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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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ThesisItem Open Access PROPAGATION STUDIES IN CHRYSANTHEMUM (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat(UHF,NAUNI, 2021-12) ANSHUL; DHIMAN, S RABSTRACT The present investigations entitled ‘Propagation studies in chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat)’ 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, (H.P.) during 2020-21. The experiment was laid out in a completely randomized design factorial with three replications. Experiment consisted of three propagules; shoot tip cuttings, stem cuttings and leaf bud cuttings of two cultivars ‘Surf’ and ‘Purnima’ with thirteen different growth regulator treatments for quality planting material during different months i.e. April, May and June. Among the different propagules, shoot tips was found to be better than stem cuttings and leaf bud cuttings but leaf bud cuttings increased the rate of regeneration of plants by 10 times as compared to shoot tips. Among the two cultivars ‘Purnima’ was found to be better than ‘Surf’ and the best growth regulator treatment was NAA 500ppm followed by NAA 250ppm irrespective of BA foliar spray. Propagation under trenches was found superior over propagation under mist chamber and June planting had highest percent rooting than April and May plantings under trench and mist chamber. These techniques will open up a new vista for multiplication of chrysanthemum plants which will cater to the problems related to the non- availability of quality planting material and also beneficial for off-season cultivation.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF PRE-HARVEST NUTRITIONAL TREATMENTS ON POST-HARVEST LIFE OF CHRYSANTHEMUM (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat) CULTIVARS ‘PURNIMA’ AND ‘PUSA SHWE(UHF,NAUNI, 2021-11) SHARMA, SATAKSHI; SHARMA, POOJAABSTRACT The present investigation entitled, “Effect of pre-harvest nutritional treatments on post-harvest life of Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat) cultivars ‘Purnima’ and ‘Pusa Shwet” was carried out at Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P) during 2020-2021. Studies included two experiments viz. effect of pre-harvest nutritional treatments along with pulsing and holding solutions and effect of pre-harvest nutritional treatments and storage on post-harvest life of Chrysanthemum cut flowers. All the experiments were conducted in a Completely Randomized Design (factorial). As regards the effect of pre-harvest nutritional treatments and pulsing, it was observed that pre fertilization of the crop with T3 (33.3:33.3:33.3% NPK (Vegetative phase), 33.3:33.3:33.3% (Bud phase), 33.3:33.3:33.3% (Flowering phase), @75:112.5:75 NPK kg/ha along with pulsing of cut stems in Sucrose (2.5%) + BA (25ppm) + 8HQC (125ppm) for 20 hrs was found to be the best for enhancing the vase life and presentability in ‘Purnima’ (27.60 days and score of 4.07, respectively) and ‘Pusa Shwet’ (25.07 days and score of 4.07, respectively). As regards the effect of pre-harvest nutritional treatments and holding treatments, it was observed that, harvesting the cut stems from T3 followed by keeping them in holding solution containing Sucrose (1%) + 8HQC (100ppm) has been found to be the best for enhancing the vase life and presentability in ‘Purnima’ (28.33 days and score of 4.00, respectively) and ‘Pusa Shwet’ (27.00 days and 3.80, respectively). Further, among storage treatments foliar spray of thidiazuron (150 μM) followed by dry storage of cut stems at 4°C was found to be the best resulting in maximum vase life in ‘Purnima’ (13.40 days) and ‘Pusa Shwet’ (11.20 days). However, cold storage up to 6 days also resulted in considerably good vase life i.e., 8.67 days in ‘Purnima’ and 7.33 days in ‘Pusa Shwet’.