductions in yield. It was found that only the top three leaves are important in grain filling in rice. The contribution of the third leaf is lower than any of the other two leaves. Flag leaf and penultimate leaf are of equal importance in grain filling in rice. Defoliation stimulated the photosynthetic activity of the remaining green parts which compensated partially for loss of leaves. A short period of eight days between panicle emergence and anthesis was found to be important in grain filling in rice. Damage to the leaves by insects, diseases or other agents at the early heading stage could have drastic effects on grain yield in rice.
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    Mutagenic efficiency of gamma irradiation in sesamum
    (Division of Agricultural Botany, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1975) Ramachandran, Nair N; KAU; Gopinathan, Nair V