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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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ThesisItem Open Access FARMING FORMULATIONS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF STRAWBERRY (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cv. CAMAROSA(UHF,NAUNI, 2023-12-30) SHALINI THAKUR; JITENDER K CHAUHANABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Effects of different component of natural farming formulations on yield and quality of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cv. Camarosa”, was carried out at Horticultural Research & Training Station and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Solan at Kandaghat during the year 2022-2023. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three replications and having thirteen treatments with the objective to study the effect of organic formulations on yield and fruit quality of strawberry and to optimize doses of organic formulations under natural farming system. The observations were recorded on plant height, number of leaves per plant, leaf area, number of crowns, runners per plant, duration of flowering, number of flowers, number of fruits, yield and yield efficiency etc. From the present study, it can be concluded that maximum plant height (21.29 cm), yield (350.10 g/plant) and yield efficiency (6.51 g cm-2) was found in treatment T13 as well as the soil parameters also found highest in treatment T13 which was statistically at par with treatment T6. However, the treatment T13 (Recommended dose of fertilizer) and T6 (Jeevamrit 20 % + Ghanjeevamrit 1.5 t/ha at 10 days interval) may be recommended as most effective module for strawberry cultivation and sustainable soil healThesisItem Open Access RESPONSE OF FOLIAR SPRAY OF BORON AND ZINC ON FRUIT SET, YIELD AND QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF PLUM (Prunus salicina Lindl.) cv. Black Amber(UHF,NAUNI, 2023-12-23) SHUBHAM; MANISH THAKURThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AND SHOOT BENDING ON GROWTH AND FRUITING OF PLUM (Prunus salicina Lindl.) cv. BLACK AMBER(UHF,NAUNI, 2023-10-21) ANSHUL SHYAM; DHARAM PAL SHARMAAbstract The present study entitled “Effect of integrated nutrient management and shoot bending on growth and fruiting of plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) cv. Black Amber” was conducted at farmer’s orchard in Village Mangsu, Distt. Shimla (H.P.) during 2021 and 2022. The study was conducted in 2 experiments. The experiment-I on integrated nutrient management consisted of 11 treatments with 4 replications in randomized block design (RBD). The chemical fertilizer (NPK) were applied at 4 levels of the recommended doses of fertilizers i.e. 100%, 80%, 70%, and 80%, as per package of practices of the University. Farmyard manure and vermicompost were applied to compensate the 10% and 20% recommended dose of nitrogen. Microbial inoculants were biofertilizer (Azotobacter and PSB) and jeevamrit. The treatment T6 (70 % RDF + 10 % RDN through vermicompost + biofertilizer) recorded the highest annual shoot growth, fruit set, fruit yield, photosynthesis rate, stomatal conductance, transpiration rate, fruit firmness, soil organic carbon, water holding capacity, soil porosity, soil Azotobacter count, soil dehydrogenase and acid phosphatase activity. Whereas, treatment T7 (70 % RDF + 10 % RDN through vermicompost + jeevamrit) recorded the maximum percent increase in tree volume, leaf chlorophyll content and fruit quality attributes namely. fruit weight, fruit size, TSS, total sugars, reducing sugars and non-reducing sugars content. All the treatments maintained the leaf nutrient status in optimum range during the study. The results of present investigation reveal the improved tree growth and productivity with lowering the fertilizer use in the orchard. The experiment-II consisted of 3 bending angle (45°, 60° and 90°) and 6 heading back treatments (25% head back, no head back, 50% head back, April pinching, May pinching and June pinching) with 3 replications in factorial RBD design. The fruiting and yield were significantly increased with increase in bending angle 90°>60°>45°, especially during the early years of plantation. The reduction in lateral growth was recorded in bent shoots due to reduction