The University of
Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad Campus came into existence on 1st
October 1986 by carving 12 districts of northern Karnataka.
It offers seven
under-graduate programmes, 36 Masters and 17 Ph.D programmes.
The university
has 33 agricultural research stations and seven teaching campuses
(north Karnataka) It has released 103 crop varieties, including
cereals (33), oilseeds (12), pulses (14), commercial crops (15),
fodder crops (11) and horticulture and plantation crops (18).
Various crop- production technologies such as integrated
nutrient-management practices, green manuring, development of
efficient N-fixing and P solubalising strains, identification of
profitable cropping systems etc. have been released to enhance and
sustain the productivity. Crop-protection technologies such as IPM
modules in cotton and redgram, release of cotton bollwarm-resistant
varieties like Abhadita and Sahana, charcoal rot resistant sorghum
SPV 462, wilt-resistant redgram Maruti, sterility mosaic-resistant
pigeonpea Asha, rust-resistant soybean PK 1029, rust-resistant
bread wheat DWR 225 are classical examples of success in
developing varieties.
The university Extension
programme covers Transfer of Technology centers, viz. Extension
Education Units (8), a model Agricultural Technology Information
Centre, NAEP Extension Co-ordinators (3), Audio Visual Unit (1),
Bakery Training Unit (1), Staff Training Unit (1) and Publication
Centre, and two IVLP centers.
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