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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: Floriculture and Landscape Architecture × Start date: 1994 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    STANDARDIZATION OF GROWING SUBSTRATES AND NPK DOSES FOR GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF ALSTROEMERIA (Alstroemeria hybrida L.
    (2013) SINGH, JUJHAR; DILTA, B.S.
    ABSTRACT The present studies entitled, “Standardization of growing substrates and N P K doses for growth and flowering of Alstroemeria (Alstroemeria hybrida L.)” were carried out at the Research Farm of Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan during the year 2010-2013. The experiment was laid out in Split Plot Design having 20 treatment combinations of four growing substrates and five NPK doses, replicated thrice with four plants per plot per treatment. Four growing substrates viz., sand: soil: FYM (1:1:1, v/v), rai forest soil, rhododendron forest soil and cocopeat and five NPK doses viz., NPK @ 30:15:30 g/m2 (as soil application ), NPK @ 100: 50: 100 ppm once a week, NPK @ 100: 50: 100 ppm twice a week, NPK @ 150: 100: 150 ppm once a week and NPK @ 150: 100: 150 ppm twice a week. The data were recorded on various growth, flowering and yield parameters for three consecutive years. The results revealed that plants grown in rhododendron forest soil recorded maximum values for plant height (112.90 cm), stem length (109.00 cm), number of shoots per plant (23.48 ), number of leaves per stem (39.09), number of flowers per stem (16.48), number of flowers per cyme (4.10), inflorescence size (7.90 cm), vase life (17.20 days), yield per plant (37.44 cut stems) and yield per plot (151.20 cut stems) as well as earliest flowering ( 141.50 days), respectively except stem thickness (6.80 mm) recorded in cocopeat. As regards the effect of NPK doses, fertigation with 150: 100: 150 ppm NPK twice a week recorded maximum values for plant height (120.00 cm), stem length (115.50 cm), stem thickness (7.53 mm), number of shoots per plant (25.88), number of leaves per stem (44.09), number of flowers per stem (18.69), number of flowers per cyme (4.54), inflorescence size (9.08 cm), vase life (18.06 days), yield per plant (41.08 cut stems) and yield per plot (164.20 cut stems) as well as earliest flowering (137.70 days), respectively. The interactive effects of growing substrates and NPK doses reveals that the rhododendron forest soil when fertigated with 150:100:150 ppm NPK twice a week, recorded maximum values in w.r.t. plant height (124.80 cm), stem length (120.90 cm), stem thickness (8.13 mm), number of leaves per stem (48.61), number of shoots per plant (29.61 ), early flowering (132.70 days), number of flowers per stem (21.58), number of flowers per cyme (5.06), inflorescence size (10.79 cm), vase life (19.11 days), yield per plant (47.28 cut stems) and yield per plot (189.11 cut stems), respectively. From the present study, it is concluded that growing substrate comprising of rhododendron forest soil and application of NPK dose @150;100:150 ppm twice a week through fertigation is best for commercial cultivation of alstroemeria