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Vegetable Research Station
Junagadh Agricultural University,
Junagadh - 362 001

1. Name of the Centre

Vegetable Research Station
Junagadh Agricultural University
Junagadh-362 001 (Gujarat)(India)

2. Year of Establishment

1962

3. Introduction

The Vegetable Research Station was established at Junagadh under the scheme for Research and Improvement in Vegetable and Fruit crops sanctioned during 1962-63. Other two schemes viz., All India Coordinated Vegetable Improvement Project sanctioned during April 1998 and Strengthening of Vegetable Research started from December 1991. At present, the multidisciplinary work is being carried out on various vegetable crops of the region. Two new schemes viz., National Agricultural Technology Project (in April 2000) and Establishment of New Research Centre on Onion Crops at Junagadh functioning from April 2002. One other scheme Establishment of New Research Sub Centre for Research in Garlic was transfer from Jamnagar to Junagadh. The main objective of this centre is to develop high yielding and diseases resistance variety / hybrid and their production and protection technology.

4. Faculty Information The information for Professor, Asso. Prof., Asst. Prof., A. O. & its equivalents.

Sr.	Name	Designation	Quali- fication	Total experience in years	Specialized subject	Topics of experience / expertise	Phone / Email (O) (R) (M) (Email)
1	Dr. L.K. Dhaduk	Rese. Sci. (G.& O. )	Ph.D.	25	Pl. Breeding & Genetics	Research, PG Teaching & Transfer of Tech.	(O) 2672080 Ext. 372 (M)99790 24114 E-mail : vrs@jau.in , lkdhaduk@yahoo.com
2	Dr. M. V. Kanzariya	Professor	Ph.D.	30	Patho.	Research	(O) 2672080 Ext. 372 (M)94282 41897 E-mail mvk@jau.in
3	Shri. M. P. Khimoria	Asstt.Res.Sci.	B.Sc. (Agri)	33	Agron.	Research	(O) 2672080 Ext. 372 (M)99257 28899
4	Shri A. G. Patel,	Asstt.. Prof.	M.Sc.	34	Pl. Br.	Research & PG Teaching	(O) 2672080 Ext. 372 (M)9824820808 E-mail : agpatel@jau.in
5	Shri I. J. Golani	Asso. Res. Sci.	M.Sc.	34	Hort.	Research	(O) 2672080 Ext. 372 (M) 94287 05387 E-mail : ijgolani@jau.in
6	Shri. V. K. Parmar	Agril. Officer	M.Sc.	1	Agron.	Research	(O) 2672080 Ext. 372 (M)9913200700 E-mail vkparmar@jau.in
7	Shri R. G. Chapla	-"-	B. Sc.	24	Agril. Subject	Research	(O) 2672080 Ext. 372 (M)9925989116

5. Agro-climatic information of the Center

(a) Name of the Agro-climatic Zone	:	South Saurashtra Agro-climatic zone –VI
(b) Rainfall	:	The average annual rainfall of this region for the last 40 years is 813mm .
(c) Soil	:	Medium Black Calcareous type with average depth of 30 cms
(d) Temperature	1. Annual Average Minimum : 20.0 ºC 2. Annual Average Maximum : 34.3 ºC
(e)Geographical Details	Climate :Subtropical, Latitude : 21' 5 N, Longitude : 70' 5 E, Temperature varies : 8 to 44 Degree Centigrade,
(f) Soil properties
Type :	: Medium Black Calcareous type
pH :	: 7.8
Organic Carbon	:	0.81 %
Available N2 :	:	210 kg./ha
Available P2O5 :	:	38 kg/ha
Available K2O	:	290 kg/ha

6. Infrastructure

(i) Total area of farm

Sr. No.	Type of Land	Area in hector
(A)	Cultivated Area	13.00
1	Irrigated Area	13.00
2	Un-irrigated Area	00.00
(B)	Non-cultivated Area	01.99
1	Area under road, quarters, godawn, shades etc	00.50
2	Area under well, drainage and bunds etc	01.49
Total Area of Farm :		14.99

(ii) Source of irrigation : Bore well – 3 Dug well - 2

7. Mandate

Ø Survey, collection and evaluation of germplasm for various vegetable crops.

