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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: Horticulture × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2016 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    EFFECT OF PLANTING DENSITY AND FOLIAR APPLICATION OF NITROGEN ON MULTIPLICATION OF GLADIOLUS (Gladiolus hybrida L.)THROUGH CORMELS
    (2016) SALAM, PRIYADARSHNI; GUPTA, Y.C.
    ABSTRACT The present investigations entitled, “Effect of planting density and foliar application of nitrogen on multiplication of gladiolus (Gladiolus hybrida L.) through cormels” was carried out at the experimental farm of Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P) during the year 2014 and 2015. The experiment was laid out in a Split Plot Design with three planting density i.e. 100, 120 and 140 cormels/m2 and number of foliar spray of nitrogen (500 ppm) viz., 0, 15, 9 and 6, altogether 12 treatment combinations of planting density and foliar spray of nitrogen replicated thrice. Among different planting density, the lowest density i.e. 100 cormels/m2 recorded maximum values for plant height (35.97 cm), number of leaves per plant (5.25), leaf length (31.93 cm), leaf width (1.54 cm), number of cormels/plant (6.35), weight of cormels/plant (1.25 g), cormel size (0.89 cm), weight of corms/plant (27.29 g), corm size (3.56 cm), propagation index (4001.81), NPK content of leaves (2.43, 0.24, 2.37%), available NPK content of soil (222.60, 35.94, 225.53 kg/ha), total chlorophyll content of leaves (1.43 mg/g). However, number of cormels/m2 (439.93), weight of cormels/m2 (91.66 g), number of corms/m2 (70.33), weight of corms/m2 (1399.34 g), minimum crop duration (205.55 days) was recorded with the highest density of 140 cormels/m2. As regards the effect of foliar spray of nitrogen, plant height (36.57 cm), number of leaves per plant (5.41), leaf length (32.46 cm), leaf width (1.59 cm), number of cormels/plant (7.51), number of cormels/m2 (573.90), weight of cormels/plant (1.51 g), weight of cormels/m2 (117.74 g), cormel size (0.92 cm), number of corms/m2 (70.83), weight of corms/plant (28.41 g), weight of corms/m2 (1569.77 g), corm size (3.87 cm), propagation index (4395.13), NK content of leaves (2.52, 2.42%), available NPK content of soil (229.47, 37.10, 234.27 kg/ha), total chlorophyll content of leaves (1.48 mg/g) were recorded with the highest number of foliar spray of nitrogen i.e. 16 numbers of foliar spray of nitrogen (500 ppm). However, minimum crop duration (199.56 days) was recorded in control where no foliar spray of N has been given. Hence, it is concluded that the lowest planting density in combination with the highest number of foliar spray of nitrogen gave best results for the desirable growth, corms and cormels parameters of the gladiolus cv. Solan Mangla.