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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: Genetics and Plant Breeding × Author: DHIMAN, JYOTI × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    STUDIES ON REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF WILD POMEGRANATE (Punica granatum L.)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2014) DHIMAN, JYOTI; GUPTA, TARA
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Studies on Reproductive Biology of Wild Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)” was carried out at two sites namely Tatool (S 1 ) and Narag (S 2 ) in the Department of Forest Genetic Resources, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2013-2014. The phenological studies inclusive of phenophases, vegetative characters and reproductive characters observed earlier in Tatool (S 1 ) followed by the second site: Narag (S2 ). There was significant variation observed in leaf morphometeric characters within trees. Maximum values for leaf size and leaf area was observed for those leaves borne on lower position of trees in both the sites. The reproductive bud appear on axillary and terminal position of the tree in cymose inflorescence. On the basis of sizes and development stages, the flower buds were assorted into ten different stages. The protogynous stigma was firstly seen protruding out with the onset of anthesis and the receptivity period was recorded to persist till third day. The stigma protrudes out of the calyx during the ninth bud stage and it is protogynous in nature and becomes receptive one day before anthesis. Anthesis of flowers was observed to take place 10 am to 2pm. Pollen germination percentage of freshly collected pollen was higher in 12.5% sucrose + 10 ppm Boric Acid. Fresh pollen viability percentage was higher in hermaphrodite flowers for all the trees. The pollinations success among different breeding system was maximum observed in open pollination. The pollination success observed for controlled pollination between different trees of both sites was higher than open pollination, geitenogamy and selfing. The flowers were foraged during daytime by different species of insects representing bees, black ants and birds. The nursery growth performance of the progeny seedlings also studied and the maximum mean seedling height was recorded from T 3 S 2 x T 4 S 1 (73.15 cm), whereas maximum mean collar diameter (6.59 mm) was registered by the T 4 S 2 x T 1 S 1 progenies.