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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: Statistics × Author: Alphi Korath × Author: KAU × End date: 1989 × Start date: 1980 ×
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    Pre-harvest forecasting of sugarcane yield
    (Department of Statistics, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 1984) Alphi Korath; KAU; Prabhakaran, P V
    Several yield prediction models were tried to examine their suitability for the pre-harvest prediction of yield of two varieties of sugarcane namely CO-997 and CO-62175 in different months of plant growth using biometric characters based on the data collected from the Sugarcane Research Station, Thiruvalla. The methods of multiple regression analysis, path coefficient analysis and principal component analysis were used for the above purpose. Multiple regression analysis using plant biometric characters revealed that cane yield could be predicted on the basis of observations on height of the cane, girth of the cane find estimated total leaf area per cane or area of third leaf from the seventh month after planting onwards with an accuracy in the range of 59*5 to 81.9 per cent. The estimated cane yield when multiplied by the number of canes in the plot will give an advance estimate of the plot yield Linear models with five biometric characters viz., height of the cane, girth of the cane, width of the third leaf determined from the selected plants of each plot and number of canes/tillers and number of leaves determined on a whole plot basis were sufficient to predict the plot yield of the crop as early as in the fifth month of plant growth with an accuracy in the range 68 to 90 per cent. Path analysis revealed that height of the cane and girth of the cane were the t wo important characters contributing towards cane yield in all stages of plant growth. Using the forecasting models fitted with principal components as explanatory variables, yield could effectively be predicted with 81.4. per cent accuracy for variety CO-997 and with 76 per cent accuracy for variety 00-62175 in the Sixth month of plant growth.