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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: KAUSHAL, SAPNA × Start date: 1987 ×
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    EFFECT OF DRIP IRRIGATION LEVELS ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF ALSTROEMERIA (Alstroemeria hybrida L.)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2017) KAUSHAL, SAPNA; DILTA, B.S.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled, “Effect of drip irrigation levels on growth and flowering of alstroemeria (Alstroemeria hybrida L.) was carried out under naturally ventilated polyhouse at the Experimental Farm of Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, (HP) during 2014-15 and 2015-16. The experiment comprised of ten irrigation treatments viz., T 1 = Surface irrigation (October- September), T 2 = 4 litres/m 2 (October- September), T 3 = 6 litres/m 2 (October- September), T 4 = 8 litres/m 2 (October-September), T 5 = 10 litres/m 2 (October- September), T 6 = Surface irrigation (Oct- Feb) and 125% surface irrigation (March- September), T 7 = 4 litres/m 2 (Oct- Feb) and 5 litres/m 2 (March-September), T 8 = 6 litres/m 2 (Oct- Feb) and 7.5 litres/m 2 (March-September), T 9 = 8 litres/m 2 (Oct- Feb) and 10 litres/m 2 (March-September) and T 10 = 10 litres/m 2 (Oct- Feb) and 12.5 litres/m 2 (MarchSeptember), respectively. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design and each treatment was replicated thrice. The data were recorded on various hydrothermal regimes and physico-chemical properties of growing medium as well as growth, flowering and yield parameters of alstroemeria cv. ‘Capri’ for two consecutive years. The results revealed that treatment T 10 was found to be most successful in the moderation of hydrothermal regimes of growing medium besides ensuring higher availability of NPK content. The said treatment also recorded maximum values for available nitrogen (398.97 kg ha -1 ), available phosphorus (61.14 kg ha -1 ), available potassium (253.23 kg ha -1 ), plant height (97.23 cm), stem length (92.25 cm), stem thickness (8.45 mm), number of shoots per plant (46.21), number of leaves per stem (41.26), number of flowers per stem (17.95), number of flowers per cyme (5.69), inflorescence diameter (9.28 cm), vase life (20.28 days), yield per plant (43.18 cut stems), yield per plot (172.72 cut stems), marketable yield per plot (164.08 cut stems), more benefit : cost ratio (2.97:1) as well as earliest flowering (93.58 days) except water use efficiency (0.34 cut stems m -2 l -1 ) which was recorded to be more in T 4 i.e. 8 litres/m 2 (October-September). As regards the effect of flushes, 1 st flush recorded maximum values for plant height (110.66 cm), stem length (106.27 cm), stem thickness (7.67 mm), number of shoots per plant (50.87), number of leaves per stem (42.74), number of flowers per stem (17.20), number of flowers per cyme (4.72), inflorescence diameter (8.75 cm), vase life (17.19 days), yield per plant (43.80 cut stems), yield per plot (175.16 cut stems) and marketable yield per plot (148.24 cut stems) except earliest flowering ( 57.14 days) and water use efficiency (0.32 cut stems m -2 l -1 ) which was recorded to be more during 2 nd flush. The interactive effects of treatments and flushes revealed that maximum values w.r.t. plant height (121.47 cm), stem length (115.92 cm), stem thickness (8.59 mm), number of leaves per stem (47.78), number of shoots per plant (61.66), early flowering (132.46 days), number of flowers per stem (21.83), number of flowers per cyme (6.27), inflorescence size (9.77 cm), vase life (21.09 days), yield per plant (57.62 cut stems) and yield per plot (230.47 cut stems), marketable yield per plot (218.95 cut stems) were recorded in the interaction T 10 ×B1 i.e. when plants were irrigated with T10 i.e. 10 litres/m 2 (Oct- Feb) and 12.5 litres/m 2 (March-September) during 1 st flush. Therefore, it is concluded that the application of water @ 10 litres/m 2 (October- February) and 12.5 litres/m 2 (March-September) applied through drip twice a week had been successful in moderation of requisite hydrothermal regimes and ensuring higher availability of NPK in growing medium and finally improved the growth, flowering and marketable yield of cut flowers including benefit: cost ratio of alstroemeria cv, ‘Capri’.
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    EFFECT OF PLANTING DATES ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF CHINA ASTER
    (2013) KAUSHAL, SAPNA; DILTA, B.S.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled, “Effect of planting dates on growth and flowering of China aster” was carried out at the experimental farm of Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P) during 2012. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design (factorial) consisting of 21 treatment combinations of seven planting dates viz., 6th April, 16th April, 26th April, 6th May, 16th May, 26th May, 5th June and three varieties namely ‘Kamini’, ‘Shashank’ and ‘Violet Cushion’. Among different planting dates, D1 i.e. 6th April gave best results for plant height (88.10 cm), plant spread (47.44 cm), number of flowering stems per plant (7.91), number of flowers per plant (37.58), yield of flower cut stems per plot (158.10). However, D7 i.e. 5th June gave best results for days taken to first flower bud formation (94.49), days taken to first flowering (105.80), flower size (5.51 cm) and vase life (10.12 days). Among the varieties, ‘Kamini’ gave best results for plant height (83.87 cm), plant spread (46.07 cm), number of flowering stems per plant (8.17), number of flowers per plant (41.97), flower size (5.79 cm), yield of cut flower stems per plot (163.20). However ‘Shashank’ took minimum days to first bud formation (91.67) and minimum days to first flowering (103.70). However ‘Voilet Cushion’ recorded longest vase life (10.14 days). Hence, it is concluded that planting of China aster on 6th April gave best results for most of the desirable growth and flowering parameters especially the ‘Kamini’ variety.