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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: SHARMA, PRIYANKA × End date: 2020 × Start date: 2018 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF PLANT SPACING AND SHOOT THINNING ON Godetia grandiflora (Lindl.)
    (UHF, NAUNI, 2018-10) SHARMA, PRIYANKA; GUPTA, Y C
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled, “Studies on the effect of plant spacing and shoot thinning on Godetia grandiflora (Lindl.)” was carried out at the Research Farm of the Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) from October 2017 to June 2018. Objective of the research was to find out the effects of plant spacing and shoot thinning for cut flower production of Godetia. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design (Factorial) with four treatment combinations replicated thrice.The observations on various growth ands flowering parameterwere recorded. Results revealed that Among three different spacing viz., 30×20 cm, 30×25 cm and 30×30 cm, plant spacing (30×25 cm) gave best result for parameters like plant height (79.89 cm), stem length of secondary branches (56.38 cm), number of cut stem per plant(9.95) and vase life (10.43 days) whereas maximum plant spread (50.71 cm), number of flowers per stem (8.17), size of flower (4.17) was recorded with spacing of 30×30 cm and yield of cut stems per plot (248.73) was recorded with spacing of 30×20 cm. Among four different shoot thinning viz., T1(no shoot thinning), T2 (4 healthy shoots retained and others thinned out), T3 (5 healthy shoots retained and others thinned out) and T4(6 healthy shoots retained and others thinned out), shoot thinning T2 with 4 healthy shoots retained and others thinned out gave best result for parameter like plant height (77.22 cm), plant spread (52.32 cm), stem length of secondary branches (54.27 cm), whereas maximum number of flowers per stem (8.11), number of cut stem per plant(11.27), size of flower (3.99 cm),vase life (9.15 days) and yield of cut stems per plot (248.73) was recorded with 5 healthy shoots retained and others thinned out. The maximum yield of cut stem per plot was found in spacing 30 × 20 cm which was found to be at par with 30 × 25 cm and shoot thinning (T3) with 5 healthy shoots retained gave more production per unit area.