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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: Entomology and Apiculture × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2012 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Investigations on the pollinator fauna in selected eco-environmental conditions of Himachal Pradesh and promoting pollinator husbandry
    (YSPU, 2012) Sharma, Rajesh; Gupta, J. K.
    The present study on “Investigations on the pollinator fauna in selected ecoenvironmental conditions of Himachal Pradesh and promoting pollinator husbandry” were carried out in the Departement of Entomology and Apiculture, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P.). During the course of investigations, an initiative has been taken up to use standard protocol of sweep net method, counter method and pan trap to record base line data which can be used in future for making comparison of pollinators diversity in space and time. The studies were conducted in 3 different eco-environmental conditions of Himachal Pradesh. Forty seven insect species from blooms of different plants and 26 species from pan traps were found at Solan. The activity of wild honey bees, A. dorsata and solitary/other wild bees was found low as compared to earlier studies conducted by different workers in the same area. It is concluded that to characterize local bee fauna, there is need to supplement pan trapping protocols with the netting. On apple at Kullu, 9 species belonging to 6 families and 3 orders were observed. Some effect of distance from natural forest area on pollinator visitation and fruit set was visualized at Kullu. There was no effect of scented sugar syrup on directing A. mellifera to apple bloom. Further studies are required to work out the number of flowers for making scented syrup more effective in attracting the bees. Fourteen species belonging to 7 families and 3 orders were observed on apple bloom at Tabo (Spiti valley). However, in pan traps 12 species belonging to 7 families and 3 orders were trapped. Higher fruit set was observed at Tabo during 2011 when A. mellifera colonies were kept by farmers for pollination. Nesting sites of different solitary bees viz. Halictus sp., Ceratina sp. and Megachile sp. were located from Solan, Kullu and Tabo, respectively.