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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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Subject: Agroforestry × Author: Sharma, Navneet × End date: 2012 × Start date: 2010 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    GIS based land use planning for watershed management
    (YSPU, 2012) Sharma, Navneet; Gupta, B.
    The present study was conducted in ‘Sd4e’ sub-watershed of Gambhar catchment located at 31 o 00’ to 31 o 03’N latitudes and 77 o 00’ to 77 o 06’E longitudes in Solan district of H.P. India with the aim to analyse its land use through GIS and assess phytosociological attributes, biomass and carbon stock of vegetation in forests/grasslands at different elevations during the years 2007 and 2008. The sub-watershed was delineated into three elevations a) E1 (850-1150m b) E 2 (1150 -1600m) and c) E 3 (1600m & above). There are 26 villages in the sub-watershed of which five are located at E1 , 20 at E 2 and 01 is located at E 3. Population density in the sub-watershed is 210 persons/km 2 and sex ratio is 988. Reclassified DEM of the sub-watershed revealed that 31.38% area is in elevation E 1 , 42.86% in elevation E 2 and 25.76% in elevation E3 . 80.97% area of the sub-watershed is under steep slope greater than 25 0 , 5.64% area is under moderate slope of 5-15 0 and 4% area is levelland with gentle slope of 0-5 0 . Hydrology model suggested that water flow accumulation is high in the villages like Garu, Kashmari, Chiyaman, Lachog and Nalkagaon whereas, moderate accumulation of water occurs in areas like, Damehar, Denwanda, Banota and Gandrori. NDVI maps indicated that the vegetation has increased in the area from 1998 to 2010. Land use change from 1998 and 2010 showed that areaunder dense and sparse forests have increased by 6.58%. Scrubland and grassland area has decreased by 2.49% and 3.54%. Infrastructure has increased by 4.75% whereas cultivated area has decreased by 6.62% while barren land marginally increased by 1.32%. The sub-watershed nurtures varioustypes of forests at different elevations. Nine forests viz., chir pine,mixed and khair forests at elevation E1 , chir pine, mixed and ban-oak forests at elevation E2 and ban oak, mixed and chir pine forests at elevation E 3 were selected for vegetation analysis. At each elevation one grassland site was also selected to compare its vegetation with forests. In all, 61 plant species in which 7 trees, 25 shrubs, 21 grasses, 2 sedges, 2 forbs and 4 legumes were recorded in the study sites. The density, basal area and biomass of herbage vegetation under different forests/grasslands at all the elevations increased gradually with the onset of rainfall in July and attained their peak values by August/September. The density, basal area and biomass of herbage vegetation under different forests/grasslands at all the elevations increased gradually with the onset of rainfall in July and attained their peak values by August/September. The peak density and basal area of herbage in grasslands ranged from 649.60 to 1347.90 tillers/m 2 and 29.99 to 65.70 cm 2 /m 2 while, in different forests it varied from 351.20 to 1005.30tillers/m 2 and 14.87 to 43.94 cm 2 /m 2 . Biomass of herbage in grassland vegetation fluctuated from 1.785 to 5.402 t/ha and under different forests it ranged from 0.637 to 4.657 t/ha. Total biomass (aboveground and belowground biomass of herbs + shrubs + trees) in forests/grasslands at elevation E 1 showed the precedence: chir pine forest > mixed forest > khair forest > grassland. At elevation E2 it was in the order: mixed forest > ban oak forest> chir pine forest > grassland and at elevation E 3 : ban oak forest > mixed forest > chir pine forest > grassland. Total biomass in forests ranged from 116.97 to 459.9 t/ha. Carbon stock accumulation in different forests/grasslands at elevation E1decreased in order: chir pine forest > mixed forest > khair forest > grassland, at elevation E 2 it was in the order: mixed forest > ban oak forest> chir pine forest > grassland and at elevation E 3 : ban oak forest > mixed forest > chir pine forest> grassland. Total carbon stock in forests (herbs + shrubs + trees) ranged from 56.40 to 224.67 t/ha. Grasslands at different elevations produced around 1/5 to 1/22 of the carbon stock in forests