in annual growth increment. The integration of modern training and integrated nutrient management techniques in the plum orchard can help in maintaining the tree vigour and improve fruit quality.ThesisItem Open Access DUS CHARACTERIZATION OF POMEGRANATE (Punica granatum L.) GERMPLASM(UHF,NAUNI, 2023-11-09) PARUL BHOPAL; VIJAY KUMARABSTRACT The present study entitled “DUS characterization of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) germplasm” was conducted on twenty-one pomegranate germplasm at Regional Horticultural Research and Training Station Bajaura, Kullu (H.P) during the year 2022-23. The experiment was laid in RCBD with three replications for substantial variation in tree morphological and fruit characteristics as per descriptor format developed by UPOV. Among the pomegranate germplasm, Bhagwa, Achikdana, G-137, P-23, P-26, Solan Jayant, Mridula and BAJ-2 possessed spreading type growth habit. The maximum plant height was observed in Wonderful (4.01 m) followed by Kandhari Kabuli (3.73 m) with upright growth habit. Suckering habit was deemed to be high in Mridula (28.33) followed by Wonderful (27.33). On the basis of fruit characteristics, Kandhari Kabuli performed better in terms of fruit length (10.02 cm), fruit width (10.48 cm), fruit weight (535.92 g) and fruit yield (112.01 kg/plant). Among all the studied experimental planting material, Solan Jayant, Bhagwa, Arakta, Mridula, BAJ-2 and BAJ-5 were soft seeded with dark red aril colour; G-137 and P-26 were soft seeded with light pink aril colour whereas, P-23 was soft seeded with dark pink aril colour. The fruit shape cross-section was observed circular in Solan Jayant and angular in Kandhari Kabuli. The highest TSS (Total soluble solids) content was recorded in Mridula (17.90 ºB) followed by Kandhari Kabuli (17.43 ºB). Kandhari Hansi and BAJ-2 matured between August 20th to August 28th (early) whereas, Mridula and Bhagwa, matured between October 11th to October 17th (late). The maximum fruit rind thickness was observed in P-75-K-5 (3.87 cm) however, aril length was observed maximum in P-26 (12.28 mm). The correlation study revealed that the phenotypic coefficient of variability was greater than the genotypic coefficient of variability. The genotypic and phenotypic correlation coefficients indicated a significant positive relationship between yield per plant and tree height, leaf width, reducing sugars, fruit length, trunk diameter, fruit width, total sugars and calyx length characters of pomegranate germplasm.ThesisItem Open Access Round the year crop regulation in guava (Psidium guajavaI L.) var. Lalit through pruning(College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr YSP UHF, Neri, Hamirpur(H.P.), 2023-11-04) Rana, Tanvi; Sharma, Som DevThe present study, entitled “ Round the year crop regulation in guava (Psidium guajavaI L.) var. Lalit through pruning” was undertaken in the experimental Farm of Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulutre and Forestry, Neri, Hamirpur (H.P.) during the year 2022-2023. The Research trial was conducted on six year old guava cv. Lalit, planted at 2×2m spacing. The experiment comprises of 7 treatment viz, T1: 15th April pruning, T2:30th May pruning, T3:15th July pruning, T4:30th August pruning, T5: 15th October pruning, T6: 30th November pruning, T7: control. Each treatment was replicated thrice. All the plant were subjected to two leaf pair pruning except control where normal winter pruning was carried out on 15th November. Among different pruning treatment 30th May pruning produced best result with respect to vegetative growth characteristics i.e., minimum days to bud appear (5.25 days), bud swell (7.75 days), bud burst (10.58 days), maximum number of new shoots per branch (12.25) and maximum number of leaves per shoot (20.45). Among different pruning times, 30th May pruning was found better for improving reproductive characteristics of guava i.e., minimum time to flower bud initiation (40.32 days), 50% flower opening (59.58 days), full bloom (68.11 days), fruit set (77.64 days), minimum days from fruit set to fruit maturity (66.40 days) and maximum flower per branch (33.44). Also, maximum number of fruit per plant (81.19) and maximum yield per plant (15.12kg/plant) was recorded in plant pruned on 30th May. Among different pruning times, plants