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC MULCHES ON DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF EDIBLE NASTURTIUM FOR FLOWERING AND NUTRITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS UNDER MID HILL CONDITIONS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH(UHF,NAUNI, 2021-11) THAKUR, SHIVANI; THAKUR, SHIVANI; BAWEJA, H S; BAWEJA, H SABSTRACT The present investigation titled, “Effect of different organic mulches on different varieties of edible Nasturtium for flowering and nutritional characteristics under mid hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh” was carried out at the Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P) during the period November, 2020 to June, 2021. Studies included two experiments viz., Effect of organic mulches on different varieties of nasturtium for growth, flowering, seed yield and seed quality characteristics and to study effect of organic mulches for the edible and nutritional characteristics of different varieties of nasturtium. Both the experiments were laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (factorial) for field observations with three replications and Complete Randomized Design (factorial) for laboratory observations with four replications, comprising four levels of mulches (namely, spent mushroom compost, pine needles and straw along with control) and five varieties (viz., ‘Empress of India’, ‘Spit Fire Orange’, ‘Alaska Mix Variegated’, ‘Jewel of Africa’ and ‘Gleam Scarlet’). Best results with regards to plant height (49.81 cm), plant spread (35.43 cm), number of days for first bud appearance (67.11 days), number of flowers per plant (110.75), leaf area (74.78 cm2), duration of flowering (127.67 days), number of seeds per plant (280.33), seed yield per plant (47.29 g), seed yield per plot (639.36 g), seed yield per hectare (5114.85 kg), 100 seed weight (17.03 g), germination percentage (88.25%), seedling length (26.51 cm), seedling dry weight (22.94 mg), SVI-I (2339.58), SVI-II (2025.15), EC (0.065 dS/m) and ascorbic acid content (73.87 mg/100g) were found in the plants of var. ‘Gleam Scarlet’ mulched with spent mushroom compost. The variety ‘Empress of India’ when grown by mulching the plants with spent mushroom compost (M1) recorded best results w.r.t. total anthocyanin content (110.40 mg/100g) and DPPH antioxidant activity (81.59 %). However, TSS (7.90oB) was found to be maximum in var. ‘Empress of India’ when the plants were grown without any mulch. From the study it is summarized that among the five varieties of nasturtium evaluated, the best performance was observed in var. ‘Gleam Scarlet’ w.r.t. various characteristics of plant growth, flowering, seed yield and quality as well and var. ‘Empress of India’ showed better results with regard to edible and nutritional characteristics. Similarly, the varieties which were grown with spent mushroom compost mulch exhibited better performance for growth, flowering, seed yield, quality and nutritional characteristicsThesisItem Open Access EVALUATION OF Bellis perennis L. CULTIVARS UNDER DIFFERENT ALTITUDINAL GRADIENTS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH(UHF,NAUNI, 2021-10) PARMAR, VIKRANT SINGH; BAWEJA, H SABSTRACT The present investigation entitled, “Evaluation of Bellis perennis L. cultivars under different altitudinal gradients in Himachal Pradesh” was carried out at three locations based on altitudinal gradients viz. AG- 1 i.e. Regional Horticultural Research and Training Station, Dhaulakuan (468 m amsl) , AG – 2 i.e. Experimetal Farm at Khaltoo, Department of Seed Science and Technology of Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni (1060 m amsl) and AG – 3 i.e. Experimental Farm, Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture of Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni (1276 m amsl) by growing six cultivars of English daisy namely ‘Single Meadow’, ‘Monstrosa Double White’, ‘Monstrosa Double Mix’, ‘Pomponette Rose’, ‘Pomponette Red’ and ‘Pomponette Mix’ during 2020-21. The experiment was laid out in RBD (factorial) with 18 treatment combinations replicated thrice. Among different altitudinal gradients, Dhaulakuan farm (AG -1) gave best results for plant growth, flowering, seed yield and seed quality parameters while, altitudinal gradient of floriculture farm (i.e. AG – 3) exhibited maximum duration of flowering. Among different cultivars, the plants of cv. ‘Pomponette Red’ took minimum days for first flowering and showed maximum duration of flowering. However, minimum time for full blooming was taken by the plants of cv. ‘Single Meadow’. This cultivar also registered maximum values for plant height, number of flower heads per plant, number of seeded heads per plant, seed yield per plant as well as seed yield per plot and per hectare too. Whereas, cv. ‘Monstrosa Double White’ exhibited superior results w.r.t. flower head diameter, number of seeds per head, seed germination, seedling length, seedling dry weight, seed vigour index-I and seed vigour index-II. Among the interactions, best results for plant growth, flowering and seed yield parameters were obtained in AG-1 × C1 i.e. growing of cv. ‘Single