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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: Agronomy × Author: Abdul Haris, A × Author: KAU × End date: 1989 × Start date: 1982 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Nutrient management in snake gourd under partial shade
    (Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1989) Abdul Haris, A; KAU; Achuthan Nair, M
    A field experiment was conducted at the College of Agriculture, Vellayani during March – July, 1988 to study the influence of three levels of nitrogen (50, 70 and 90 kg/ha), phosphorus (15, 25 and 35 kg/ha) and potassium (25, 50 and 75 kg/ha) on growth, yield, nutrient content and uptake of major nutrients in snake gourd cv. TA -19, under partially shaded condition of coconut garden. The experiment was laid out in a 33 + 1 partially confounded factorial experiment in RBD with two replications, confounding NP2 K and NP2 K2 in replication I and II respectively. Higher levels of nitrogen had profound positive influence on growth characters like number of days taken for opening of the first female flower and its node of emergence, inter nodal length and total dry matter production. Higher levels of phosphorus had significant positive effect on the days taken for opening of the first female flower. Yield attributes like fruit set and harvest index were not significantly influenced by the major nutrients. However, control recorded a significantly lower fruit set than the treatments. Nitrogen and phosphorus levels significantly increased the male to female flower ratio. The yield increased linearly with respect to nitrogen levels. Phosphorus and potassium did not show any significant influence on yield beyond their lowest levels. Fruit weight increased significantly with higher levels of nitrogen. Fruit length and girth and the number of fruits per plant showed an increasing trend with varying levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium but were not significant. However, in all the cases, the control plots recorded significantly lower values for these parameters. The levels of nitrogen had significant positive influence on the protein content of fruit. The nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium contents in fruits and plants were significantly and positively influenced by their respective levels. The uptake of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium by fruits and whole plants were also significantly increased by their respective levels. In addition, nitrogen levels significantly influenced the uptake of phosphorus and potassium by whole plants and vice versa.