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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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    Variation among Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh clonal plantations for growth and development for attack of insect-pests and diseases
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2022-12) Rajat Swami; Beniwal, R.S.
    The present investigation entitled “Variation among Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh clonal plantations for growth and development for attack of insect-pests and diseases” was carried out at two sites, namely CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar and Chhachhrauli block of Yamunanagar from June, 2021 to June, 2022. The growth and development of poplar for the observed period regarding height was seen maximum in WSL-110 (6.30 m) and GBH in WSL-83 (16.33 cm). The maximum susceptibility and incidence of leaf defoliator was seen in the clone WSL-83 with 40.97% leaf damage and 7.51 larvae/plant in 2nd fortnight of October at both the sites. The maximum incidence of stem borer was seen in the 1st fortnight of March in WSL-111 (3.08 holes/stem), whereas the maximum infection of leaf spot (60.94%) was seen in the clone WSL-110 during the 2nd fortnight of October at both the sites. The growth and development were maximum in clone WSL-110 and WSL-83, but for the incidence and susceptibility of the poplar to leaf defoliator, stem borer and leaf spot; the criteria identified viz. current annual increments in height and girth coupled with the occurrence of larvae/plant, holes/stem and leaf infection are the valuable parameters which may be given due importance for raising poplar successfully for plywood purposes.
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    Response of integrated nutrient management (INM) on growth performance of Moringa oleifera (Lam.) under nursery conditions
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2022-12) Ankur; Kaushik, Naresh
    The 'Drumstick tree,' Moringa oleifera (Lam.), is one of the most important species in the Moringaceae family. The nutritional factors make Moringa an important tree to cultivate. To produce a healthy tree we need healthy seedlings, considering this a study was carried out to standardize appropriate Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) strategies for optimizing the growth of the seedlings in order to obtain the best quality seedlings. A nursery experiment was conducted by raising seedlings in polybags filled with soil and different combination of organic, chemical and bio fertilizer of varying doses. Total 16 different treatments were given to Moringa and the fertilizers used were Urea, DAP, MOP, FYM, Poultry manure and Azotobacter. The results revealed that the shoot and root length, collar diameter and number of leaves were increased by INM treatments. Among all treatments T12 (poultry manure + Azotobacter +125% of NPK) performed better for all the major morphological attributes (plant height, collar diameter, fresh weigh, vigor index, dry weight, chlorophyll concentration). T16 (control) performed better for germination percent (100%). The economics of the study showed that the treatment T8 had maximum B:C ratio (3.72) with a net return of (Rs.318.18).
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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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    Evaluation and identification of potential tree willow (Salix Spp.) clones for waterlogging and salinity tolerance
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-01) Saini, Neha; Banyal, Rakesh
    Waterlogging and associated salinity problemsare throwing a serious challenge to the sustainability of irrigated agriculture in irrigation commands. Globally, it is increasing due to anthropogenic activities,local hydro-geologic phenomena and climate change.Thereis need to drain excess water and salts to make such areas suitable for productive functions through hydraulic engineering, mechanical and bio-drainage approaches.Under biodrainage approaches limited tree species are known that to in inland landscapes. Willow is one with remarkable water consumption,diverse with more than 500 species and out of which a few thrive well in tropical and