pruned on 30th May produced comparatively superior quality of fruits and was found effective in enhancing the qualitative characteristics of guava fruits i.e., maximum TSS (11.52 B), minimum titratable acidity (0.34%) and maximum total sugar (8.07%).ThesisItem Open Access Analysis of genetic diversity and characterization of guava ( Psidium guajava L.) germplasm(College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr YSP UHF, Neri, Hamirpur(H.P.), 2023-11-04) Verma, Megha; Sharma, Som DevThe Present investigation entitled, “Analysis of genetic diversity and characterization of guava ( Psidium guajava L.) germplasm” were carried out at experimental farm of Department of fruit science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, Hamirpur (H.P.) during the year 2022 and 2023. Significant variations were observed among nine guava genotypes for various quantitative and qualitative traits. Cultivar Arka Rashmi had maximum fruit length, fruit width, fruit weight, fruit length/width ratio, pulp weight, thickness of outer flesh, minimum core diameter and number of seeds per fruit. In correlation studies, average fruit weight had positive and significant correlation with pulp weight, fruit length and fruit width at phenotypic and genotypic level. The path coefficient analysis showed that the pulp weight followed by fruit width and fruit length has maximum positive direct effect on fruit weight. The maximum negative direct effect of titratable acidity was observed on fruit weight. In diversity study 35 SSR markers were screened to estimate genetic diversity among guava cultivars. Only 16 primers were able to amplify and yielded 57 scorable bands in all nine guava cultivars out of which 44 bands were polymorphic with 77.19% polymorphism, which depicts high level of polymorphism among the cultivars under study. The Jaccard’s similarity coefficient value ranged from 0.167 to 0.785. In SSR Cluster analysis two major cluster were formed and Cluster ‘II’ was founded to be bigger cluster containing five cultivars and Cluster ‘I’ containing four cultivars. Maximum similarity coefficient value 0.785 was observed between Arka Rashmi & Arka Kiran and minimum similarity coefficient value 0.167 was observed between CISH GS-14 and Arka Kiran. SSR cluster analysis showed that cultivar CISH G-6 and Arka Kiran were the most divergent/dissimilar while, cultivar Arka Rashmi and Arka Kiran were the most similar.ThesisItem Open Access Studies on effect of temporal and architectural tree characteristics on yield and quality of mango cultivars(College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr YSP UHF, Neri, Hamirpur(H.P.), 2023-07-17) Joseph, K. Eby; Sharma, Shashi KumarThe present investigation, "Studies on effect of temporal and architectural tree characteristics on yield and quality of mango cultivars," were carried out at the Experimental Orchard of the Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, Hamirpur, H.P. during the year 2021 and 2022 to find the relation of periodic phenological events, tree architectural characteristics and structural growth levels on yield and quality of mango cultivars Amrapali, Mallika, D-51 and Chausa. The studies revealed that the median dates for vegetative flushing, cessation of growth, panicle emergence, date of full bloom and date of fruit maturity were different in different cultivars. Early emergence of panicles resulted in better yield and quality in Amrapali, Mallika and D-51 whereas, early maturity of fruits was found to be associated with the best yield and quality of Chausa. Further, acrotonic and lateral position of the growth unit was also found to influence yield and quality at different canopy positions of all the varieties studied. The mother growth units which were vegetative during the previous fruiting season were found to be more productive due to their better C: N ratio. The level of growth of the mother growth units after harvest also influenced the yield and quality of all the varieties. The best yield and quality in Amrapali and Mallika cultivars were observed when the vegetative mother growth unit flushed twice after harvest. In D-51 and Chausa the vegetative mother growth units which flushed only once after harvest resulted in the production of the best yield and fruit quality. In all the