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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: N, ASHWINI × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2012 × Type: Thesis ×
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    EFFECT OF HUMIC ACID AND BIO-INOCULANTS ON CROPPING BEHAVIOUR OF GUAVA (Psidium guajava L.) UNDER MEADOW PLANTATION
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2019-08) N, ASHWINI; KUMAR, PRAMOND
    ABSTRACT The present investigation was carried out in Regional Horticultural Research and Training Station of Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry at Dhaulakuan, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh during two consecutive seasons of 2017-18 (rainy) and 2018-19 (winter). The experiment was conducted on guava cv. Lalit, spaced at 2 m x 1.5 m under meadow plantation. Foliar application of humic acid at 30 and 60 ml/L at bud burst to flowering stage and bio-inoculants (Phosphorus solubilizing bacteria (PSB) + Azotobacter chroococcum at 10 ml/plant each, and PGPR at 25 ml/plant + AM fungi at 25 g/plant) in rhizosphere along with two levels of RDF-NPK at 90 and 80 per cent of RDF was carried out. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with eight treatment combinations, replicated thrice along with a control. The results inferred that application of humic acid at 60 ml/L along with each of PSB and A. chroococcum at 10 ml/plant along with 80 per cent of RDF-NPK resulted in growth increment of plant height as 14.28 and 11.41% during rainy and winter season, respectively over control. This superior combination also recorded significant increase in per cent fruit set with reduced fruit drop. Fruit yield was 2.5 (rainy) and 4.2 times (winter) higher over control. Fruit quality traits viz., fruit dimension, fruit weight, total soluble solids (TSS), acidity, TSS:acid, total sugars and ascorbic acid content were also significantly affected by this conjoint application. Microbial biomass of actinomycetes, A. chroococcum, PSB and AM fungi were improved by 2.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5 times, respectively during rainy season and 2.5, 4, 5.5 and 3.5 times in winter season over control. This superior combination also exhibited considerably greater amounts of leaf N (2.55 and 2.67%), P (0.24 and 0.30%) and K (1.32 and 1.43%), during rainy and winter seasons in guava under meadow plantation.