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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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    STUDIES ON IN VITRO REGENERATION OF ENDANGERED MEDICINAL PLANT NAG CHHATRI (TRILLIUM GOVANIANUM WALL. EX D. DON)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2019-12) KUMAR, VINAY; SHARMA, RAJNISH
    ABSTRACT The present investigations were aimed at “Studies on in vitro regeneration of endangered medicinal plant nag chhatri (Trillium govanianum Wall. ex D. Don)”. Plant material was procured from the natural habitat and different parts viz., seeds, roots, rhizome discs, rhizome buds, stems and leaves were used as explants for in vitro regeneration. Highest per cent survival 86.67%, 84.45%, 83.33% and 93.33% was observed in seed, root, rhizome disc and rhizome bud explants, respectively when treated with 0.2% carbendazim for 5 mins along with 0.1% HgCl2 for 3 mins while phytotoxic effect of different sterilants was observed on leaf and stem explants. Out of different explants used, rhizome buds showed 96.67% shoot regeneration on MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/l BAP, 0.5 mg/l kinetin, 0.5 mg/l GA3 with average shoot length of 4.33 cm after 4 weeks of culturing. Modified MS medium containing ammonium sulphate, 7.00 mM CaCl2and 0.2 mM Fe-EDDHA was used for shoot regeneration to overcome the problem of leaf chlorosis that was observed after one week from shoot proliferation. Substantial increase in the production of lateral buds and mini rhizomes was found on MS medium enriched with 6% sucrose, 0.5 mg/l BAP, 0.5 mg/l kinetin, 0.5 mg/l GA3 and 100 mg/l casein hydrolysate with 93.33% bud production. Higher concentration of sucrose, growth regulators (BAP & TDZ) and additives (casein hydrolysate & L-glutamine) showed significant effect on mini rhizomes production from in vitro derived lateral buds. Number of experiments were carried out for inducing in vitro rooting in regenerated shoots and mini rhizomes using different auxins on half strength and full strength media, respectively, but rooting couldn’t be achieved because of the browning of established shoots and mini rhizomes. Therefore, it was inferred that the present study would be helpful towards various in vitro conservation practices of this valuable medicinal herb in near future. Keywords: In vitro regeneration,Trillium govanianum, Rhizome, Lateral bud, Mini rhizome, Medicinal herb
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    PARTIAL MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF WILD AND CULTIVATED POMEGRANATE Punica granatum L.
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2006) KUMAR, VINAY; Kanwar, Kamlesh
    The present investigation on "Partial molecular characterization of wild and cultivated pomegranate (Punica granatum l.)" allows us to determine the phenotypic as well as genetic variability among pomegranate cultivars. Six pomegranate cultivars Daru (Wild pomegranate). Ganesh, G·137, Mridula, Musket and Kandharl Kabuli were taken for characterization and evaluation. Twelve morphological parameters were used for evaluation. Kandhari Kabuli was the best cultivars among six regarding fruit weight (g}, seeds/fruit, seeds weight (9) and more so seed taste. Four enzymes systems (PER, ACP, ALP and EST) were used for characterization. In RAPD study, 21 primers were used and yielded 198 scorable bands out of which 151 were polymorphic. Thirty unique bands were observed among 6 cultivars during the investigati\: The Jaccard's coefficient and UPGMA based analysis showed 0.62 to 0.83 similarities among these cultivars, also in cluster analysis Daru (Wild pomegranate) found to be far away from other cultivars. Lowest value of 0.62 was found between Ganesh and G-137, whereas maximum value of 0.83 was found between Kandhari Kabuli and Musket. This revealed that the origin of all cultivar from same parent but long ago.