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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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    Genetic Evaluation Of Pea (Pisum Sativum L.) Genotypes And Inheritance Of Resistsnce To Aschochyta Blight
    (Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry;Solan, 2006) Chandel, Anil; Kohli, U.K.
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    Evaluation of some introduced rootstocks for peach, plum and apricot
    (YSPU, 2013) Nagi, Manpreet; Krishan Kumar
    The present investigations entitled “Evaluation of some introduced rootstocks for peach, plum and apricot” were conducted in Department of Fruit Science, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan. Eight exotic Prunusrootstocks (Cadaman, Citation, GF 31, GF 677, Ishtara, Manicot, Montclar and Rubira) along with two local seedling rootstocks viz., Wild Apricot and Wild Peach were assessed for their ability to propagate by conventional vegetative methods, their graft success with commercial scion cultivars and their tolerance to drought and cold stress conditions. Exotic rootstocks namely Montclar (39.9 %) and Rubira (25.8 %) were more amenable to propagation through IBA treated hardwood cuttings than Ishtara (13.6 %), GF 31(13.4 %), Citation (8.6 %) and Wild Peach (10.8 %). As many as three rootstocks Manicot, Cadaman and Wild Apricot did not respond to multiplication through hardwood cuttings. These rootstocks followed similar trend on propagation through softwood cuttings except the fact that the success rate was relatively lower than that achieved through hardwood cuttings. Overall, IBA treatment of 2000 ppm and 1000 ppm was found to result in maximum rooting in Montclar through hardwood (39.9 %) and softwood (26.6 %) cuttings, respectively. The success of multiplication throughstooling varied from very good (Rubira, Manicot, GF 31), good (Citation, GF 677) and low to very low in Wild Peach and Wild Apricot. Three rootstocks Montclar, Ishtara and Cadaman did not record any success in propagation through stooling. Maximum success was recorded in Rubira with nectarine cv. Snow Queen (50.0 %); in Manicot with apricot cv. Ema (43.3 %) and plum cv. Santa Rosa (50.0 %); in Montclar with plum cv. Red Beaut (43.3 %) and peach cv. July Elberta (43.3 %); in Ishtara with peach cv. July Elberta (60.0 %) and nectarine cv. Mayfire (50.0 %); in GF 31 with apricot cv. Ema (23.3 %), nectarine cv. Mayfire (40.0 %) and plum cv. Frontier (46.6 %); in Citation with peach cv. July Elberta (46.6 %); in GF 677 with plum cv. Santa Rosa (53.3 %); in Wild Peach with nectarine cv. Mayfire (53.3 %) and in Wild Apricot with apricot cv. NewCastle (43.3 %) and plum cv. Red Beaut (43.3 %). Exotic clonal rootstocks, on the whole, showed better graft success with scion cultivars than local seedlingrootstocks. Rootstocks namely Manicot, Montclar, Ishtara, Citation and Wild Apricot were observed as more drought tolerant than Rubira, GF 31, GF 677 and Wild Peach, whereas Manicot, GF 31, Ishtara and Cadaman were found to be more cold hardy than Rubira, Montclar,GF 677 and Citation.
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    Influence Of Rootstocks And Paclobutrazol On Growth And Physiology Of Pear Cv. Flemish Beauty Under Different Soil Moisture Regimes
    (Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry;Solan, 2006) Sanjeev; Sharma. N.
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    Effect Of Growth Regulators, Organic And Inorganic Fertilizers On Pot Grown Gerbera Cv. Harley
    (Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry;Solan, 2007) Kalmotia, Pooja; Bhalla, Rajesh
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    Screening Of Potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) Cultivars For Processing And Value Addition
    (Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry;Solan, 2004) Dev Raj; Kaushal, B.B.Lal
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    Studies On The Effect Of Soil And Foliar Application Of Zinc And Boron On Fruit Set, Retention, Quality, Cracking And Yield Of Litchi Cv. Dehradun
    (Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry;Solan, 2006) Ajay Kumar; Rahalia, A.S.
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    Studies On Pollination In Relation To Productivity Of Delicious Apple In Himachal Pradesh
    (Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry;Solan, 2005) Chauhan, Anjana; Jindal, K.K.
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    Effect of planting dates on growth, flowering and seed production of selected winter annuals
    (DYSPU, 2013) Sharma, Priyanka; Gupta, Y.C.
