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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: Forestry × Author: ANURADHA × End date: 2015 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    STUDIES ON REGENERATION OF BAN OAK (Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus)
    (2014) ANURADHA; GUPTA, N.K.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Studies on regeneration of Ban oak (Quercus leucotrichophora A. Camus) was carried out in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh during the year 2012-13 under nursery and field conditions with the aim to assess the rate of seed germination under nursery and effect of different soil workings on recruits, unestablished and established regeneration, regeneration percent of oak and soil physico-chemical properties under different ban oak associations i. e. oak forest, oak + chir, oak + deodar, oak + other broadleaved, grasslands (control). In every oak association, three replications were randomly laid with four subplots in each replication of 2m X 2m (4sq m) to study effect of soil working on recruits regeneration and similar method was followed for the study of regeneration percent of oak. The individual effect of seed size, seed colour and sowing depth was found with the maximum values for germination per cent in large sized (43.89%), dark brown colour seeds (39.44%) when sown at depth 1cm (47.04%), whereas for germination capacity the maximum value was obtained in large sized (59.44%), dark brown colour seeds (53.33%) when sown at depth 1cm (67.04%). Similar trend was observed in other germination parameters. It was found that effect of interaction for large size (S1) dark brown colour seeds (C2) sown 1cm deep (D1) significantly excelled over other categories in terms of germinability parameter viz., number days for initiation of germination (14.67 days) and seedling growth trait viz., root length (14.98 cm) and shoot length (12.17 cm). Regeneration of recruits was significantly affected by soil working after leaf litter removal (T3) in oak + deodar association. Overall per cent regeneration success was found in order as: oak + deodar (72.92%) > oak > oak + chir > oak + other broadleaved > grasslands. Whereas established stocking per cent was found maximum for oak + deodar (44.53%) > oak > oak+ chir > oak + other broadleaved > grasslands (8%). The per cent organic carbon, available nitrogen and phosphorus showed a decreasing trend with the increase in soil depth, while, soil pH and available potassium showed a reverse trend. These nutrients showed low in grasslands, whereas, these were highest in oak + other broadleaved forest.