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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: Environmental Science × Author: BHARDWAJ, ANUJA × Start date: 1986 × Type: Thesis ×
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    ASSESSMENT OF SOIL, WATER AND AIR QUALITY STATUS IN ROADS OF SHIVALIK FOOTHILLS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2021-07) BHARDWAJ, ANUJA; AGGARWAL, R K
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Assessment of soil, water and air quality status in roads of Shivalik foothills in Himachal Pradesh” was conducted during the year 2018-2019 in the Department of Environmental Science, Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The study aimed to determine the impact of road activities (national highway, state highway and link road) on air, soil and water quality, noise pollution and on the socio-economic conditions of the natives, to assess effect of dust accumulation on leaves as well as air pollution tolerance index of plants growing along the road. To undertake present study three sites (NH, SH and Link Road) were taken for study which further divided into two segments in each road. The observations on different parameters at each site was recorded during pre-monsoon, monsoon and post-monsoon season. The socio-economic impact of vehicular activities on the natives was observed on the basis of pre-tested questionnaire. The study revealed that SO2, NO2, VOCs and PM10 ranged from 6.16 to 7.86, 32.55 to 44.47, 3.04 to 6.54 and 71.61 to 115.21 μg m-3, respectively. The concentration of PM10 at NH was above the permissible limits. The soil surface pH varied from 7.00 to 7.42, EC from 0.32 to 0.75 dS m-1, OC from 0.37 to 1.48 per cent, respectively. Available NPK content in the soil ranged from 271.79 to 290.99, 26.43 to 40.10 and 184.93 to 212.73.64 kg ha-1, respectively. The concentration of heavy metals Cd, Cr, Pb, As, Cu, Ni and Hg ranged from 0.003 to 0.030, 0.013 to 0.043, 0.27 to 2.47, 0.013 to 0.03, 0.10 to 0.43, 0.013 to 0.047 and 0.22 to 0.84 mg kg-1, respectively. The mean values for the total microbial counts of the sampling site ranged as 35 x 106 CFU/g to 149 x 106 CFU/g, respectively. The surface water pH varied from 6.91 to 7.35, EC from 0.17 to 0.29 dS m-1, TDS from 140.12 to 175.54 mg l-1, turbidity from 2.34 to 3.87 NTU, respectively. BOD and COD ranged from 2.25 to 2.89 and 13.49 to 20.19 mg l-1, respectively. The concentration of chloride and nitrate in the surface water ranged from 14.36 to 30.15 and 3.12 to 4.89 mg l-1, respectively. The heavy metal concentrations, viz. Cd, Cr, Pb, As, Cu and Ni ranged from 0.004 to 0.021, 0.019 to 0.048, 0.021 to 0.049, 0.018 to 0.056, 0.021 to 0.054 and 0.014 to 0.029 mg l-1, respectively. The equivalent continuous sound level (Leq) varied from 45.42 dB (A) to 82.80 dB (A) and noise pollution level (Lnp) varied from 50.91 dB (A) to 86.67 dB (A). Leaf dust was accumulated maximum on the leaves of Dalbergia sisso. The APTI of the selected plant species ranged from 8.23 to 10.76 during premonsoon and 9.03 to 11.09 during post-monsoon. API was in order of Mangifera indica with highest API grade (6) and it was excellent among plants followed by Dalbergia sisso (5) in very good and Ficus palmata (3) in moderate. The road activities significantly affected the natives as NH and SH are connecting routes between tourist places so there was positive as well as negative effects, employment generation and financial upliftment are the key factors considered as benefits whereas, traffic congestion and noise pollution during peak tourist season are the main concern of the natives
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    ECOFRIENDLY MANAGEMENT OF THE PULSE BEETLE, Callosobruchus chinensis L. INFESTING PEA SEEDS WITH VEGETABLE OILS
    (2011) BHARDWAJ, ANUJA; VERMA, SUBHASH CHANDER
    ABSTRACT The present investigations on “Ecofriendly management of the pulse beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis L. infesting pea seeds with vegetable oils” were carried out in the Department of Environmental Science, College of Forestry, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P.). The vegetable oils of mustard, neem, karanj, cedar, apricot and olive at 1, 3 and 5 per cent concentrations were evaluated against Callosobruchus chinensis L. infesting pea seeds. Among the six vegetable oils, neem oil possessed reasonably high and immediate toxicity irrespective of its concentrations. It resulted 22.22 per cent overall mortality within a day of treatment, while in 3 days mortality increased to 55.56 per cent (3 and 1% concentrations were equally effective with 50 and 43.33% kill). After 7 days, highest mortality (90%) was observed in seeds coated with neem oil followed by karanj (77.78%), cedar (66.67%) and mustard (36.67%) in descending order of toxicity. After 10-days of exposure, complete kill was recorded in neem oil at 5 per cent concentration. On day-15, mortality in the control had substantially increased to 61.11 per cent. Egg laying was minimum on neem oil coated pea seeds (4.89 eggs/ 5 females). Progeny development from the eggs laid on pea seeds treated with neem and karanj oil was negligible. Maximum protection to treated pea seeds in terms of reduction in seed damage by C.chinensis was provided by neem oil (0.11%) followed by karanj (0.18%) and cedar (0.29%). Neem (91.33%) and karanj oil (88.67%) were the best and equally effective treatments, which even at 1 per cent concentration provided 89.33 and 84.67 per cent germination. Minimum incidence of Aspergillus sp. and Alternaria sp. was observed in neem followed by karanj, cedar, mustard and olive oil treated pea seeds. Incidence of Fusarium sp. was nil in neem, karanj and cedar oil and incidence of Mucor sp. was nil in both neem and mustard oil treated seeds. In case of vegetable oils as grain protectant all the vegetable oils were effective against pulse beetle up to two month of treatment, neem with 17.78 per cent and karanj with 14.81 per cent mortality were most effective against C.chinensis. All the tested vegetable oils at 5 per cent concentration inhibited oviposition and progeny development by pulse beetle up to three and five months of treatment respectively. Seed damage by pulse beetle was protected up to 5 months of treatment at 5 per cent concentration. Maximum seed germination was observed in neem (86.67%) and karanj (84.67%) and both were superior over rest of the treatments.