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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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    EFFECT OF TREE SPACING AND INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT ON PRODUCTIVITY OF PULSE CROPS IN POPULAR (POPULUS DELTOIDES BARTR.) BASED AGRISILVICULTURE SYSTEM
    (COLLEGE OF FORESTRY DR. YASHWANT SINGH PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY NAUNI, SOLAN, 2012) MOHAMMED, MUKTAR; KASHYAP, S. D
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    Studies On Distribution, Growth And Biological Yield Potential Of Bamboos In Himachal Pardesh
    (Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry;Solan, 2010) Sanjeev Kumar; Bhardwaj, D R
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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
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    ETATION DYNAMICS AND LAND USE COVER OF ‘Ga3a’ MICRO-WATERSHED OF GIRI RIVER IN SOLAN DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA
    (UHF,NAUNI,SOLAN, 2010) MASOODI, HASEEB UL RASHID; GUPTA, B.
    ABSTRACT Present study was done in ‘Ga3a’ micro-watershed of Giri river located at 30o 50’ to 30o 53’ N latitudes and 77o 08’ to 77o 15’ E longitudes in Solan district of H.P. India”, with the aim to analyse its land use types through GIS and assess phytosociology, biomass and carbon stock of vegetation. Contours on toposheet in the scale 1:50000, acquired from Forest Survey of India, were digitized at 20m interval using CARTALINX 2.1 and the vector data so obtained was rasterised using IDRISI Taiga to produce Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of the area. It was stratified into three elevation classes viz. lower elevation (900- 1300m), middle elevation (1300-1600m) and higher elevation (1600m and above). 57.13% area of the watershed falls under lower elevation class, 26.40% under middle elevation class and 16.06% under higher elevation class. Socio-economic data was acquired from each elevation class through field survey. Stock map of the area available with Forest department was also digitized to identify forests at different elevation classes. Structural and functional parameters of trees, shrubs and herbaceous vegetation in every forest was studied by laying three sample plots of 0.1 ha each. Forests identified at lower elevation were: chir pine, ban-oak and mixed forest. At middle elevation chir pine and mixed forests were recognized and at higher elevation four forests viz., chir pine, ban-oak, mixed and deodar were present. At each elevation one grassland site was also selected to study its vegetation composition. Population density in the microwatershed was 219 km2 which is higher than the average population density of HP. The gender ratio (961 female per thousand male) in the micro-watershed is better than HP, which is good for the society. In all, 79 genera with 87 plant species were recorded in the micro-watershed. 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. Trees adversely affected the density, basal area and biomass of herbage thus grassland at all elevations exhibited higher values of these parameters as compared to forests. Total biomass under forests/grasslands at lower elevation showed the precedence; mixed forest (252.80 t/ha) > ban-oak forest (223.50 t/ha) > chir pine forest (186.00 t/ha) > grassland (16.26 t/ha). At middle elevation: chir pine (337.90 t/ha) > mixed (224.70 t/ha) > grassland and at higher elevation; ban-oak (421.50 t/ha) > deodar forest (311.80 t/ha) > chir pine forest (301.70 t/ha) > grassland (12.34 t/ha). Carbon stock accumulation in different forests/grassland at lower elevation decreased in the order: mixed forest (223.21t/ha) > ban-oak forest (205.42 t/ha) > chir pine forest (183.17 t/ha) > grassland (70.24 t/ha), at middle elevation: chir pine forest (260.23 t/ha) > mixed forest (205.19 t/ha) > grassland (91.62 t/ha) and at higher elevation: ban-oak forest (312.13 t/ha) > deodar forest (258.58 t/ha) > chir pine forest (244.11 t/ha) > mixed forest (241.66 t/ha) > grassland (85.59 t/ha).
