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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: BEHARA, TUSHAR BALA × End date: 2009 × Start date: 2000 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    STANDARDIZATION OF DRYING TECHNIQUES OF ROSE (Rosa hybrida L.)
    (UHF,NAUNI,SOLAN, 2009) BEHARA, TUSHAR BALA; DILTA, B.S.
    ABSTRACT Investigations entitled “Standardization of drying techniques of Rose (Rosa hybrida L.)” were carried out in the Department of Floriculture and Landscaping of Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan during 2008-09 to find out suitable drying technique, media, temperature and duration for rose and storage duration for dried flowers of rose cv. First Red. Cut flowers at half bloom stage with 10 cm long stem were embedded in five drying media namely sand, silica gel, borax, mixture of sand and silica gel (50:50 v/v) & mixture of sand and borax (50:50 v/v). After embedding flowers were given different temperature and exposure duration treatments in hot air oven and microwave oven. In another experiment, flowers were dried in lyophilizer (freeze drier) in a temperature sequence where, the temperature of the flower chamber of freeze drier was increased from -5F to 25F with an interval of 5F each. The data recorded on different parameters like per cent moisture loss, anthocyanin content, total sugars were subjected to statistical analysis with factorial CRD. The keeping quality of dried flowers was assessed on the traits like flower colour, flower shape, calyx colour, calyx shape, stem shape and flower brittleness under both covered and open conditions for 0 day to 120 days. Maximum moisture loss and maximum total sugars content was obtained in the flowers which were dried in freeze drier. The anthocyanin content was maximum when flowers were embedded in borax and were dried for 3.30 minutes in microwave oven. The maximum presentibility till 120 days was 82 there in flowers embedded in the mixture of sand and borax and kept in microwave oven for 3.30 minutes compared to other treatments.