Meadow’ at altitudinal gradient of Dhaulakuan farm. While, better seed quality was observed in the interaction, AG-1× C2 i.e. growing of cv. ‘Monstrosa Double White’ at altitudinal gradient of Dhaulakuan farm and closely followed by the interaction, AG-1× C3 i.e. growing of cv. ‘Monstrosa Double Mix’ at altitudinal gradient of Dhaulakuan farm. From the present study, it is concluded that among different altitudinal gradients, superior results for plant growth, flowering, seed yield and seed quality were obtained at altitudinal gradient of Dhaulakuan farm (468 m amsl). Among different cultivars evaluated, best performance was exhibited by cv. ‘Single Meadow’ w.r.t. various growth, flowering and seed yield parameters. However, best seed quality was found in cv. ‘Monstrosa Double White’ followed by cv. ‘Monstrosa Double Mix’.ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ON GROWTH, FLOWERING, SEED YIELD AND QUALITY IN DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF CALENDULA (Calendula officinalis L.)(UHF,NAUNI, 2021-10) HARSHPREET SINGH; BAWEJA, H SABSTRACT The present study entitled, “Studies on the effect of environmental conditions on growth, flowering, seed yield and quality in different varieties of Calendula (Calendula officinalis L.)” was carried out at three different locations viz., the Experimental Farm, Department of FLA, UHF, Nauni (EC1), Research Farm, Khaltoo, Department of Seed Science and Technology, UHF, Nauni (EC2) and RHR & TS, Dhaulakuan, District Sirmaur (EC3) in Himachal Pradesh during 2020-21. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (factorial) at three different locations with 5 varieties of calendula grown at each location replicated thrice. The observations were recorded on growth, flowering, seed yield and seed quality parameters. Among the three different environmental conditions under study, plants that were grown at RHR&TS, Dhaulakuan (EC3) had performed best with respect to plant height (49.87 cm), days to first flowering (65.27 days), number of flower heads per plant (74.37), size of flower head (5.74 cm), number of seeded heads per plant (65.35), number of seeds per head (46.56), number of seeds per plant (2670.96), seed yield per plot (329.37 g), seed yield per hectare (2470.29 kg), 1000 seed weight (7.33 g), seed germination (82.15), speed of germination (10.44), seedling length (10.12 cm), seedling dry weight (14.27), seed vigour index-I (834.82), seed vigour index-II (1187.79) and seed electrical conductivity (0.64 dS/m). Among the varieties, best results w.r.t. plant height (56.32 cm), earliness to flowering (66.78 days), number of flower heads per plant (120.44) and number of seeded heads per plant (104.33) were observed in a local strain of Calendula arvensis at all the locations. However, among the varieties belonging to Calendula Officinalis var. ‘Indian Prince’ had exhibited better performance w.r.t. plant height (47.58 cm), days to first flowering (69.11 days), number of flower heads per plant (60.22), number of seeded heads per plant (52.96) and best results among all varieties evaluated with respect to number of seeds per plant (2509.80). Whereas, size of flower head (6.68 cm), number of seeds per head (51.93) and 1000 seed weight (8.70 g) var. ‘Creme White’ performed best at all the locations. For yield parameters as well as for seed quality parameters, var. ‘Indian Prince’ gave better results w.r.t seed yield per plot (328.33 g), seed yield per hectare (2462.48 kg), seed germination (87.67 %), speed of germination (11.81), seedling length (10.65 cm), seedling dry weight (16.20 mg), seed vigour index-I (934.53), seed vigour index-II (1421.87) and seed electrical conductivity (0.51 dS/m) under all the environmental conditions. The interaction, V5 × EC3 resulted in maximum plant height (65.25 cm), minimum days to flowering (60.60 days), maximum number of flower heads per plant (134.20) and maximum number of seeded heads per plant (116.33). However, the interaction V3 × EC3 resulted in maximum number of seeds per plant (2936.87), yield per plot (417.37 g), yield per hectare (4173.76 Kg), seed germination (90.25 %), speed of germination (14.93), seedling length (10.96 cm), seedling dry weight (16.98 mg), seed vigour index-I (989.61), seed vigour index-II (1531.98) and minimum seed electrical conductivity (0.39 dS/m). V2 × EC3 , resulted in maximum size of flower head (7.45 cm), number of seeds per head (57.47) and 1000 seed weight (8.89 g).V2 × EC1 , resulted in maximum duration of flowering (93.33 