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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 Landscaping × Author: ABROL, AMITA × Start date: 1987 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    EFFECT OF INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND PLANTING DATES ON COMMERCIAL FLOWER PRODUCTION IN CHINA ASTER (Callistephus chinensis (L.) NEES)
    (NAUNI,UHF, 2020-06) ABROL, AMITA; CHAUDHARY, SVS
    ABSTRACT The investigation entitled, “Effect of integrated nutrient management studies and planting dates on commercial flower production in China aster (Callistephus chinensis (L.) Nees)” was carried out at the Experimental Farm of Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni- Solan during 2018 -2019 in China aster cv. “Kamini”. During the studies, two experiments on INM and planting dates experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with 12 treatment combinations i.e. 100%, 85% and 70% NPK along with vermicompost, biofertilizers (Azotobacter + Arbuscular Mycorrhizae fungi) and replicated thrice. Half dose of nitrogen and whole of the phosphorus and potassium were incorporated in soil one week before planting according to the treatments. The remaining half dose of nitrogen was applied after 30 days of planting. Vermicompost was applied immediately after planting @ 1kg/m2. Azotobacter were applied by preparing slurry of 200 g of the inocula in one litre of 10% sucrose solution as root dip for 500 seedlings. The Arbuscular Mycorrhizae fungal consortia were applied @ 2 g/plant at the time of planting. It was observed that for cut flower production T12 (70% RDF + Biofertilizer + Vermicompost) with April planting improved most of the parameters viz. plant height (74.41 cm), plant spread (31.95 cm), flower diameter (5.79 cm), number of cut flowers per plant (20.86), number of cut flowers per square meter (333.73), duration of flowering (33.21 days); and vase life (13.92 days). For loose flower production production T12 (70% RDF + Biofertilizer + Vermicompost) with April planting improved most of the parameters viz. plant height (72.79 cm), plant spread (29.57 cm), flower diameter (6 cm), number of flowering stem per plant (11.04), number of flower per plant (30.31), number of flower per square meter (484.93), fresh weight of individual flower head (3.70 g), weight of flower per plant (66.91 g), weight of flower per square meter (1,070.59 g), duration of flowering (33.74 days), shelf life of flowers in ambient conditions (11.44 days), shelf life in cool chamber (4oC) (18.50 days), seed yield per plant (7.59 g), seed yield per square meter (121.41 g), 1000 seed weight (2.42 g), azotobacter count (31.09 x 10-5 cfu/g of soil) and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fung spore count (205.84 spore count per 50 gram).