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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: KAIRON, VINOD KUMAR × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    MORPHOMETRIC AND CHEMICAL VARIABILITY IN SOAPNUT (Sapindus mukorossi GAERTN.) IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (2013) KAIRON, VINOD KUMAR; SANKHYAN, H.P.
    ABSTRACT In order to select better seed sources for improved genetic gain and quality production of Sapindus mukorossi, twenty four seed sources and two D.B.H. classes from Himachal Pradesh were evaluated on the basis of fruits and seeds morphometric traits, laboratory germination, oil content and physicochemical and progeny performance traits. The present study entitled, “Morphometric and Chemical Variability in Soapnut (Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.) in Himachal Pradesh” was carried out in the experimental field and laboratory of the Tree Improvement and Genetic Resources, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2011-13. The study revealed significant variation among different seed sources for all traits, except seed viability, and oil physicochamical traits for viscosity, saponification value, specific gravity and refractive index while, all morphometric, oil content, physico-chemical, laboratory germination and progeny performance traits did not show significant variation between D.B.H. classes. Seed sources which have higher seed weight and seed diameter showed better performance than others, those seed with lower seed weight and seed diameter comparatively. Over all Banjar seed source was found to be superior followed by Garsa seed source for all traits. All traits were more over genetically controlled as revealed by high heritabilities. High heritability with low genetic advance is associated with seed diameter. Phenotypic coefficient of variability is higher than genotypic coefficient of variability for all traits which means that the characters have interacted with the environment to some degree of extent. Positive significant genotypic and phenotypic correlation was found among fruits weight, seeds weight, kernel weight, seed diameter, germination traits, oil content and progeny performance traits, which suggest that selection for any one of these, will be reliable for others too and phenotypic correlation coefficients were lower than the corresponding genotype ones for these traits.