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    EFFECT OF FOREST COMPOSITION ON REGENERATION AND GROWTH ATTRIBUTES OF CHIRPINE
    (UHF,NAUNI,SOLAN, 2010) MAHAJAN, ABHAY; GUPTA, N.K.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Effect of forest composition on regeneration and growth attributes of chirpine” was carried out in Nandal and Nagali forests of Solan Forest Division of Himachal Pradesh from nearly 1100 m to 1400 m a.m.s.l. In the study there were three periodic blocks (PB’s) under each type of crop, i.e., pure and mixed which were further sub-divided in to five sample plots of 20 m x 20m in both randomly for tree crop study. In each sample plot so selected, 5 recording units of 5m x 5m each and 5 of 2m x 2m each were randomly taken for shrubs and regeneration studies, respectively. The maximum number of recruits of Pinus roxburghii Sarg. was found in PB-I followed by PB-IN of pure chirpine crop. The unestablished regeneration of Pinus roxburghii Sarg. was absent in PB-IV of mixed chirpine crop. The maximum regeneration success and established stocking per cent of the species was found in pure crop for PB-I and PB-IV, respectively. Regeneration success of chir followed the sequence PB-IV>PBI>PB-IN. The floristic composition study revealed that among trees, Pinus roxburghii Sarg. and Pyrus pashia Buch. Ham dominated most of the sites. The maximum dominance of Pinus roxburghii Sarg. (162.12 IVI) was found at PB-I mixed crop, while for Pyrus pashia Buch. Ham, the maximum dominance (84.74 IVI) was found at PB-IN, mixed crop. Rubus ellipticus Linn.and Carissa carandus Linn.were found to be dominant shrub species in most of the PB’s in both pure and mixed crop. The similarity index value was, in general, more than 50 per cent for both trees and shrubs indicating vegetational uniformity in the study area. The maximum diversity for trees and shrubs was observed in PBIV and PB-I of mixed crop, respectively. The results obtained for various growth parameters of trees viz., total number of trees, total basal area and total standing volume indicates increasing trend from PB-IV to PB-IN and PB-I in pure crop. The maximum basal area (35.52 m2/ha) and total standing volume (207.11 m3/ha) of Pinus roxburghii Sarg. were found for pure chirpine in PB-IV and PB-IN, respectively. The per cent organic carbon, available nitrogen and available phosphorus showed a decreasing value with increase in soil depth while, soil pH and available potassium showed a reverse trend
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    GERMINATION STUDIES AND SEED OIL CONTENT VARIATION IN Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. FROM DIFFERENT SEED SOURCES OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI,SOLAN, 2011) MIR, KAFFEL AHMAD; PANT, K.S.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Germination Studies and Seed Oil Content Variation in Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. from different Seed Sources of Himachal Pradesh”, was carried out at the experimental laboratory of the Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P.) during the year 2009-2010. Effect of seed source (Geographic as well as altitude) on fruit, seed morphological characteristics, germinability parameters, seed oil content and quality parameters were assessed. The aim of the study was to determine seed source variation in fruit and seed traits of Sapindus mukorossi collected from twelve different sources, ranging from 530 to 1534 masl, in Himachal Pradesh, India. A significant seed source variation was observed in fruit and seed characteristics (size and weight), seed germination parameters (germination percent, germination capacity, germination energy, germination value, and germination speed) and oil content. The seed source of Chuwari (Chamba) was found as the best source in comparison to other seed sources studied under present investigation. Among fruit-seed and germination variables, the per cent germination showed significant correlation with seed size and weight. The study indicated that the multitrait selection might be essential in ranking the desired seed source, which offers ample scope to undertake screening and selection of seed source for the desired traits. However under present investigation it is the seed size which was observed to be an important variable in selecting and delineating seed sources.
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    EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SPACINGS ON GROWTH AND YIELD PERFORMANCE OF SOME AROMATIC PLANTS UNDER PLUM BASED AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM
    (UHF,NAUNI,SOLAN, 2011) SHEKHAR, CHANDER; KASHYAP, S.D.
