Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, was established on 1st December, 1985 with the objective to promote education, research and extension education in the fields of Horticulture, Forestry and allied disciplines. Late Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the first Chief Minister and the architect of Himachal Pradesh perceived the importance of Horticulture and Forestry to develop and improve the State economy which led to the establishment of this University. Its history lies in erstwhile Himachal Agricultural College, Solan, established in 1962 and affiliated to the Panjab University. It became one of the campuses of Agriculture Complex of Himachal Pradesh University on its formation in 1970. Consequent upon the establishment of Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in 1978, this campus became its Horticulture Complex and finally in 1985, assumed the status of a State University, being the only University in the country engaged exclusively in teaching, research and extension in Horticulture and Forestry. The University is located at Nauni in Solan District of Himachal Pradesh, 13 km from Solan on Solan-Rajgarh Road, at an elevation of 1300 metres above mean sea level. Solan town is situated on national highway (NH-22) and is well connected by train and bus services. The University has four constituent colleges, out of which, two are located at the main campus Nauni, one for horticulture and the other for forestry, having 9 and 7 departments, respectively. The third College i.e., College of Horticulture & Forestry is located at Neri in Hamirpur District on Nadaun-Hamirpur state highway, about 6 Km from Hamirpur town and is well connected with bus service. The college offers three Undergraduate Degree Programmes i.e. BSc (Hons.) Horticulture, BSc (Hons.) Forestry and B. Tech. Biotechnology and MSc degree programme in a few subjects. The fourth college i.e. College of Horticulture and Forestry, Thunag (Mandi) is located at Thunag District Mandi. This college offer BSc (Hons.) Horticulture and BSc (Hons.) Forestry degree programme. In addition, there are five Regional Research Stations, 12 Satellite Stations and five Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) situated in different zones of the State.

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    PERFORMANCE OF Morus indica Linn. UNDER NURSERY CONDITION
    (2013) SINGH, LOUSHAMBAM ROMEECHAND; THAKUR, C.L.
    ABSTRACT The present investigations entitled “Performance of Morus indica Linn. under nursery condition ” was conducted at the experimental nursery of the Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, College of Forestry, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during the year 2012-2013. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (Factorial) with three replication. The study investigated the effect of IBA – chemical formulations, provenances and diameter classes on rooting behavior of Morus indica. The IBA concentrations ranged from 0.4 to 1.0%. Cuttings were collected from four different provenances namely Nauni, Dhaulakuan, Jacch and Hamirpur and were planted in nursery seed bed. Per cent sprouting, rooting, survival and growth characteristics differed significantly between treated and untreated cuttings. Cuttings from Hamirpur and Nauni provenances exhibited overall better performance in all the parameters. In diameter classes, diameter greater than 1.25 cm showed significantly better performance as compared to lower diameter classes. Treatment of cutting with the IBA- formulation of 0.6% significantly maximized sprouting (79.63%), rooting (74.06) and survival (70.14%) per cent. Nauni and Dhaulakuan provenances are found best among provenances for mineral nutrients and proximate principles. The percentage of proximate fodder analysis, viz., crude protein, crude fibre, total ash content, ether extract, and nitrogen free extract ranged from 18.18-18.50%, 10.27-14.34%, 10.87-13.83%, 5.95-7.22% and 49.16-52.69% respectively and mineral nutrient analysis recorded value of N, P, K, Ca and Mg ranging between 2.90 to 2.96%, 0.53 to 0.62%, 1.57 to 1.69%, 3.71 to 3.82% and 0.82 to 0.86% respectively. This species is considered as a moderate fodder species on which farmer bank up during the lean period when the grasses are dry, less digestible and unpalatable. Nauni and Dhaulakuan provenance exhibited maximum value of mineral nutrients and proximate principles and showed variation in the composition of fodder nutritional value of leaves. Promotion of multipurpose tree will go a long way in mitigating the fuel and fodder requirements of the people of hill states