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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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    STUIDES ON THE GENETIC FIDELITY OF CALLUSDERIVED PLANTS OF NARDOSTACHYS GRANDIFLORA DC
    (COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE DR. YASHWANT SINGH PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY, 2007) GUPTA,MONIKA; KAUR, RAJINDER
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    MORPHOLOGICAL AND FODDER QUALITY VARIATION IN GREWIA LAEVIGATA VAHL. IN HIMAHCAL PRADESH
    (DEPARTMENT OF FOREST BIOLOGY AND TREE IMPROVEMENT COLLEGE OF FORESTRY DR. YASHWANT SINGH PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY ; SOLAN, 2007) MARIAPPAN, N.; SANKHYAN, H. P
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    EXPORT PERFORMANCE AND PROSPECTS OF MAJOR FRUITS OF INDIA
    (COLLEGE OF FORESTRY DR. YASHWANT SINGH PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY NAUNI, SOLAN, 2002) SHARMA, SACHIN; SHARMA, L. R
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    STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF GROWTH REGULATORS ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF POTfED GERANIUMS, FUCHSIAS AND BEGONIAS
    (COLLEGE OF FORESTRY DR. YASHWANT SINGH PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY NAUNI, SOLAN, 1994) JASBIR, JASBIR SINGH; SEHGAL, O. P
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    EFFECT OF CALCIUM NITRATE ON PROPAGATION OF LA HYBRID LILIES THROUGH SCALING
    (2015) ANU, BALA; SHARMA, PUJA
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled, “Effect of propagation on propagation of LA hybrid lilies through scaling” 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 2013-2014. The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (factorial) consisting of three cultivars and six calcium nitrate doses (0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 g/m2). Among the cutivars, maximum bulblet multiplication was shown by ‘UHFS LA Lily Collection 1’ (2.59) followed by ‘Batistero’(2.48) and ‘Frans Hals’(2.32), respectively. Among the different calcium nitrate doses, 10 g/m2 calcium nitrate dose gave best results for per cent sprouting (76.03 %), days taken for sprouting (102.00 days), sprout length (9.60 cm), fresh weight of bulblet/scale (1.69 g), bulblet diameter (9.32 mm) and propagation index (125.69 %) when supplied to the scales in ten equal split doses in liquid form. However, for obtaining higher number of leaves/scale (6.38) and maximum multiplication (2.90 bulblets/scale) calcium nitrate application at the rate of 20 g/m2 supplied to thes scales proved to be most effective treatment. The interaction between cultivars and calcium nitrate doses have shown variable responses. Percent sprouting was observed maximum in ‘Frans Hals’ (77.14 %) with 15 g/m2 and 25 g/m2 calcium nitrate and in ‘UHFS LA Lily Collection 1’ (77.14 %) with 10 g/m2, maximum sprout length (10.18 cm), number of bulblets/scale (3.01) and bulblet diameter (9.77 mm) in cultivar ‘UHFS LA Lily Collection 1’ with 10 g/m2 and maximum number of leaves/scale (7.03) in cultivar ‘Batistero’ with 25 g/m2 calcium nitrate dose.
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    EFFECT OF PLANT SPACING AND DEPTH OF PLANTING ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF TUBEROSE (Polianthes tuberosa L.)
