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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: KANWAR, PRIYANKA × Start date: 1986 × Type: Thesis ×
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    EFFECT OF BIOSTIMULANTS ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF GLADIOLUS (GLADIOLUS GRANDIFLORUS L.) CV. RED BEAUTY
    (DR. YESHWANT SINGH PARMAR UNIVERSITY HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE, SOLAN, HP, 2006) KANWAR, PRIYANKA; BHALLA, RAJESH
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    STUDIES ON COMBINING ABILITY AND HETEROSIS IN FRENCH MARIGOLD (Tagetes patula L.)
    (UHF,NAUNI,SOLAN, 2010) KANWAR, PRIYANKA; GUPTA, Y.C.
    ABSTRACT The studies on heterosis and combining ability were carried out during 2008-2009 following “line x tester” analysis. Four male sterile lines namely; ms7, ms8, ms9, ms10 and 18 diverse pollinators as tester were used to produced 72 F1’s. These F1 hybrids along with 22 parental lines were evaluated during summer (2009) and rainy season (2009) in Randomized Block Design. Observations were recorded on nine quantitative traits during both the seasons. Highly significant variances for all the traits indicated the sufficient variability in the parental material for all the characters under study. The performance of F1 hybrids was much better than the mean performance of parents during both the crop seasons. Appreciable heterosis was observed in all the characters, except flower weight in summer and plant height in rainy season. Among male sterile lines, ms8 (summer season) and ms9 (rainy season) proved good general combiners, while testers Spray Mix -1, Bonita Bolero and Safari Queen were the best general combiners for both the seasons. However cross combinations viz. ms8 x Hero, ms10 x Hero, ms10 x Cupidon Yellow, ms8 x Double Dwarf Lemon were the best in terms of specific combining ability during summer. Whereas, during winter the combinations viz. ms9 x French Bonita-3, ms10 x French Bonita-3, ms9 x Bonita Bolero, ms8 x Sunkist and ms9 x French Bonita-2 were best specific combiners. The phenotypic coefficient of variation was higher in magnitude than the genotypic coefficient of variation during both the seasons. The GCA and SCA effects were found significant for almost all the character. High heritability was observed for characters number of flowers per plant and flower yield during both the seasons. In both the seasons, the ratio of s2 GCA/ s2 SCA was less than unity for all the characters showing the preponderance of dominance variance. Thus suggesting selection in the later generations as more effective. None of the hybrids performed consistently during both the seasons. The best hybrid in summer season on the basis of yield per plant was ms8 x FM-786(145.91g/plant) while the best hybrid during rainy season on the basis of yield per plant was ms10 x French Bonita-1(155.73g/plant)