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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: Fruit Science × Author: AJENDER × Start date: 1991 × Type: Thesis ×
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    EFFECT OF CALCIUM, BORON AND ZINC ON GROWTH, FRUIT QUALITY AND PRODUCTION OF APPLE
    (UHF, NAUNI, 2018-09) AJENDER; THAKUR, B S
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Effect of calcium, boron and zinc on growth, fruit quality and production of apple” was carried out on twelve-year old trees during the years 2015 and 2016 in a private orchard at Reckong Peo (Kinnaur) (H.P.), India. The study was conducted involving three experiments. The first experiment comprised of ten treatments viz. 0.5% recommended dose of calcium chloride at 45 and 30 days before harvest, 0.25g/l, 0.50g/l and 0.75g/l at one, two and three weeks after petal fall and each treatment was replicated three times. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design. Two foliar sprays of CaCl2 @ 0.5% before 45 and 30 days of harvest significantly affected shoot growth, leaf area, yield and fruit quality parameters. The physiological weight loss during different storage interval was recorded to be minimum as compare to other treatments. The fruit firmness was found to be best in treatment T8 (Foliar spray of CaCl2 @0.75g/l one week after petal fall). The second experiment consisted of ten treatments of boron viz. recommended dose of boron 1% at pink bud stage and one month after pink bud stage, 100g, 200g and 300 g of boron through soil application (Fall stage, mid February and tight cluster stage). The results revealed that fall application of boron @ 200g/tree was found to be the best treatment with respect to fruit set, fruit retention and yield which was at par with foliar application of boron @ 0.1% at pink bud stage. The third experiment also comprised of ten treatments of zinc EDTA viz. recommended dose of zinc @ 0.5% during mid June, 30g, 40g and 50 g of zinc EDTA through soil application (Fall stage, mid march and mid April). The results revealed that soil and foliar application of zinc EDTA had a significant effect on shoot growth, fruit quality fruit firmness and yield. The recommended practice i.e. foliar application of zinc EDTA @ 0.5% at mid June resulted in the production of quality fruits which wasat par withfall application of zinc EDTA @ 40g/tree.
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    STUDIES ON THE MULTIPLICATION OF APPLE CLONAL ROOTSTOCKS THROUGH CUTTINGS
    (UHF,NAUNI,SOLAN, 2011) AJENDER; SHARMA, D.D.
    ABSTRACT The present investigations entitled “Studies on the multiplication of apple clonal rootstocks through cuttings” was conducted at Apple and Pear experimental block, Department of Fruit Science, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan under the net house during 2010-2011. The experiment was laid out in RBD (factorial) design with three replications per treatment. There were in all ten treatments comprising of IBA application (three concentrations) and its combination with a basal wounding of cuttings (two procedures).These treatments were given to three rootstocks viz ; i) MM111 ii) MM106 and iii)Merton 793. IBA was used at 1000, 2000 and 3000 ppm and wounding treatments included i) basal split and ii) vertical incision. In all there were nine combinations of IBA and wounding treatments and compared with control. The results revealed that highest percentage of rooted cuttings (74.07 %), number of main roots per cutting (44.56), length of main roots (12.42cm), diameter of main roots (3.81 mm), total root length (5.18m), length of main shoot (133.20 cm), diameter of main shoot (173.3mm), fresh weight of shoots (81.89g), Dry weight of shoots (50.94g), total number of leaves (127.10), leaf area (43.48 cm2), fresh weight of roots (12.56g), dry weight of roots (6.71g), shoot to root ratio (0.134),total phenol content (23.68 mg/g), carbohydrate-nitrogen ratio (59.61) and total sugar content (28.43 mg/g) was recorded in the cuttings treated with IBA 2000 ppm + split. Among different rootstocks, maximum rooting was recorded in MM 111 rootstock as compared to MM106 and Merton793 rootstocks. Among the IBA and wounding treatments, IBA 2000 ppm in combination with basal split was found to be superior to other treatments in terms of rooting of cuttings, growth and other physiological parameters.