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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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    COST EFFECTIVE IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF GINGER (Zingiber officinale ROSC.) CV. HIMGIRI
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2020-09) ANITA; THAKUR, Manisha
    ABSTRACT Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) is a perennial herb belonging to the family Zingiberaceae. In the present studies, cost effective micropropagation protocol of ginger cv. Himgiri has been developed by replacing sucrose and agar with low cost alternatives. 40 g/l table sugar and 15 g/l isabgol proved to be the best as a carbon source and gelling agent. Out of different combination tried, isabgol and table sugar showed maximum multiplication rate of 1:8 with average shoot length of 5.1 cm, following medium gelled with isabgol and sucrose which showed 1:7 multiplication rate with 4.4 cm average shoot length. With the increase in number of passages on medium gelled with isabgol (15g/l), rate of shoot multiplication and shoot length increased till 4th subculture. Maximum number of microrhizome per shoot i.e. 5 was produced on MS medium supplemented with 70 g/l table sugar, followed by 4 microrhizome per shoot on MS medium supplemented with 90 g/l table sugar + 0.9 mg/l BAP, after dark treatment. Rooted plantlets were transplanted on different potting mixture for hardening and kept in the glasshouse. Whereas, maximum per cent survival (90.6%) was observed on cocopeat : sand : FYM (1:1:1). Potting mixture drenched with 20 ml Jeevamrit (3%) and 5 ml of PGPR showed survival percentage of 95 and 41, respectively. Cost analysis of various components showed that there was a significant cost difference between control medium and low cost medium. Control medium was found to be the most expensive resulting in per plantlet cost of Rs. 0.46 whereas, on medium containing isabgol + table sugar and isabgol + sucrose it was Rs. 0.06 and 0.12, respectively. Per plant cost after 4 weeks of primary hardening was calculated to be Rs. 0.71 and Rs. 0.77 for plantlets regenerated on LCM5 and LCM2, whereas it was Rs. 1.11 on control, thus proving that isabgol and table sugar can be the best cheaper alternate to the laboratory grade agar and sucrose.