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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: Plant Breeding × Author: KAU × Author: Kuriakose Conil × End date: 1992 × Start date: 1990 ×
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    Correlation and path analysis in sesamum (Sesamum Indicum L.) under rainfed conditions
    (Department of Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, 1991) Kuriakose Conil; KAU; Sreekumari Amma, J
    A research programme was carried out at the College of Agriculture, Vellayani with twentyfive varieties of sesamum during the rabi season of 1989, in order to identify superior sesamum genotypes possessing high oil content and to asses the relationship between yield oil content and to assess the relationship between yield and other plant characters through correlation and path analysis under rainfed conditions in the rabi uplands. The design adopted was a randomised block design with three replications and observations were recorded from randomly tagged plants on 13 plant characters and the major weather parameters. Significant differences existed among varieties with respect to six characters studied. The variety C-6 had the maximum seed oil percentage of 56.96 per cent. The variation in oil content of seeds was largely due to genotypic differences. The highest estimate of 94 per cent heritability was shown by the character oil content of seeds, while the highest genetic advance under 5 per cent selection was shown by the character number of seeds per capsule. At the genotypic level, seed yield was positively correlated with plant height, length of the capsule, breadth of the capsule, root-shoot ratio, number of seeds per capsule, days to first flowering and oil content of seeds and negatively with number of leaves per plant and number of capsules per plant. The oil content of seeds showed positive genotypic correlations with number of seeds per capsule, days to first flowering and seed yield and a negative correlation with root- shoot ratio. Path analysis technique was not found to be satisfactory to explain the direct and indirect effects of plant characters since the residual values obtained were high. The variety ACV-2 ranked first among the five varieties identified as superior genotypes at 20 per cent selection. The expected genetic gain was estimated as 37.25. The maximum amount of drymatter was produced by the variety ACV-1. The variety NPG-3 had the highest amount of proline in its leaves. None of the varieties could be regarded as a 'proline accumulating' genotype. The highest percentage of soil moisture available was at 56 days after sowing. The sesamum crop received the highest amount of 25.5 mm rainfall during the 42nd standard meterological week and the lowest amount of 1 mm rainfall during the 50th standard meterological week.