    The present investigation entitled, “Effect of planting dates on growth, flowering and seed production of selected winter annuals.” was carried out at experimental farm of the Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P) during 2010 and 2011. The studies were conducted on six winter annuals namely; annual chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum coronarium L.), candytuft (Iberis amara L.), godetia or satin flower (Godetia grandiflora Lindl.), helichrysum or paper flower (Helichrysum bracteatum Andr.), snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus L.), sweet william (Dianthus barbatus L.). The experiment was laid out in RBD keeping planting dates as treatments with four replications. Planting was done at an interval of 15 days starting from September 17 in both the years. Plantings dates were; September 17, October 2, October 17, November 1, November 16 and December1. Findings revealed that in case of annual chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum coronariumL.), maximum plant height (120.29 cm), plant spread (55.50 cm), number of side stems per plant (16.23), duration of flowering (41.43 days), number of flowers per stem (21.98), number of heads per plant (308), number of seeds per head (243.95), seed yield per plant (77.40 g), 1000 seed weight (1.67 g) and benefit cost ratio (14.24) were recorded when planting was done on September 17. Earliest visible flower bud formation (60.08 days), flowering (95.08 days) was also recorded September 17 planting; however head formation was earliest (158.53 days) in December 1 planting. In candytuft (Iberis amara L.) also, September 17 planting resulted in maximum plant height (34.81 cm), plant spread (33.23 cm), number of side stems per plant (6.25), duration of flowering (41.43 days), number of flower clusters per stem (15.46), number of siliquae per plant (3467.72), seed yield per plant (10.25 g), 1000 seed weight (2.18 g) and benefit cost ratio (1.62). Earliest visible flower budformation (55.43days), flowering (77.80 days) was also recorded September 17 planting; however siliqua formation was earliest(157.58 days) in December 1 planting. In case of godetia (Godetia grandifloraLindl.), maximum plant height (68.35 cm), plant spread (50.66 cm), stem length (58.38 cm), duration of flowering (33.91 days), number of flowers per stem (central and side; 110.08 and 15.74), number of capsules per plant (327.50), number of seeds per capsule (90.69), seed yield per plant (9.18 g) and benefit cost ratio (1.21) were recorded when planting was done on September 17. Earliest visible flower bud formation (121.36 days), flowering (151.53 days) and capsule formation (205.42 days) were observed in December 1 planting. In helichrysum (Helichrysum bracteatumAndr.), maximum plant height (92.88 cm), plant spread (46.00 cm), number of side stems per plant (12.35), duration of flowering (45.00 days), numberof flowers per stem (6.02), flower size (5.63 cm),number of heads per plant (65.38), number of seeds per head (534.93), seed yield per plant (24.84 g), 1000 seed weight (0.77 g) and benefit cost ratio (3.07) were recorded when planting was done on September 17. Earliest visible flower bud formation (62.28 days), flowering (100.44 days) was also recorded September17 planting; however head formation was earliest (162.01 days) in December 1 planting. In case of snapdragon (Antirrhinum majusL.), maximum plant height (91.83 cm), plant spread(36.78 cm), stem length (82.00 cm), duration of flowering (39.97 days), number of florets per stem (31.70), number of pods per stem (30.87), number of seeds per pod (390.76), seed yield per plant (8.44 g), 1000 seed weight (0.126g) and benefit cost ratio (1.59) were recorded when planting was done on September 17. Earliest visible flower bud formation (70.18 days) and flowering (107.35 days) was recorded in September 17 planting, however, earliest capsule formation (182.48 days) was observed in December 1 planting. In case of sweet william (Dianthus barbatusL.), maximum plant height (63.54 cm), plant spread (33.32 cm), stem length (56.30 cm), durationof flowering (41.98 days), number of flowers per stem (central and side; 109.42 and 27.58), number of capsules per plant (373.75), number of seeds per capsule (40.85), seed yield per plant (10.75 g) and benefit cost ratio (1.75) were recorded when planting was done on September 17. Earliest visible flower bud formation (71.15 days), flowering (99.50 days) and capsule formation (153.28 days) were observed in September 17 planting.
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    Description And Identification Of Nursery Plants Of Commercial Cultivars Of Temperate Fruits
    (Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry;Solan, 2007) Kishori Lal; Chandel, Jodinger Singh