days) among the interactions of varieties belonging to Calendula officinalis with different environmental conditions. Hence, var. ‘Indian Prince’ can be recommended for seed production and var. ‘Creme White’ for the purpose of landscaping.ThesisItem Open Access GENETIC EVALUATION OF ALSTROEMERIA GERMPLASM(UHF,NAUNI, 2021-10) GARG, ARUSHI; KASHYAP, BHARATIABSTRACT The present investigation entitled, ‘Genetic evaluation of Alstroemeria germplasm’ was carried out at the experimental farm of Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr. YSP University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, (H.P.) during 2019-2020 and 2020-2021. The experiment was laid out under naturally ventilated polyhouse conditions in a randomized block design with three replications. 16 diverse genotypes (in which 14 are open pollinated seedling selections of parent cv. ‘Riana’ and ‘Serena’) were evaluated for various growth and flowering parameters to assess extent of variability, heritability and genetic divergence for various traits and morphological characterization of these genotypes. Wide and significant variations were present for all the parameters were observed among different genotypes. It was also observed that genotypes performed better during the year 2020-2021 rather than during 2019-2020 for almost all the parameters. With regards to performance of genotypes ‘UHFSAlst 1’, ‘UHFSAlst 4’, ‘UHFSAlst 5’, ‘UHFSAlst 11’, ‘UHFSAlst 29’, ‘UHFSAlst 33’, ‘UHFSAlst 41’performed better in terms of economical parameters. From 16 genotypes novel colour was observed in ‘UHFSAlst 1’, ‘UHFSAlst 11’, ‘UHFSAlst 40’ (magenta pink), UHFSAlst 3’, ‘UHFSAlst 5’, ‘UHFSAlst 29’ (dark purple), ‘UHFSAlst 33’, ‘UHFSAlst 41’ (variegated). On the basis of performance of genotypes ‘UHFSAlst 1’ and ‘UHFSAlst 5’ performed well w.r.t to earliness of flowering, ‘UHFSAlst 29’ and ‘Serena’ w.r.t plant height and length of cut stems. Genotypes ‘UHFSAlst 1’ followed by ‘UHFSAlst 29’, ‘UHFSAlst 33’ produced more number of flowering shoots per plant as compared to the parents ‘Riana’ and ‘Serena’. Characters such as umbel: length of branches, flower: length of pedicel and weight of cut stem recorded high values for genotypic coefficient of variability (GCV). High heritability estimates were recorded for all the sixteen characters under study. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance was observed for characters such as plant height, length of cut stem, number of days taken to bud formation, number of days taken to flowering and weight of cut stem. Significant positive phenotypic correlation of yield parameter recorded with number of flowering shoots per plant was observed with length of cut stem, leaf length, umbel: number of branches, flower size, stem thickness. Characters such as weight of cut stem, leaf length, flower: length of pedicel, vase life, leaf width, number of days taken to bud formation, flower size, stem thickness, length of cut stem, number of days taken to flowering umbel: length of branches showed positive direct effect towards number of flowering shoots per plant. Morphological characterization of these genotypes was done for 35 characters and the genotypes were categorized accordingly and the results were summarized in the form of draft guidelinesThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON POSTHARVEST HANDLING OF Clarkia amoena (Lehm.) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr(UHF,NAUNI, 2021-10) BHANWALA, VIVEK; BHATIA, SUMANABSTRACT The current study, entitled “Studies on Postharvest Handling of Clarkia amonea (Lehm.) A. Nelson & J.F. Macbr,” was carried out during 2020-21 in the Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture of Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P.). The study comprised of two postharvest experiments to standardized different pulsing and holding solution(s) to increase the vase life of godetia (Clarkia amoena). The pulsing experiment was laid out in completely randomized design with 13 treatments and replicated thrice. Under this experiment sucrose (4 %), 8-HQC (200 and 300 ppm) and BA (15 ppm) were used in different combinations for 2, 4 and 6 hours. It may be concluded that pulsing treatment of sucrose (4%) + 8- HQC (300 ppm) + BA (15 ppm) for 6 hours was found best in relation to vase life, amount of solution consumed, percent weight loss, early floret opening and with better overall presentability of godetia cut flowers. Second experiment of holding solutions was laid out under completely randomized design (factorial) with 13 treatments in which sucrose (2%), 8-HQC (100 and 200 ppm) and BA (5, 10, 15 ppm) were used in different combinations with 3 de-leafing treatments. It was observed that holding solution of sucrose (2%) + 8-HQC (100 ppm) + BA (10 ppm) was concluded best regarding vase life, flower diameter, percent weight loss, early floret opening and good overall presentability of godetia cut flowers. In the present investigation, it is observed that de-leafing of cut stems after 6 inches from top was found best with longest vase life and better presentability of godetia cut flowers.