    434 ABSTRACT The present study, “Effect of different spacings on growth and yield performance of some aromatic plants under plum based agroforestry system” was carried out at the experimental field of the Department of Soil Science and Water Management, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2009-10. The study was undertaken with the tripartite objectives of a) exploring the possibilities of successful cultivation of Matricaria chamomilla Linn. and Salvia sclarea Linn. as intercrops with plum trees, b) standardizing the best spacing combinations with the recommended dose of FYM @ 20 t/ha so as to have maximum yield and, c) appraising the system bio-economically to know as to which of the herbs, namely Matricaria chamomilla Linn. and Salvia sclarea Linn. can be more remunerative. The experiments comprised of ten treatments for each herb which included five different spacings viz., 20x20 cm, 30x20 cm, 30x30 cm, 30x45 cm and 45x45 cm in case of Matricaria and 30x20 cm, 30x30 cm, 30x45 cm, 30x60 cm and 45x45 cm in case of Salvia in combination with and without plum trees. The observations were taken at three stages (D1, D2 and D3) of the economic parts of each herb. The results revealed that both Matricaria and Salvia can be successfully grown under plum based agroforestry system by maintaining the appropriate distance between the plots of field crops with respect to tree basins. The plum trees had positive effect on the growth and yield performance of Matricaria and Salvia and were found healthier and more thriving underneath plum than in open field conditions. Among different spacings maintained, 30x30 cm in case of Matricaria and 30x45 cm in case of Salvia were adjudged to be the most ideal spacings for the highest oil yield. The root characteristics of aromatic herbs were also not adversely influenced by the presence of trees. The performance of both the herbs from oil yield point of view was found best at second stage (D2), as compared to third (D3) and first (D1) stage. On the basis of information generated through this study, it can be concluded that cultivation of Matricaria and Salvia with fruit plants like plum is a profitable alternative for traditional cropping systems and could successfully be cultivated as intercrops. The appropriate space combinations further improve the performance and production ability of intercrops by way of minimizing competition for critical resources. Both Matricaria and Salvia performed better under plum trees than open field conditions, however, the former excelled over the latter from the point of view of crop duration. Cultivation of Matricaria at 30x30 cm and Salvia at 30x45 cm spacings with the standardized dose of FYM @ 20 t/ha in combination with plum trees may, therefore, be recommended for better economic returns from the agroforestry system under rainfed conditions.
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    APPRAISAL OF LAND USE CHANGE AND FOREST CARBON STOCK USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUE
    (UHF,NAUNI,SOLAN, 2010) RANOT, MAMTA; SHARMA, D.P.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled, “Appraisal of land use change and forest carbon stock using Remote Sensing technique” were carried out in Nauni campus of Dr .Y.S. Parmar University, Nauni, Solan located at 300 51’ N and 760 11’ E with an altitude of 1250m above mean sea level in Himachal Pradesh to study land use change from 1998 to 2008, carbon sequestration potential of plantation species planted between 1985 to 1990 in the university campus. An attempt to assess the carbon stock distribution in various forest vegetation types in the campus through IRS (LISS III) was also tried. The area was classified into main six land use categories such as Culturable, Unculturable, Ban oak, Broadleaved, Chirpine and Habitation with overall classification accuracy of 65 and 71 % for 1998 and 2008, respectively. The area under Culturable, Banoak and Habitation has been found to increase by 183.33 %, 440 % and 215 %, respectively from 1998 to 2008 whereas Unculturable, Broadleaved and Chirpine categories reported decrease in area by 25.29 %, 16.51 % and 7.41 %, respectively from 1998 to 2008. Mean Annual Increment was reported maximum in Acrocarpus fraxinifolius (0.028 m3) followed by Eucalyptus terreticornis (0.026 m3), Populus deltoides (0.021 m3), Pinus roxburghii (0.020 m3), Salix alba (0.019 m3), Albizzia lebbek (0.008 m3) and Ulmus laevigata (0.008 m3) and Melia composita (0.008 m3), Grewia optiva (0.007 m3) and Acacia mollissima (0.007 m3), Quercus leucotrichophora (0.006 m3), Acacia catechu (0.003 m3) and Punica granatum (0.0003 m3). Among tree species carbon storage potential was in descending order as Acrocarpus fraxinifolius > Eucalyptus terreticornis > Melia composita> Pinus roxburghii >Populus deltoides >Ulmus laevigata > Salix alba > Albizzia lebbeck >Quercus leucotrichophora > Acacia mollissima > Grewia optiva >Acacia catechu >Punica granatum. IRS (LISS III) data failed to quantify the carbon stock of forest vegetation in the University campus.