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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: ARUN, BAJAD ANKUSH × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2016 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF MULCHING MATERIALS ON CHINA ASTER PLANTED DURING DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2017) ARUN, BAJAD ANKUSH; SHARMA, B.P.
    ABSTRACT The investigation entitled ‘Studies on the effect of mulching materials on China aster planted during different times of the year’ 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, Himachal Pradesh during 2015-2016. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design (factorial) consisting of 48 treatment combinations of four planting dates viz. , D1- mid of March, D2- mid of April, D3- mid of May and D4- mid of June; two cultivars namely V1- Kamini and V2- Poornima along with six mulching materials i.e. M0- without mulch, M1- Black plastic mulch (100 μ),M2-Silver plastic mulch (100 μ), M3- Transparent plastic mulch (100 μ), M4- Pine needle mulch (1 inch thick layer) and M5-Grass (1 inch thick layer). Among different planting times, D1 i.e. mid March planting improved plant height (107.70 cm), plant spread (55.54 cm), number of flowers per plant (72.54), duration of flowering (55.90 days), flower yield per plant (198.70 g), flower yield per plot (2384.41 g) seed yield per plant (14.30 g) and seed yield per plot (171.54) over no mulching. However, number of days taken for flower bud formation (108.24 days), 50 per cent flowering (124.46 days), flower diameter (5.47 cm), fresh flower weight (301.67 g), number of seed per flower (179.38), electrical conductivity (0.97 ds/m), germination per cent (83.92 %), seedling length (5.97 cm), seedling dry weight (7.09 mg), seedling vigour index I (763.79), seedling vigour index II (599.27), moisture content (7.83 %) and 1000 seed weight (1.94 g), seed density (0.33 g/ml) were recorded to be best in mid June planting. Among the cultivars, cv. ‘Poornima’ was observed with better plant height (89.34 cm), plant spread (47.09 cm), flower diameter (4.77 cm), flowering duration (51.39 days) and fresh weight of 100 flower (291.64 g) and number of seed per flower (187.30) as compared to cv. ‘Kamini’. However, cv. ‘Kamini’ was better over cv. ‘Poornima’ w.r.t. number of days taken for flower bud formation (98.78 days), 50 per cent flowering (118.25 days), number of flowers (57.16), flower yield per plant (158.62 g), flower yield per plot (1903.39 g), seed yield per plant (12.55 g), seed yield per plot (150.63 g), electrical conductivity (1.11 ds/m), germination per cent (80.47 %), seedling length (5.56 cm), seedling dry weight (5.11 mg), seedling vigour index I (649.49), seedling vigour index II (423.45), moisture content (9.28 %), 1000 seed weight (1.70 g) and seed density (0.33 g/ml). Use of Silver plastic improved plant height (84.48 cm), plant spread (48.39 cm), number of flowers per plant (47.89), flowering duration (51.53 days), flower diameter (4.73 cm), fresh weight 100 flowers (291.67 g), flower yield per plant (134.73 g), flower yield per plot (1616.79 g) number of seed per flower (170.10), seed yield per plant (11.98 g), seed yield per plot (143.75 g), germination per cent (80.17 %), electrical conductivity (1.26 ds/m), seedling length (4.79 cm), seedling dry weight (4.46 mg), seedling vigour index I (616.78), seedling vigour index II (368.48), Moisture content (9.35 %), 1000 seed weight (1.75 g) and seed density (0.30 g/ml) and also took minimum days for flower bud formation (115.91 days) and 50 per cent flowering (136.60 days).