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF STAGGERED PLANTING ON FLOWER AND SEED PRODUCTION OF MARIGOLD (Tagetes erecta L.) UNDER OPEN AND NATURALLY VENTILATED POLYHOUSE CONDITIONS(UHF,NAUNI, 2021-10) SANGMESH, PANCHAL; SHARMA, PUJAABSTRACT The present investigation titled, “Effect of staggered planting on flower and seed production of Marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) under open and naturally ventilated polyhouse conditions” was carried out at the Experimental Farm of the Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr. YS Parmar, University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh during June, 2020 to April, 2021. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with three replications, simultaneously under open and naturally ventilated polyhouse conditions with two marigold cvs. ‘Pusa Narangi Gainda’ and ‘Pusa Basanti Gainda’ planted on eight different dates at an interval of 15 days. Among different planting dates, growing environments and cultivar, for flower production, planting done on 10th July under naturally ventilated polyhouse condition using marigold cv. ‘Pusa Narangi Gainda’ was found to be the most profitable, as it recurred superlative and qualitative yield along with greater net returns of Rs. 50,248.97 per 200 m2 with B:C ratio 2.86. In contrast, for seed production, planting done on 10th July under open field condition using marigold cv. ‘Pusa Basanti Gainda’ have recurred greater net returns of Rs. 1,74,835.21 per 200 m2 with B:C ratio 13.67. Further, it is concluded that staggered planting of marigold during 10th July, 25th July, 10th August and 25th August at fortnightly interval can be useful for flower production as it recurred remunerative yield with greater B:C ratio. Thus, it can be recommended for flower regulation in both the cultivars of marigold ‘Pusa Narangi Gainda’ and ‘Pusa Basanti Gainda’, resulting in the continuous supply of flowers in the peak months of demand i.e., second fortnight of September upto Mid-February.ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON NATURAL FARMING NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF POTTED PANSY (Viola × wittrockiana) UNDER MID HILL CONDITIONS OF H.P.(UHF,NAUNI, 2021-10) THAKUR, SHIVANI; WAZIR, J SABSTRACT The present study titled “Studies on natural farming nutrient management practices on growth and flowering of potted pansy (Viola × wittrockiana) under mid hill conditions of H.P.” was carried out in the Experimental Farm of Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, (HP) during 2020 to 2021, to find out suitable treatment combination/s for obtaining better plant growth, flowering and quality of potted pansy. Field experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (Factorial) with 7 treatment combinations replicated thrice. The treatment combinations comprised of different doses of Ghanjeevamrit applied as a drench and Jeevamrit as a foliar spray. The observations were recorded on various growth, flowering and potting compost parameters. Among different treatment combinations, earliest flowering (74.35 days), maximum values for plant height (18.52 cm), plant spread (13.60 cm), number of leaves per plant (30.74), number of shoots per plant (23.15), number of flowers (27.37), duration of flowering (82.78 days) and pot presentability score (93.82) were recorded in treatment combination T7 {Ghanjeevamrit @ 80 g per pot + Foliar spray of 10 % Jeevamrit}. Similarly, maximum flower diameter (7.26 cm) was recorded in treatment combination T2 {Ghanjeevamrit @ 40 g per pot + Foliar spray of 5 % Jeevamrit}. The maximum total viable microbial count (127.56 × 104 cfu/g soil), highest organic carbon (5.88 %), as well as available nitrogen (424.88 kg ha-1), phosphorus (15.06 kg ha-1) and potassium (333.27 kg ha-1) were also found under treatment combination T7 {Ghanjeevamrit @ 80 g per pot + Foliar spray of 10 % Jeevamrit}