    (2015) SUHAS, KHANVILKAR SAGAR; SHARMA, B.P.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled, “Effect of plant spacing and depth of planting on growth and flowering of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.)” was carried out at the Research Farm of the Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr. Y.S. Parmar university of Horticulture and forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P.) during 2014-2015. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design having 16 treatment combinations of four spacing i.e. 25cm x 15cm, 25cm x 20cm, 25cm x 25cm and 25cm x 30cm and four planting depths i.e. 2.0, 4.0, 6.0 and 8.0cm each that being replicated thrice. The results revealed that a plant spacing of 25cm x 30cm with a depth of 2.0cm had an optimal response on vegetative/growth parameters whereas a spacing of 25cm x 30cm with a depth of 8.0cm had improved all the flowering and bulb production parameters. The early sprouting (13.96),tallest plant (52.67 cm), more number of leaves/plant (44.93), early opening of first pair of floret (125.86 days), longest spike (62.10 cm) and longest rachis (34.30 cm) were recorded in plant spacing of 25cm x 30cm with a depth of 2.0cm, whereas, maximum spike diameter (1.33 cm), maximum weight of spike (48,86 gm), longest duration of flowering (23.33 days), more bulbs and bulblets/plant (25.80), largest bulb (3.92 cm) and maximum weight of bulbs and bulblets/plant (354.23 g) were recorded in a spacing of 25cm x 30cm with a depth of 8.0cm. Maximum number of florets per spike (47.46) was observed in spacing of 25cm x 30cm at a depth of 4.0cm. The parameter per cent sprouting of bulbs were not affected significantly by the different treatments
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    STUDIES ON DRYING AND DYEING OF Gomphrena globosa L.FOR VALUE -ADDITION
    (2015) SANGEETA, KUMARI; KASHYAP, BHARATI
    ABSTRACT The present investigations entitled, “Studies on drying and dyeing of Gomphrena globosa L. for value - addition” was carried out at the experimental laboratory of Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P) during March, 2014 – December, 2014. The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (Factorial) with four experiments. First experiment was on drying of Gomphrena globosa ‘Magenta’(GGM) and Gomphrena globosa ‘White’ (GGW) in hot air oven, where four drying media viz., silica gel, mixture of sand and silica gel, borax and mixture of sand and borax were used for drying at 500C, 550C and 600C temperature for 24, 48 and 72 hours. In second experiment, both GGM and GGW were dried in silica gel and mixture of sand and silica gel for 3, 4 and 5 minutes in microwave oven with 24, 48 and 72 hours setting duration. In third experiment, dyeing of GGW with food, fabric, organic and indicator dyes was performed. In fourth experiment, keeping quality of both dried as well as dyed flowers were evaluated up to 120 days of storage in three different conditions of storage i. e. under open conditions without any covering, cellophane coverings and newspaper coverings. In case of quality parameters in microwave oven drying maximum score (19.20) out of a total of 20 was obtained by the flowers embedded in silica gel and kept for 3 minutes with 72 hours setting time in GGM and in case of GGW maximum score (18.60) was obtained when flowers embedded in silica gel and dried for 3 minutes and kept for 24 hours setting time. Amongst the four different categories of dyes used for the dyeing of GGW, fabric dye was found to be the best followed by indicator, food and organic dyes. Yellow fabric dyes was found to be suitable based on different quality parameters. Indicator dyes like Crystal Violet and Eosin Yellow was found to be suitable with the addition of mordants. Maximum score (7.93) and (7.40) out of a total of 10 was allotted to the GGM and GGW which were dried in microwave oven and were kept covered with newspaper and observed after 120 days of storage duration followed by cellophane sheets covering compared to open conditions. Hence, it was concluded for aesthetic quality and for longer presentability flowers should be dried after embedding in silica gel in microwave for 3 minutes with 72 hours setting durations. Dyeing of flowers with fabric dye was found to be best in terms of both qualities as well as for maximum presentability and dried and dyed flowers of Gomphrena globosa L. can be stored up to 120 days in newspaper coverings.