Ø Maintenance and screening of germplasm for further improvement.

Ø Hybridization in important vegetable crops such as Brinjal, Okra,Tomato, Chilies, and Bottle gourd for the development of
improved/hybrid varieties.

Ø Introduction of potential new vegetable crops and their further study for adaptability.

Research for the development of vegetable production technologies and plant protection measures.

8. Objectives

v Survey and collection of germplasm for various vegetable crops.

v Maintenance and screening of germplasm for further improvement and evaluation of varieties for various vegetable crops.

v Improvement of different Vegetable crops through hybridization.

v To determine the suitable package of practices for different vegetable crops.

v To study the control measure of insect pest and disease in various vegetable crops.

9. Projects Operating at the Research Station

Sr. No.	Name of the Scheme	B.H.	Type of scheme	Funding agency
1	All India Co-Ordinate Research Project on Vegetable.	2013-1	ICAR	ICAR
2	Project For Research In Vegetable.	5013	Non-Plan	State Govt.
3	Strengthening Research in Vegetable Crops.	10013	Plan	-"-
4	Establishment of New Research Centre on Onion Crop.	10931	Plan	-"-
5	Establishment of New Research Sub-Centre for Research In Garlic	10133	Plan	-"-
6	Centrally Sponsored Scheme on spices	18126-02	Other Agency	National Horticultural Mission
7	Front Line Demonstration on Vegetable Crops	18246-15	Other Agency	Gujarat Horticultural Mission
8	Rashtrya Krishi Vikas Yojna	18247-04	Other Agency	Govt. Of India, Calicut

10. Research Activities

I Crop Improvement

1. Collection of new germplasm lines of different vegetable crops of this region.

2. Development of early maturing, disease and insect resistant varieties with better quality of various vegetable crops for this region.

3. Development of high yielding varieties of white onion and garlic with traits suitable for dehydration purpose.

4. Exploitation of heterosis in onion using cytoplasmic genetic male sterility.

5. Development of varieties suitable for off-season cultivation viz. kharif and summer onion, summer tomato, winter okra, cowpea and cluster been.

6. Development of salt and drought tolerant varieties of important vegetable crops of this region.

7. Crop of onion has great significance in day to day vegetables. Onion growing belt of Saurashtra cultivation of which is taken up by traditional methods. The scheme of onion research can help onion growers with improved seeds and latest cultivation methods.

II Crop Production

1. To identify efficient technologies for the storage of onion and garlic crops.

2. To develop weed management and irrigation technology in vegetable crops.

III Seed Production

1. Production of nucleus and breeder seeds of important vegetable crops.

IV Crop Protection

1. Management of important diseases of vegetable crops utilizing integrated disease management practices and epidemiological study of important diseases of vegetable crops.

11. Research Recommendations made for Farmers (Approved in Joint AGRESCO)

(I) Release of Varieties

(a) List of varieties developed by this station before inception of the G.A.U. (Before 1.6.72).

No	Name of Crop	Variety
1	Brinjal	Junagadh Selection-1
2	Brinjal	Junagadh Ravaiya
3	Brinjal	Junagadh Bhatta
4	Tomato	Junagadh Big Round
5	Chilli	Resham Patta
6	Bottle Gourd	Junagadh Long Tender
7	Indian bean	Valor Virpur
8	Onion	Junagadh Local (Pilipatti)

(b) Varieties developed by this station after inception of the G.A.U. (after 1.6.72 ) :

