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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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    STANDARDIZATION OF PACKAGING MATERIAL, STORAGE DURATIONS AND CHEMICAL TREATMENTS ON VASE LIFE OF SOFT SHIELD
    (NAUNI,UHF, 2020-09) KAUSHAL, NITESH; SHARMA, B P
    ABSTRACT The investigation entitled “Standardization of packaging material, storage durations and chemical treatments on vase life of soft shield fern [Polystichum squarrosum (D. Don)]’’ was carried out at the Experimental Farm Laboratory of Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni-Solan during the year 2019-2020. The present study was conducted in two Seasons i.e. August – September (2019) and March – April (2020). The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) Factorial using 19 treatment modules with three replications. It was observed that cut fronds sprayed with Glycerol (4%), wrapped in cellophane sheets and stored for 3 days (M9)resulted in outstanding improvement for most of the post harvest parameters such as appearance (4.67), minimum weight change (3.33 %), vase life (19.14 days) and water uptake (13.95 ml/stem). As regards the effect of Seasons, the cut fronds of season-II i.e. March – April (2020) gave excellent performance with respect to appearance (3.36), chlorophyll content (0.45 mg/g), minimum weight change (15.35 %), maximum vase life (13.33 days) and minimum water uptake (22.20 ml). The interaction, (M9 × S2) (spraying of cut fronds with glycerol (4 %) wrapped in cellophane sheets for three days storage of season-II) enhanced all the post harvest parameters such as appearance (4.80), minimum weight change (2.80 %), improved vase life (21.14 days) and minimum water uptake (10.10 ml). Hence, it is concluded that spraying the cut fronds with glycerol (4 %) wrapped in cellophane sheets with 3 days storage resulted in significant improvement of various post harvest parameters.