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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: Biotechnology × Author: ANSHUL SHARMA MANJUL × End date: 2024 × Start date: 2020 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    DECIPHERING ROLE OF HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS (HSFs) IN TOMATO AND POTATO: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS IN RESPONSE TO DROUGHT AND HIGH TEMPERATURE STRESS
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2021-06) ANSHUL SHARMA MANJUL; ANSHUL SHARMA MANJUL; NATH, A K; NATH, A K
    ABSTRACT Potato and tomato are important global crops; however, biotic and abiotic stresses have greatly limited their production and quality. Abiotic stresses are further expected to have even more production and quality. Abiotic stresses in the face of changing global climate. Plant HSFs are the terminal components of a signal transduction chain that helps in the expression of various abiotic stresses genes. Fifteen HSF genes from potato and 27 HSF genes from tomato were identified from PLAZA 4.0 Dicots. HSF genes from both tomato and potato showed differential locations on the 12 chromosomes. Molecular weight of all the HSFs were found to range between 12.20 to 94.24 kDa. All the HSF proteins were found to be hydrophilic in nature. Comparative phylogenetic analysis of HSF genes in both tomato and potato revealed 10 major groups with several orthologous and paralogous genes. Five HSF genes were cloned, their sequences were submitted to NCBI database. Semi-quantitative expression analysis indicated them to play prominent role in imparting resistance against heat and drought stress. The vector pCAMBIA3301+TRV2 was used in the present studies for the preparation of VIGS construct. Two genes viz., HP1 and HP2 were inserted into the VIGS construct. The developed agro constructs, pTRV2:HP1 and pTRV2:HP2 mobilized into Agrobacterium, were used for the VIGS experiment along with pTRV1 mobilized in Agrobacterium in potato cultivar K. Surya. It could be concluded from the results of the VIGS experiments that the downregulation of HP1 and HP2 genes resulted in the stunted growth of the potato plants as well as no or very less tuber formation. The results indicated both the genes HP1 and HP2 to play an important role in conferring heat and drought resistance to potato plants.