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Teaching |
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staff is mainly engaged in imparting
teaching to graduate, postgraduate
and Ph.D. students. Besides teaching,
research work is also being carried
out leading to M.Sc. (Ag.) and
Ph.D. thesis requirements. In horticulture,
students are taught about fruits,
vegetable, ornamental horticulture, preservation of fruits and vegetables, medicinal and aromatic crops
and plantation crops. Every year
12-15 students in M.Sc. (Ag.) and
2-3 students in Ph.D. programme
are admitted. |
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Research |
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| i. |
Foliar
application of 200 ppm of NAA in
mid October alone or followed by
deblossoming is very effective
in reducing mango malformation. |
| ii. |
Aonla
cultivar Banarasi proved good pollenizer
for cultivar Francis and vice-versa. |
| iii. |
To
get heavy & quality winter crop and to avoid rainy season crop spray of 16.0 per cent urea
or shoot pruning (upper 30 cm part)
in Ist week of May proved useful. |
| iv. |
In
pomegranate, cultivars Ganesh,
Dholka and Kandhari have been found
more suitable for growing under
Central UP conditions. |
| v. |
To
improve quality and post-harvest
life of guava fruits, pre-harvest
spray of zinc sulphate at 0.4 percent,
20 days before harvest proved effective. |
| vi. |
20
g of Aspergilus niger (Pusa mrida)
as well as Trichoderma viride mixed
with 20 kg of F.Y.M. per plant
applied in the month of July has
been found effective against the
wilt disease of guava. |
| vii. |
In
the month of July application of
slacked lime (1.8kg) in Ganga Katri
area and zypsum (3.0kg) per tree
in uplands at root level has been
found effective against the wilt
disease of guava. |
| viii. |
Foliar
application of NAA (20ppm)+ potassium
sulphate (2.0%) + zinc sulphate(0.4%)
at fruit setting stage proved most
effective in reducing fruit drop & increasing yield, quality and shelf life of ber fruit cv. Banarasi Karaka. |
| ix. |
In
tomato cv. Angoorlata proved to
be best for colour retention in
prepared juice and use of sodium
benzoate found to be superior as
preservative. |
| x. |
In
case of gladiolus cv. Eurovision,
500 ppm GA3 applied as dipping
of Corm +spraying of plant after
45 days of planting was found most
effective, with regard to growth,
flowering and Corm production. |
| xi. |
In
rose Rosa bourboniana proved superior
as rootstock in influencing growth
and flowering of budded cultivars. |
| xii. |
In
strawberry cv. Chandler, foliar
spray of 0.4% ZnSO4 found most
effective in improving yield and
quality characters. |
| xiii. |
In
strawberry cv. Chandler, foliar
spray of GA3 at 100 ppm at flower
bud initiation found most effective
in improving growth, fruiting,
yield and quality parameters. |
| xiv. |
In
sweet lime stem cuttings treated
with IBA 1500 ppm+PHB 1000 ppm
exhibited improved shoot and root
development as well as success
and survival per cent. |
| xv. |
In
peach cv. Saharanpur Prabhat cuttings
treated with IBA 2000 ppm + PHB 1000
ppm + boron 50 ppm exhibited significantly
improved rooting, survival per cent
and vegetative characters. |
| xvi. |
In
Isabgol, application of 100 kg N/ha
and crop sowing on 15th Nov. improved
plant growth , delayed flowering
and crop maturity and gave higher
seed and husk yield. |
| xvii. |
In
aonla cv. Banarasi pre-harvest spray
of 1.5% Calcium nitrate improved
physico-chemical composition. The
maximum PLW(%) and spoilage (%) and
maximum TSS , ascorbic acid and minimum
acidity were also observed under
1.5 per cent calcium nitrate reatment. |
| xviii. |
In
strawberry cv. Chandler application
of Azotobactor at 6kg/ha resulted
better growth and higher yield of
quality berries with more propagating
materials. |
| xix. |
In
phalsa cv.Sharbati, spraying of of
GA3 at 50 ppm increased yield and
quality parameters and Ethrel at
1000 ppm resulted early and uniform
maturity. |
| xx. |
In
Gaillardia, application of 300 kg
N/ha and planting at spacing of 30x20
cm (high density) improved the flower
and seed yield under central U.P.
conditions. |