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    STUDIES ON IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF CARNATION (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)
    (2015) GAUTAM, BHARTI; SHARMA, PUJA
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled, “Studies on in vitro propagation of Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)” was carried out at the Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory and Experimental Farm of Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2014-2015. The experiments were laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (factorial) consisting of two cultivars i.e. ‘Parendillo’ and ‘Yellow Star’. Out of the two carnation cultivars under study, ‘Parendillo’ showed superiority over ‘Yellow Star’ for all the characters observed during in vitro propagation. Shoot tips were rated better explants than nodal sections for mass multiplication in carnation cultivars. A protocol was developed for production of high quality virus indexed carnation plants in vitro. As a refinement in already existing protocol, 5 % Calcium Hypochlorite treatment of explants is suggested as a potential substitute for Mercuric Chloride, a hazardous chemical used previously for surface sterilization. 100 % uncontaminated growing cultures in cv.’Parendillo’ and. ‘Yellow Star’ were obtained with 5 % Calcium Hypochlorite treatment of explants for 10 and 15 minutes, respectively. For culture establishment, MS medium supplemented with 2.5 mgl-1 BA showed maximum per cent response. High quality shoots could be produced from shoot tip raised shoots in multiplication medium containing 2 mgl-1 BA, 0.1 mgl-1 NAA and 1 mgl-1 GA3. The in vitro multiplied shoots were serologically indexed using DAS- ELISA for important carnation viruses viz. Carnation Latent Virus (CLV), Chrysanthemum Virus B (CVB) and Chrysanthemum Aspermy Virus (CAV). All the shoots showing multiplication under in vitro conditions were tested free of viruses and put to rooting. MS medium containing 2 mgl-1 NAA and 0.1 % activated charcoal was found to be the best for in vitro rooting of multiplied shoots. The in vitro rooted plantlets showed 100% survival and maximum growth of plantlets hardened in a mixture of cocopeat : sand : perlite (2:2:1, v/v).
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    EFFECT OF PLANTING DATES ON LOOSE FLOWER PRODUCTION IN DIFFERENT GENOTYPES OF CHRYSANHTEMUM (Dendranthema grandiflora Tzvelev)
    (2015) KHARAYAT, SHALLEY; DHIMAN, S.R.
    Abstract The studies on “Effect of planting dates on loose flower production in different genotypes of chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora Tzvelev)” were carried out at experimental farm of the Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2014. The investigation was carried out on fourteen genotypes, i.e., ‘Surf’, ‘Ajay’, ‘Purnima’, ‘Shyama’, ‘Solan Shringar’, ‘Little Pink’, ‘UHFSChr-3’, ‘UHFSChr-8’, ‘UHFSChr-20’, ‘UHFSChr-36’, ‘UHFSChr-83’, ‘PAU-3’, ‘E-85’ and ‘E-87’ planted on three dates (April 29, May 22 and June 20) in order to find out the optimum planting time for different genotypes to get maximum loose flower yield. Maximum plant height was recorded in case of ‘PAU-3’ (103.64 cm) whereas, maximum length of side was recorded in genotype ‘Purnima’ (91.88cm), when planted on April 29. Earliest flowering (91.44 days) was observed in genotype ‘PAU-3’ planted on June 20. The highest number of flowers per stem (69.58) and per plant (305.97) was produced by genotype ‘Ajay’ planted on April 29. Maximum fresh flower weight was recorded in case of ‘Purnima’ (6.56 g) followed by ‘Surf’ (6.55 g) whereas maximum fresh flower weight per plant was observed in ‘Surf’ (1280.73 g) in April 29 planting. Therefore, the optimum planting time for obtaining maximum yield of loose flowers of genotypes like; ‘Surf’, ‘Ajay’, ‘Purnima’, ‘UHFSChr-8’ and ‘UHFSChr-36’ was found to be April 29. The genotypes, ‘Shyama’ and ‘Solan Shringar’ could be planted from April 29 to May 22 without significant reduction in yield. Other genotypes, like; ‘Little Pink’, ‘UHFSChr3’, ‘UHFSChr-20’, ‘PAU-3’, ‘E-85’ and ‘E-87’ could be planted from April 29 to June 20 without significant reduction in yield. It can also be concluded that for loose flowers of white colour, genotypes, ‘Surf’ and ‘Solan Shringar’ ; for yellow colour, ‘UHFSChr-8’; for red purple colour, ‘Shyama’ and for grey red colour, ‘E-87’ are suitable.