sub-tropical regions. With this backdrop, the present study titled “Evaluation and Identification of Potential Tree Willow (Salix Spp.) Clones for Waterlogging and Salinity Tolerance” was conducted at ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal (Haryana) to have the tolerant potential tree Willow clones with their adaptability to submergence and evapo-transpirative capability. Three independent experiments were conducted to identify the tolerant tree willow clonesviz. (i) in induced saline stress for variable periods of 21 days each upto 105 days; (ii) in submergence of saline and non-saline waterfor varying periods of 7 days upto 28 days (iii) in waterlogged saline and non-saline scenarios in closed lysimeters. In screening and evaluation trial, WC1 (J799), WC2 (SI-64-017), WC3 (131/25) and WC9 (UHFS242) clones emerged as better performer in respect of survival, growth, physiological, biochemical attributes, anti-oxidative enzymatic activities and soil reclamation aspects. However, the least performer clone was WC4(PN731). Ascending order of clones based on relative cumulative Salinity Tolerance Index (STI) was WC3 (6.90)> WC1 (5.71)> WC2 (5.11)> WC9 (4.92)> WC5 (4.35)> WC8 (4.07)> WC6 (3.64)> WC7 (3.41)> WC10 (3.12)> WC4 (2.57).All the clones were also grouped intohighly tolerant (WC1,3&9), tolerant (WC2&5), moderately tolerant (WC6&8) and susceptible (WC4,7&10) category based on their respective performance against the imposed salinity stress. Saline irrigation upto ECiw 8 dS/m (moderate salinity) in tree Willow clones can be put to use without any significant loss but it can go upto 25 to 30 per cent in ECiw 12 dS/m (saline). However, the irrigation of high saline water (ECiw 16 dS/m) is not suitable for irrigation of tree Willow clones.Strong positive inter-dependence relation was observed through PCA in which first and second quarter of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) contributed 70.1 and 11.6 per cent variations in controlling the overall performance of clones. Biomass emerged as an effective indicator of salt tolerance in different morpho-physiological characters in ascertaining the salinity tolerance through correlation matrix. Salt exclusion mechanism was sensed in tree Willow clones regulating their individual performance in salinity stressed environment. Clones WC1 (J799), WC3 (131/25), WC2 (SI-64-017) and WC5 (UHFS62) were best performer in submergence with saline and non-saline water based on survival, growth, physiological and soil aspects.The ascending order of relative cumulative Salinity Tolerance Index (STI) values was WC1 (4.55), WC3 (3.90), WC2&5 (3.62), WC9 (3.16), WC6 (3.04), WC8 (3.03), WC10 (2.68), WC7 (2.27) and WC4 (1.51).Clones can withstand submergence with low (4 dS/m) and moderately (8 dS/m) saline water without any significant reduction in tolerant clones even upto 28 days but in saline (12 dS/m) and highly (16 dS/m) saline water the survival was at stake and many clones could not withstand high salinity in 7 days of submergence. Clones were grouped into highly tolerant (WC1), tolerant (WC3), moderately tolerant (WC2,5,9&8) and susceptible (WC4,6,7&10) category based on their respective performance against the imposed submergence and salinity stress. Water bio-drainedpotential of four tree willow clones were measured in simulated three scenarios (SC) of waterlogging with salinity of low (ECiw 4dS/m) and high (ECiw 10dS/m) level and non-saline (ECiw<1.0 dS/m) water. Clone WC1 (J799) out-performedthan the other three clones by registering the highest per cent increments in plant height (3.87, 14.5and 17.6%), collar diameter (6.37, 14.6 and 17.1%), longest branch (10.5, 17.2 and 22.0%) andcrown spread (14.7, 31.8 and 38.6%) in three seasons and also better in physiological aspects. However, the clone WC4 (PN731) registered lowest gain in growth and physiological attributes. WC1 clone displayed highest bio-drainage potential in terms of wateruse on season basis (287, 487 and 651mm) as well as annual basis (1425mm), followed by clone WC3 (131/25), WC2 (SI-64-017) and WC4 (PN731). Clones transpired highest water in SC1(1888mm) and lowest in SC3(561mm) on annual basis. Overall, clone WC1 (J799) showed higher bio-drainage potential and can be visualized as an option for managingwaterlogging and saline landscapes in future.
