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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: BABITA × End date: 2015 × Start date: 2012 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    EFFECT OF DORMEX, CPPU AND MANUAL FRUIT THINNING ON FRUIT YIELD AND QUALITY OF KIWIFRUIT (Actinidia deliciosa Chev.)
    (2012) BABITA; RANA, VISHAL S.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation on “Effect of Dormex, CPPU and manual fruit thinning on fruit yield and quality of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa Chev.)” was conducted in the experimental orchard of Department of Fruit Science. The kiwifruit vines having uniform growth and vigour, planted at a spacing of 4m x 6m and trained on T- bar system were selected for the present study. The entire program of study was divided into two experiments. The experiments were laid out in Randomized Block Design. The first experiment was carried out on 8-year-old kiwifruit cv. Hayward and comprised of seven treatments viz., T1 (Dormex at 2 % on 10th February), T2 (Dormex at 2 % on 20th February), T3 (Dormex at 2 % on 2nd March), T4 (Dormex at 4 % on 10th February), T5 (Dormex at 4 % on 20th February), T6 (Dormex at 4 % on 2nd March) and T7 (control). Application of 4 per cent Dormex on 10th February i.e. 40 days prior to the anticipated date of bud break resulted in an advancement of bud break and floral bud emergence by 7 days, fruit set by 5 days and also increased the flowering period by 5 days. This treatment resulted in maximum net benefit in comparison to those of untreated kiwifruit vines. The second experiment was carried out in 27-year-old kiwifruit cv. Allison comprising of manual fruit thinning alone and in combination with 5ppm CPPU. This experiment included 8 treatments viz., T1 (control), T2 (5ppm CPPU), T3 (thinning upto 4 fruits/shoot), T4 (thinning upto 4 fruits/shoot + 5ppm CPPU), T5 (thinning upto6 fruits/shoot), T6 (thinning upto 6 fruits/shoot + 5ppm CPPU) T7 (thinning upto8 fruits/shoot) and T8 (thinning upto 8 fruits/shoot + 5ppm CPPU). The CPPU (urea based cytokinin) was applied as a fruit dip treatment after 10 days of petal fall. The results revealed that fruit thinning by retaining 6 fruits/shoot along with dipping in 5ppm CPPU after 10 days of petal fall resulted in higher yield of better size and quality fruits. This treatment gave maximum net profit as compared to those of untreated vines