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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: CHAUHAN, NIRMLA × Start date: 2000 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    SURVEY AND SELECTION OF APRICOTS (Prunus armeniaca L.) FROM WILD POPULATION IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF, NAUNI, 2018-10) CHAUHAN, NIRMLA; THAKUR, DINESH SINGH
    ABSTRACT The present study “Survey and selection of apricots (Prunus armeniaca L.) from wild population in Himachal Pradesh” aimed to, and magnitude of variability in apricots growing wild. A total of 92 healthy and bearing wild apricot genotypes on the basis of pre selection survey were marked across apricot growing areas of Shimla and Kinnaur districts of Himachal Pradesh during 2015-17. Marked trees were observed to be upright to spreading in growth habit, trunk girth in Shimla (18.72-78.84 cm) and Kinnaur (35.10-106.17 cm). Yield and yield efficiency were ranged between 36.00-54.00 kg/tree and 38.00-57.00 kg/tree, and 0.09-1.47 kg/cm2 and 0.05-0.45 kg/cm2 respectively, in Shimla and Kinnaur district. The physical characters like fruit length, fruit breadth, fruit weight, fruit firmness, stone weight, stone length and breadth, stone width, pulp/stone ratio, kernel weight and oil content were 22.06-41.31 mm, 20.39-38.41 mm, 8.70-35.34 g and 1.696.97 kg/cm2, 1.00-4.04 g, 14.94-24.87 mm and 12.28-19.50 mm, 8.40-12.89 mm, 4.75-23.72, 0.110.60 g and 37.15-54.08 per cent, respectively under both the districts. TSS, titratable acidity, total sugars, reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars, sugar acid ratio, carotenoid content and phenols were 11.75-21.40 °Brix, 0.48-2.55 per cent, 5.59-16.08 per cent, 1.09-6.89 per cent, 2.41-9.65 per cent, 2.27-26.95, 1630.16-2148.35 µg/100g, 53.29-95.28 mg/100ml, respectively. High heritability coupled with high genetic gain was found for the character trunk girth, stone weight, reducing sugar, kernel weight, pulp to stone ratio, titratable acidity, and leaf breadth which indicated that these characters were under the strong influence of additive gene action and hence simple selection procedure based on phenotypic expression of these traits would be more reliable. Out of 92 wild apricot genotypes studied 19 superior genotypes were selected for further evaluation after field conservation and 15 genotypes used as gene source for the development of new hybrids.