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    Morpho-physiological and biochemical characterization of wheat varieties under different planting geometries of poplar (Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh)
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-08) Rawale Gauri Bhalchandra; Sirohi, Chhavi
    The present investigation entitled “Morpho-physiological and biochemical characterization of wheat varieties under different planting geometries of poplar (Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh)” was carried out at an experimental field of Forestry Department, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar in an already established poplar plantation (Feb., 2017) at six different spacing viz., 3×3 m,4×3 m,5×3 m,6×3 m,7×3 m and 8×3 m. In the interspaces of different spacings and control (devoid of tree), four wheat varieties viz. DBW 221, DBW 222, DBW 187 and WH 1184 were grown in three replications during Rabi season of 2021-22 and 2022-23. The effect of different spacings of poplar on growth, physiological and biochemical aspect, yield attributes, yield and nutrient uptake of various wheat varieties were studied. The maximum DBH (26.94 cm), crown spread (8.16 m) in poplar was recorded in 8×3 m but maximum plant height (20.52 m) was observed in 3×3 m spacing. The various growth, physiological and yield attributing parameters of different wheat varieties were observed significantly higher in sole wheat varieties than under different spacings of poplar except chlorophyll content, relative water content, relative stress injury, canopy temperature depression which were observed maximum under 3×3 m spacing of poplar. Under different spacings of poplar based AFS, antioxidant enzyme activities were induced more in closer spacings than wider spacing i.e., glutathione reductase, peroxidase, ascorbate peroxidase and superoxide dismutase except glutathione peroxidase and total soluble sugar activities at both the stages of observation. Maximum average reduction in grain yield (44.8 and 50.1 %) was recorded under 3×3 m spacing of poplar followed by 4×3 m (36.1 and 40.4 %), 5×3 m (31.4 and 35.3 %), 6×3 m (26.9 and 30.8 %), 7×3 m (21.7 and 24.5 %) and minimum in 8×3 m (17.9 and 18.8 %) over control during 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively. However, among different wheat varieties, maximum reduction of 47.55 and 52.14 % in grain yield was recorded in wheat variety DBW 221 under 3×3 m spacing of poplar and minimum 15.56 and 17.80 % in DBW 187 under 8×3 m spacing over control during 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively. Soil pH and EC decreased significantly higher under poplar plantation than in sole wheat crop. A significant increase in soil organic carbon, available N, P, K and DTPA extractable micronutrients (Zn, Cu, Mn and Fe) was observed in different soil profile (0-15, 15-30 and 30-45 cm) under poplar plantation than sole crop. The total N, P K and micronutrients uptake by grain and straw was observed maximum in variety DBW 187 and minimum in DBW 221. The moisture content was observed higher under poplar plantation than sole crop in different soil depths under study. Further, the soil moisture content increased with the increase in distance from the tree line. The average per cent light available to understory crops was maximum at 01:00 p.m. in the month of January, 2022 (98.64 %) under 8×3 m and minimum at 07:00 a.m. in the month of November, 2021 (17.07 %) under 3×3 m spacing. The air temperature was observed slightly lesser under poplar plantation than open environment (devoid of trees), however a reverse pattern was observed in relative humidity. Therefore, on the basis of morphological, physiological and biochemical study concluded that the intercropping in wider spacing is more suitable for yield attributing traits and variety DBW 187 was found more tolerant to different abiotic stress.