Sr. No	Name of the Crop	Name of the Variety	Year of Release	Yield Kg/ha	Parents / Pedigree
1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Brinjal	Junagadh Long	1984	30000	Doli-5 x Panchmahal
2	Brinjal	Junagadh Oblong	1984	28000	American Black Beauty x Doli-5.
3	Brinjal	Gujarat Brinjal Long –1	2001	31930	Pusa Purple Cluster x Pusa Kranti
4	Brinjal	Gujarat Brinjal Hybrid–2	2001	37600	JBGL –81 x JBGL –51
5	Tomato	Junagadh Ruby	1984	27000	Big silari x Pusa Ruby
6	Tomato	Gujarat Tomato-1	2002	27345	Pure line selection
7	Okra	Gujarat Okra-1	1986	17000	Pusa Sawani x IC 7194
8	Okra	Gujrat Okra-2	1999	17000	(S-81.20 x Manihot) x S-81-20
9	Garlic	Gujrat Garlic-2	1993	9600	Bulk Selection
10	Garlic	Gujarat Garlic-3	1999	7000 to 8000	Bulk Selection
11	Onion	Gujarat White Onion-1	2000	43000	Mass Selection
12	Indian bean	Gujarat Papadi 1	2000	8000	Pure Line Selection

(c) Varieties developed by this station after inception of the J.A.U. (after 1.5.2004) :

Sr. No	Name of the Crop	Name of the Variety	Year of Release	Yield Kg/ha	Parents / Pedigree
1	Sponge gourd	Gujarat Sponge gourd-1	2004	12600	Mass Selection
2	Brinjal	Junagadh Brinjal Green Round-1	2006	33952	Pure Line Selection
3	Garlic	Gujarat Garlic-4	2007	8933	Clonal Selection
4	Tomato	Junagadh Tomato-3	2008	38460	Pure Line Selection
5	Okra	Gujarat Okra Hybrid-2 Recommended for cultivation in Zone II,V,VI,VII &VIII of India	2008	11819	KS-404 x HRB-108-2
6	Brinjal	JB-2	2009 Uder Process	33000	Hybridization followed by Pedigree method of selection

II. AGRONOMY:

No	Crop	Aspect					Year	Recommendation
1	2	3					4	5
1	Okra	(a) (b) (c) (d)		Seed Production (Pickings) Sowing time and spacing in Summer Okra. Weed management (seed crop.) Fertilizers			1982 1997 1997 2002	Three pickings of green pods , prior to allow the pods to mature for S.P. Sowing time 25^th Jan. to 10^th Feb. at a spacing of 30x15cm. Pendimethalin 0.6 kg a.i. /ha. at pre-planting stage and 2 hand weeding at 25 and 50 days after sowing. Application of 150 Kg N and 50 kg P₂O₅/ha for okra variety GO-2.
2	Cauli- flower	(a) (b)		Seed production (Sowing time) Fertilizer-cum-spacing.			1981 1997	Seed sowing in nursery from 25^th Aug. to 15^th Sept. Basal dose of 37.5 kg. P2O5 as a basal and 150 kg. N in two splits at 3 and 6 weeks after T.P. at a distance of 30x30 cm.

