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Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur

Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (renamed as Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in June, 2001) was established on 1st November, 1978.The College of Agriculture (established in May, 1966) formed the nucleus of the new farm University. It is ICAR accredited and ISO 9001:2015 certified institution. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has ranked this University at eleventh place among all farm universities of the country. The University has been given the mandate for making provision for imparting education in agriculture and other allied branches of learning, furthering the advancement of learning and prosecution of research and undertaking extension of such sciences, especially to the rural people of Himachal Pradesh. Over the years, this University has contributed significantly in transforming the farm scenario of Himachal Pradesh. It has developed human resources, varieties and technologies and transferred these to farming community enabling the State to receive the “Krishikarman award” of Govt. of India four times in row for food grain production among small states of the country. Today, the State has earned its name for hill agricultural diversification and the farming community has imposed its faith in the University.

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    OPTIMIZING MICRO SPRINKLER IRRIGATION SCHEDULING AND NK FERTIGATION IN GARDEN PEA (PISUM SATIVUM VAR. HORTENSE L.)
    (CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishavavidyalaya, Palampur, 2014) RANA, KHUSHBOO; Saroch, Kapil
    The field experiment was conducted at Water Management Farm, CSK HPKV, Palampur during rabi 2012-13 to optimize micro sprinkler irrigation and NK fertigation in garden pea (Pisum sativum var. hortense L.). The soil of the experimental field was silty clay loam in texture; acidic in reaction; high in organic carbon; medium in available nitrogen; high in available phosphorus and low in available potassium. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with three replications, consisting of nine treatments i.e. comprising of all the possible combinations of four irrigation depths (0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0 CPE) and two NK fertigation levels (50 and 100 per cent of adjusted recommended dose) plus one control (basal application of soil test based NPK fertilizer and surface irrigation of 5 cm). Micro sprinkler irrigation at 0.8 CPE resulted in higher soil water status leading to better shoot growth and dry matter accumulation which resulted in higher green pod yield and NPK uptake. Fertigation with 50 per cent of recommended dose gave comparable yields to 100 per cent recommended dose. Treatment combination of 0.8 CPE and 50 per cent recommended dose gave higher pod yield, NPK uptake and net returns. Water use efficiency was higher in micro sprinkler than flood irrigation.
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    EFFECT OF SPACING AND TRAINING SYSTEM ON PRODUCTIVITY OF CAPSICUM UNDER NATURALLY VENTILATED POLYHOUSE
    (CSKHPKv, Palampur, 2014) LONE, AASHIQ HUSSAIN; Sharma, V. K.
    An experiment was conducted during the off-season 2013 at the Research Farm of Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, to study the effect of spacing and training system on productivity of capsicum under naturally ventilated polyhouse. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications, consisting of nine treatments i.e. three plant spacings (30 cm x 45 cm, 45 cm x 45 cm and 60 cm x 45 cm) and three training systems (two shoots, three shoots and unpruned). Plants grown at wider spacing of 60 cm x 45 cm took significantly lesser number of days for flower initiation (35.6 days), 50 per cent flowering (41.4 days), fruit setting (50.3 days) and days to first picking (68.6 days) than intermediate an narrow spacing. Wider spacing (60 cm x 45 cm) also recorded significantly higher fruit length (8.2 cm), fruit breadth (7.8 cm), fruit weight (92.7 g), shelf life (8.6 days), pericarp thickness (0.78 cm), number of fruits per plant (21.1) and fruit yield per plant (1.8 kg) than other two spacings. The maximum fruit yield (844.0kg/100m2) was recorded under closer spacing of 30 cm x 45 cm. With regards to the number of shoots per plant, the treatment two shoots per plant recorded significantly higher fruit length (8.3 cm), fruit breadth (7.7 cm), fruit weight (92.4 g), pericarp thickness (0.79 cm), shelf life (8.5 days) and ascorbic acid content (86mg/100g).Where as retaining three shoots per plant recorded significantly higher fruit yield per plant (1.76 kg) and fruit yield (855.0kg/100m2). Plants spaced at 30 cm x 45 cm and trained to three shoots registered maximum net returns and benefit: cost ratio (Rs.16525 and 1.39) followed by three shoot plants grown at 45 cm x 45 cm spacing (Rs.15369 and 1.31). The lowest net returns and benefit: cost ratio (Rs.8184 and 0.71) were registered from unpruned plants spaced at 60 cm x 45 cm.