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    Performance of sorghum varieties and nutrient uptake under agri-silvi-horti system in semi-arid region
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-08) Rao, Bhumika; Sushil Kumari
    The present investigation entitled “Performance of sorghum varieties and nutrient uptake under agri-silvi-horti system in semi-arid region” was carried out at the research farm of the Department of Forestry, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during the Kharif season of 2022-23 to study the effect of Eucalyptus tereticornis and Psidium guajava based agri- silvi-horti system spaced at 7 × 8 m on growth, yield attributes and of six wheat varieties of four sorghum varieties viz. CSV 32F, CSV 21F, HJ 513, and Duggi. During the study period, the growth parameters of eucalypts and guava plantation showed an increment in the mean height, GBH and crown spread. The mean height, GBH and crown spread of eucalypts after harvest of sorghum crop was 13.61 m, 69.39 cm, and 4.4 m, respectively, and for guava, it was 3.8 m, 21.35 cm, and 4.1 m, respectively after harvest of sorghum crop. A significant increase in soil organic carbon, available N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S and DTPA extractable micronutrients (Zn, Fe, Cu and Mn) was observed at all soil depths (0-15, 15-30 and 30-45 cm) under agri-silvi-horti system than in control. The various growth, quality and yield attributing parameters of different sorghum varieties under study were observed significantly higher in sole sorghum crop (devoid of trees) than under the eucalypts-guava based agri-silvi-horti system. Maximum reduction in fresh fodder yield was observed under Duggi (45.15 %) followed by HJ 513 (39.06 %), CSV 32F (37.41%), and CSV 21F (37.25%). Under agri-silvi-horti system, variety Duggi was shown to be highly susceptible to shade and exhibited lesser yield and other growth attributing traits. All Quality parameters TSS, crude fiber, crude protein, and HCN were found higher under agri-silvi-horti system as compared to control (except TSS). Eucalyptus tereticornis and Psidium guajava based agri- silvi-horti system significantly increased the soil microbial biomass carbon and potentially mineralizable nitrogen by 34 % and 76 % respectively.
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    Effect of organic fertilizers on various wheat varieties under Casuarina (Casuarina junghuhniana) based agroforestry system
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-07-12) Shivam; Arya, Sandeep
    The present investigation entitled “Effect of organic fertilizers on various wheat varieties under a casuarina (Casuarina junghuhniana) based agroforestry system” was conducted at the Department of Forestry, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, during the Rabi season of 2022- 23 to investigate the effect of organic fertilizers under Casuarina plantation planted at spacings of 5 × 3 m on growth, physiology and yield attributes of wheat crop. During the research period, the casuarina tree’s growth parameters increased by 0.4 m in height, 1.85 cm in girth and 0.2 m in crown spread. With varied levels of organic fertilizers, a significantly higher rise in soil organic carbon, available N, P, K and DTPA extractable micronutrients (Zn, Fe, Cu and Mn) was observed under casuarina based agroforestry system than in control (devoid of trees). At all the soil depths, the moisture content was discovered to be lower under casuarina based agroforestry system than in the control. The reduction in light available to understory crops ranged from 54.5 to 59.3%. The temperature was marginally lower in the casuarina plantation than in the control, but the relative humidity was higher during the crop growth period. Except for relative stress injury (%), nitrogen balance index (NBI), chlorophyll index (CHI) and canopy temperature depression (CTD, °C), the various growth, physiological and yieldattributing parameters of different wheat varieties under study were significantly higher in sole wheat crop than under casuarina based agroforestry system. Wheat variety WH 1270 had the highest test weight, dry matter accumulation (g/mrl), grain yield (t/ha) and harvest index (%) under casuarina based agroforestry system. Whereas wheat variety WH 1142 exhibited the greatest percentage reduction in grain yield (35.31%) over control followed by WH 1270 (34.7%), WH 1124 (34.49%) and WH 1184 (34.02%).Variety WH 1142 was shown to be particularly vulnerable to shade and to have inferior growth, yield-contributing characteristics and yield (as the biological yield was lowered by 33.6% and grain production was reduced by 35.31%) under casuarina based agroforestry system. Wheat varieties showed the greatest response to treatment T1 (RDN), which can be seen in the comparative results of nitrogen balance index, chlorophyll index, yield and yield attributes of wheat crop with treatment T1 (150 kg/ha RDN through inorganic fertilizers).
