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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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    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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    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.