3	Onion		(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i)		Fertilizer for bulb production. Fertilizer for seed production. Storage study. Sowing time of Kanji bulb. Sowing time and spacing. Fertilizer cum spacing. Effect of sulphur fertilizer Fertilizer Planting Method	1982 1982 1981 1988 1988 1999 2007 2007 2009			37.5 kg. N and 37.5 kg P2O5/ha as basal dose and 37.5 kg. N/ha after 1month of T.P. 37.5 kg. N. 75 kg. P2O5 and 50 Kg. K2O as a basal dose and 37.5 kg. N/ha after 1month planting. The foliar application of 500 ppm Maleic hydrazide ( M.H. 40) 15 days before harvesting of the onion. Kanji should be shown from 20^th Sept. to obtain maximum yield. Seed sowing in nursery 20^th Sept. and T.P. after 40 days at 10 x 10 cm. 37.5 kg. N. 60 kg. P₂O₅ and 50 kg. K₂O should be given as a basal dose. 37.5 kg. N/ha should be given one month after T.P. spacing at 10 x10 cm 20 kg elemental sulphur per hectare should be given 20-25 days after transplanting in rabi onion. 37.5 kg. N. 50 kg. P₂O₅ and 25 kg. K₂O should be given as a basal dose. 37.5 kg. N/ha should be given one month after T.P. in kharif onion spacing at 10 x10 cm The Planting of Onion Bulb at 30 x 30cm gave highest economical seed yield
4	Garlic		(a) (b) (c)		Fertilizer Storage study Sowing time and spacing.	1982 1981 1993			25 kg. N. 50 kg.P_2O5and 50 kg. K₂O /ha should be applied as basal dose. 25 kg. N/ha one month after sowing, The foliar application of 1500 ppm Maliec Hydrazide 15 days before harvesting of bulb. . Seed sowing from 1^st to 21^st Oct. a distance of 10x10 cm.
5	Cabbage		(a)		Fertilizer and spacing	1991			40 kg. P₂O₅ as basal dose. 75 kg. Each of N at 3 and 6 week after T.P. spacing 30x30 cm.
6	Brinjal		(a)		Fertilizer cum spacing	1996			37.5 kg. P₂O₅ and 37.5 kg. K₂O should be given as a basal dose. 100 kg N in two splits at 3 weeks and at a flowering stage after T.P. at 40x40 cm spacing.
7	Bitter- gourd		(a)		Fertilizers	1999			30 kg. N 60 kg. P₂0₅ and 60 kg. K₂O should be given as a basal dose. 30 kg. N/ha at flowering stage.
8	Bottle gourd		(a)		Cultivation (Training and Pruning)	2000			Training and pruning of bottle gourd during kharif is not suitable to obtained higher fruit yield.
9	Tomato		(a)		Fertilizers	2002			120 kg. P₂O₅ should be given as a basal dose. 180 kg N in two splits at 30 days and at a 50 days after T.P.
10	Brinjal		(a)		Weed management	2002			Pendimethalin @ 1.00 kg a.i. /ha. at pre-planting stage and one hand weeding at 30days after T.P.
11	Okra		(a)		Varietal trial and sowing time	2005			The variety Varsha Uphar should be sown on 15^th June. It was passed in XXIII AICRP- VC meeting was held at Kalyani on April-2005.

III. PLANT PAHOLOGY:

No	Crop	Disease	Year	Recommendation
1	Onion	Purple blotch	1994	Three spraying of Ziram 0.15 % or Mancozeb 0.2 % or Carbendazim 0.05% should be done at the appearance of purple blotch and then two sprays at an interval of 15 days.
2	Chilli	Leaf curl	1995	Soil application of phorate 1.25 kg. /ha at the time of T.P. Monocrotophos 0.05% at 30 days after T.P. and then at 10 days interval.
3	Tomato	Late Blight	1996	Six sprays of Mancozeb 0.2% starting from 15 days after T.P. at an interval of 10 days.
4.	Cauli-flower	Damping off	1998	Seed treatment of Thiride 75% SD 2 gm/kg. Seeds followed by drenching of seed bad with Thiride 75 % W.P. 0.2% at 3 lt. /M at 15 DAS.
5	Ridge gourd	Downy mildew	2000	Spraing of Bordeaux mixture @ 0.5% or copper oxychloride 50% w.p. % @ 0.3%. First spray 40-45 DAS, then sybsequent sprays at an interval of 7 days.
6	Onion	Leaf Blight	2001	For effective control of purple blotch leaf blight disease of onion and weed management in rabi onion crop can be achieved by application of three sprays of Mancozeb 0.2% at an interval of 20 days starting from 25 days after transplanting and Pendimethalin @ 1 litre a.i. /ha. After 3 days of transplanting.
7	Garlic	Stemphylium Leaf Blight	2003	For effective control of Stemphylium Leaf Blight disease, first spray of Carbendazim 0.05% and subsequent three sprays of Haxaconazole @ 0.008 % or four spray of either Thiophanate methyl @ 0.05% or Mancozeb @ 0.02% during rabi season at 10 days interval starting from initiation of blight diseases.
8	Tomato	Early Blight	2005	For the management of early blight of tomato in South Saurashtra region, seed treatment with Captan @ 3 g/kg seeds and application of Carbofuran @ 1 kg a.i./h.a. in seed bed and covering of nursery with nylon net (400 mesh) after sowing and after transplanting four sprays of Mancozeb @ 0.3 % (ICBR 1:7.09) during rabi season at 15 days interval starting from initiation of early blight disease are recommended.
9	Garlic	Powdery Mildew	2007	Apply three spray of Thiophanate methyl 70 % WP @ 0.05 % (CBR 1:7.85) or Hexaconazole 5% EC @ 0.008 % (CBR 1:6.48) at 10 days interwal starting from initiation of P.M.

