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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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    Modeling and mapping of above-ground biomass, carbon, and productivity in Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary using multisource data and geospatial technology
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-03) Nanda, Krishma; Arya, Sandeep
    The present investigation entitled “Modeling and mapping of above ground biomass, carbon and productivity in Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary using multisource data and geospatial technology” was carried out at Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary (SWS) situated in Kurukshetra and Kaithal districts of Haryana occupying an area of 4,452.85 hectares during 2019-2022. The experiment was carried for forest area, density and tree species mapping, time series analysis and biophysical parameters. A total of 46 tree species, 44 shrubs and herbs, 14 species of creepers, climbers, parasites and hedges and 29 grass species were recorded in SWS. Ecological characterization was done through the assessment of floristic composition, basal area, density and IVI. Tree density was found ranging from 210/ha to 860/ha with a mean of 475/ha. IVI ranged from 2.97 to 142.5 for the tree species found in the study area. The IVI of the tree species in the study area suggested that Prosopis Juliflora, (142.50), Eucalyptus sp. (129.14), and Ficus Racemosa (22.47) were the dominant species out of all species studied. Various biodiversity indices such as Shannon-Weiner index (1.39), Simpson’s diversity index (0.68), Margalef index (1.48), and Evenness index (0.56) were calculated to compare the diversity and abundance of species in SWS. Forest density maps revealed that majority of the area was occupied by moderately dense forest (MDF) accounting for 37.74 % of the total forest area. While, the least was covered by scrub (5.81 %). Time series analysis of SWS showed considerable increase in forest area since past four decades and significant improvement in forest density over the years. Out of total 36 locations studied, ID 11 contributed maximum AGB accounting for (1701.6 tons/ha) followed by ID 16 (1251.1 tons/ha) both dominated by Eucalyptus sp. while the minimum was contributed by ID 20 (4.3 tons/ha) dominated by Syzygium cumini. The total biomass throughout the sanctuary ranged from 4.3 to 1701.6 tons/ha. Total carbon stock ranged from 2.0 tons/ha to 799.8 tons/ha with an average 161.8 tons/ha in SWS.
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    Performance of barley varieties under Melia dubia Cav. based agroforestry system
    (CCSHAU, 2019) Nanda, Krishma; Arya, Sandeep
    The present investigation entitled “Performance of barley varieties under Melia dubia Cav. based agroforestry system” was carried out at a farmer field in village Gillan Khera of district Fatehabad situated in western semi-arid region of Haryana during Rabi season of 2018-2019. The experiment was carried out to study the performance of five barley varieties (BH-902, BH-959, BH-885, BH-946 and BH-393) under Melia dubia along with growth of trees, moisture and changes in chemical properties of soil. The mean of various tree growth parameters viz. diameter at breast height (55.95 cm), tree height (15.70 m), and canopy spread (6.31 m) was recorded higher in intercropped trees compared to pure stand of Melia dubia. Plant growth parameters and yield attributes were reported significantly higher in open conditions as compared to under plantation. Different growth parameters viz. number of tillers, number of spikes, test weight were found higher in BH-885. Maximum grain yield was obtained in barley variety BH-946. Plant height at different stages of growth, number of plants per meter, spike length, biological and straw yield was observed significantly higher in BH-902. Barley variety BH-885 was recorded with lesser yield among both the conditions however, it had maximum number of tillers per meter, number of spikes per meter and significantly higher test weight. The soil pH and EC decreased more under plantation of Melia dubia plantation over control (sole barley). A considerable increase in soil organic carbon and available N, P and K content was also observed under Melia dubia based agroforestry system than under control (devoid of trees).A significant increase in soil moisture content was observed while going deeper in soil depth and vice versa while going away from tree row. Physiological parameters viz. photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration were found higher in open conditions whereas RWC and MSI were recorded higher in intercropped conditions.