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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: Aishwarya × Start date: 2020 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Studies on the effect of NPK fertigation on growth, cropping and fruit quality of mrig-bahar crop of guava under high density plantation
    (College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr YSP UHF, Neri, Hamirpur(H.P.), 2024-01-11) Aishwarya; Banyal, Sanjeev K.
    The present investigations entitled “Studies on the effect of NPK fertigation on growth,cropping and fruit quality of mrig-bahar crop of guava under high density plantation” were conducted at the guava block of the Experimental farm of Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, Hamirpur (H.P.) on 5-year-old guava cv. Allahabad Safeda spaced at 2x2 m. The experiment was laid out in Randomized block design with 5 treatments, each replicated 5 times. The fertigation was done in five equal splits, beginning from the month of July till November while the soil application of fertilizer was done in the month of July and November. The outcomes of the experiment inferred that; fertigation treatments enhanced the vegetative growth, induced early flowering and fruit maturity, increased the fruit yield, soil and leaf nutrient status in contrast to the soil application of fertilizers. The highest increase in the plant height (87.04 cm), canopy spread in N-S (97.41 cm) and E-W directions (103.41 cm), trunk girth (0.60 cm), shoot extension growth (49.42 cm), fruit set (73.98 %), fruit retention (63.84 %), number of fruits harvested (39.00) and fruit yield (6.59 kg/plant) were recorded with fertigation treatment T1 (100 % RDF as fertigation) which was closely followed by treatment T2 (80 % RDF as fertigation). The biochemical quality parameters namely TSS, total sugar, reducing sugars and non-reducing sugars were highest under treatment T1 (100 % RDF as fertigation). Enhancement in the soil organic carbon content (1.23 %), available soil nitrogen (263.72 kg/ha), phosphorus (22.14 kg/ha) and potassium (256.21 kg/ha) content were also recorded under treatment T1 (100% RDF as fertigation) while the least was observed under treatment T5 (control).