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    Effect of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm.) spacing on performance of raya varieties
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2023-07) Shivani; Dalal, Virender
    The present study entitled "Effect of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm.) spacing on performance of raya varieties" was conducted in the Department of Forestry during the year 2022-23. The performance of four raya varieties (CS 54, CS 56, CS 58, CS 60 grown as sole crop and sown in different spacing of eucalypts based agroforestry were noted to ascertain the effect of environment on growth, yield attributes yield and oil content. Various growth, physiological, phenological, and yield attributing characteristics of different raya varieties were observed significantly higher in sole raya crop (devoid of tree) than eucalypts plantation except for days to seedling emergence, 50% flowering and maturity. Among the various varieties, CS 58 was recorded as the best performing variety in all the spacing revealing its high potential in both sole and agroforestry but in 9 × 3m spacing variety CS 60 is superior. Mean yield reduction over control in different spacings was 22 %, 52 %, 59 %, 74% in 9 × 3, 8 × 3, 7 × 3 ,6 ×3 respectively. The maximum (2.72) B : C ratio was also recorded in eucalypts based agroforestry with raya variety CS 60 system under 9 × 3 m spacing.
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    Performance of wheat varieties under different spacings of poplar (Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh)
    (CCSHAU Hisar, 2022-07) Yadav, Sneh; K.S. Ahlawat
    The present investigation entitled “Performance of wheat varieties under different spacings of poplar (Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh)” was carried out at research area of Forestry Department, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar in an already established poplar plantation (Feb., 2017) at six different spacing viz., 3×3 m,4×3 m,5×3 m,6×3 m,7×3 m and 8×3 m. In the interspaces of above spacing and control (devoid of tree), five wheat varieties viz. WH 1184, HD 3226, HD 3086, DBW 88 and PBW 725 were grown in three replications during Rabi season of 2019-20 and 2020-21. The effect of different spacings of poplar on growth, physiology, yield attributes, yield and nutrient uptake of various wheat varieties were studied. The maximum GBH (73.63 cm), crown spread (6.59 m) in poplar was recorded in 8×3 m but maximum plant height (17.49 m) was observed in 3×3 m spacing. The various growth, physiological and yield attributing parameters of different wheat varieties were observed significantly higher in sole wheat varieties than under different spacing of poplar except chlorophyll content, relative water content, relative stress injury, canopy temperature depression which were observed maximum under 3x3 m spacing of poplar. Maximum average reduction in the grain yield (45.54 and 49.73 %) over control was recorded under 3x3 m spacing followed by 4x3 m (36.65 and 40.88 %), 5x3 m (31.90 and 35.74 %), 6x3 m (27.53 and 30.74 %), 7x3 m (21.98 and 24.78 %) and minimum in 8x3 m (18.39 and 20.49 %) during 2019-20 and 2020-21, respectively. Among different wheat varieties, maximum percent reduction of 47.83 and 51.84 in grain yield was recorded in wheat variety DBW 88 under 3x3 m spacing of poplar and minimum (15.79 and 17.95) in WH 1184 under 8x3 m spacing during 2019-20 and 2020-21, respectively over control. Maximum gross returns, net returns and B:C ratio were recorded in Poplar + WH 1184 based cropping system under 5×3 m spacing indicating that 5x3 m spacing of poplar intercropped with wheat variety WH 1184 is more economically. Soil pH and EC decreased significantly higher under poplar plantation than in sole wheat crop. A significant increase in soil organic carbon, available N, P, K and DTPA extractable micronutrients (Zn, Cu, Mn and Fe) was observed in different soil profile (0-15, 15-30 and 30-45 cm) under poplar plantation than sole crop. The total N, P K and micronutrients uptake by grain and straw was observed maximum in variety WH 1184 and minimum in PBW 725. The moisture content was observed higher under poplar plantation than sole crop in different soil depths under study. Further, the soil moisture content increased with the increase in distance from the tree line. The average per cent light available to understory crops was maximum at 01:00 p.m. in the month of February, 2020 (97.57 %) under 8x3 m and minimum at 07:00 a.m. in the month of November, 2020 (15.99 %) under 3x3 m spacing . The air temperature was observed slightly lesser under poplar plantation than open environment (devoid of trees), however a reverse pattern was observed in relative humidity.