cultivars, Amrapali, Mallika, D-51 and Chausa, fruit yield and quality were found to vary w.r.t. temporal tree phenology and structural characteristics of the trees.ThesisItem Open Access Effect of growing media, rooting hormone and time of planting on the performance of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cuttings(College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr YSP UHF, Neri, Hamirpur(H.P.), 2023-01-28) Sharma, Shivani; Banyal, Ajay KThe present investigation, “Effect of growing media, rooting hormone and time of planting on the performance of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cuttings’’ were carried out in fruit nursery, Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry Neri, Hamirpur (H.P.), during the year 2021- 2022. This experiment was carried out to study the effect of time of planting (mid-October, first week of February), different concentration of IBA (500 ppm, 1000 ppm, 2000 ppm and 3000 ppm) and planted in different types of growing media and their combinations viz., (cocopeat, vermiculite, perlite, cocopeat + perlite, cocopeat + vermiculite, perlite + vermiculite, cocopeat + vermiculite + perlite and sand + soil + FYM). Different shoot growth parameters viz., time taken for bud sprouting, sprouting percentage, time taken for first leaf emergence, number of sprouts per cutting, number of shoots per cutting, length of sprouted shoots, total number of leaves per cutting, plant height, cutting diameter and survival percent are recorded. Similarly, root growth parameters viz., total length of root (cm), number of segments, number of forks, number of root tips, diameter of root (maximum), diameter of root (average), estimated volume of root (cm3) and rooting percent of cuttings are also being recorded during this period. Among different concentrations of rooting hormone, guava cuttings treated IBA @ 3000 ppm resulted in maximum survival (66.80 %) and rooting per cent (57.49 %) whereas, cuttings planted during first week of February recorded maximum survival (62.43 %) and rooting per cent (53.11 %). However, cuttings grown in mixture of Cocopeat + Vermiculite exhibited maximum survival (64.54 %) and rooting per cent (55.22 %).ThesisItem Open Access Effect of growing media, IBA and shoot thickness on the performance of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cuttings(College of Horticulture and Forestry Dr YSP UHF, Neri, Hamirpur(H.P.), 2023-01-28) Sharma, Aastha; Banyal, Ajay KThe present investigation, “Effect of IBA, shoot thickness and growing media on the performance of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cuttings’’ were carried out in fruit nursery, Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry Neri, Hamirpur (H.P.), during the year 2021- 2022. The research trial was conducted in pomegranate cv. Bhagwa and Kandhari Kabuli. The pomegranate cuttings were treated with different concentration of IBA (1500 ppm, 2000 ppm, 2500 ppm) having thickness i.e., 0.50-1.00 cm and >1.00 cm and planted in different growing media (perlite + vermiculite, cocopeat + perlite, cocopeat + vermiculite, cocopeat + vermiculite + perlite and sand + soil + FYM). Different vegetative growth parameters viz., time taken for bud sprouting (day), sprouting percentage (%), time taken for first leaf emergence (days), number of sprouts per cutting, number of shoots per cutting, length of sprouted shoots (cm), total number of leaves per cutting, plant height (cm), cutting diameter (cm) and survivability percent (%) were recorded. Similarly, root growth parameters viz., total length of root (cm), number of segments, number of forks, number of root tips, diameter of root (maximum), diameter of root (average), estimated volume of root (cm3) and rooting percent (%) of cuttings are also being recorded during this period. Among different concentrations of rooting hormone, pomegranate cuttings treated IBA @ 2500 ppm resulted in maximum survival (86.95 and 86.32 %) and rooting per cent (80.84 and 80.03 %) whereas, cuttings having thickness >1.00 cm recorded maximum survival (85.74 and 85.11 %) and rooting percent (79.23 and 78.43 %). However, cuttings grown in mixture of perlite + vermiculite exhibited maximum survival (94.22 and 93.72 %) and rooting percent (89.72 and 88.83%), respectively in Bhagwa and Kandhari Kabuli cultivar.