IV. PLANT ENTOMOLOGY : NIL

12. Achievements

(i) Seed Production for the year 2008-09 :

Sr. No.	Crop	Variety	Stage	Seed Production (Kg.)
1	Onion	GWO-1 (seed)	Truthful	5.00
		GWO-1 (bulb)	Truthful	840.00
		Pilipatti (bulb)	Truthful	60.00
2	Garlic	GG-3 (bulb)	Truthful	650.00
2	Garlic	GG-4 (bulb)	Truthful	150.00
3	Brinjal	JBGR-1	Truthful	33.00
		PLR-1	Truthful	20.500
		GBL-1	Truthful	11.500
4	Okra	GO-2	Truthful	124.00
5	Ridge Gourd	Pusa Nasadar	Truthful	9.100
6	Cluster Bean	Pusa Navbahar	Truthful	212.00
7	Bottle Gourd	Pusa Navin	Truthful	0.750
8	Cumin	Gujarat Cumin-4	Truthful	642.00
9	Coriander	Gujarat Coriander-2	Truthful	250.00
10	Fenugreek	Gujarat Methi-2	Truthful	559.00

13. Publications: (Include the publications published by Station only)

(a) Publications Useful to the Farmers: 2 Folders of various vegetable crops were published.

(b) Radio Talk: -5

14. Transfer of Technologies :

The technologies developed at this research station is being discriminated to the various extension agencies, N.G.O's,
farmers and students in the following ways.

Organizing farmers day at the station every two year
Participating in the ' Krushi Mela ', farmers days and Agril. Exhibition organized by University or other agencies.
Educating govt. officials in pre – seasonal training , diagnostic team visit and other training programmes
Conducting demonstration plot and organizing field days on farmers field.
Educating students during Kendra Nivas and to farmers during visit of this station

Through TV, Radio broadcasting, literature, press note, personnel / spot field diagnosis and letter etc.

15. Future Outlook :

Targets : To improve yield ceiling with superior quality parameters of vegetable crops.

1. Yield enhancement and stability in production of vegetable crops through verstile varieties / hybrids of different maturity groups
for different growing conditions

2. Quality enhancement through correction anti-nutritional factors and enhancing physical and nutritional quality of vegetable crops.

3. To develop input responsive varieties of vegetable crops.

4. To brace up production technology of vegetable crops that is more friendly to harsh environment in terms of sustaining and utilizing
natural resources i.e biofertilizers, water and land .

Mile stone :

1. Development of high yielding varieties having stable performance, consumer friendly quality and tolerance to biotic and abiotic
stresses.

2. Development of resources responsive varieties / hybrids of vegetable crops.

3. Production technology for specific crop system based on vegetable crops.

4. Identification of donors for major diseases, insect pests and quality traits.

5. Enhanced quality attributes that includes physical, nutritional and cooking quality and arresting antinutritional attributes.

Activities :

For obtaining above target the necessary activities will be carried out.

16. CONTACT

Dr. L. K. DHADUK
RESEARCH SCIENTIST (Garlic-Onion)
Vegetable Research Station,
Junagadh Agricultural University,
Junagadh-362 001 (Gujarat) (India)

Telephone Number With STD Code

Office

0285-2672080

Mobile

99790 24114

Residence

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Fax

0285-2672004

PABX

O285-2672080 to 90

Ext.

372

E.Mail

vrs@jau.in, lkdhaduk@yahoo.com

Junagadh Agricultural University . Junagadh 362 001 . India . +91 285 2672080 - 90 (O)

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II Crop Production

III Seed Production

IV Crop Protection

Brinjal

Junagadh Selection-1

Brinjal

Onion

Crop

Aspect

Year

2

3

4

Okra

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Year

Purple blotch