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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: Plant Pathology × Author: SHILPA × Start date: 2013 × Type: Thesis ×
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    STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF SOME CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH AND YIELD IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
    (NAUNI,UHF, 2020-07) SHILPA; SHUKLA, Y R
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Studies on the effect of some crop management practices on growth and yield in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)” was carried out at the Experimental Farm, Department of Vegetable Science, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, (HP) during Kharif season year 2017-2018 and 20182019. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (Factorial) with three replications comprising of twelve treatments having two levels of planting methods i.e. P1=raised bed and P2=flat bed, three levels of mulches treatments i.e. M1=black mulch, M2=silver/black mulch and M3=no mulch and two levels of training systems i.e. T1=two stem training system and T2=three stem training system. A popular variety of tomato ‘Solan Lalima’ was used as planting material in the present studies. Seedlings of tomato were transplanted on 12th April, 2017-18 and 2018-19 in a plot size of 11.34 m2 at a spacing of 90 × 30 cm accommodating 42 plants per plot in three replications. The recommended package of practices and plant protection measures were followed from time to time to produce healthy crop. Among the different planting methods, mulching treatments and training systems the plants which were grown on raised bed (P1) when applied with black mulch (M1) and trained to two stem training system (T1) resulted significantly maximum number of flower clusters per plant, number of fruits per cluster, fruit length (cm), fruit breadth (cm), pericarp thickness (mm), fruit weight (g), number of pickings, harvest duration (days), number of fruits per plant, fruit yield/plant (kg), fruit yield/plot (kg), fruit yield/ha (q/ha), leaf area index, plant height (cm), TSS (0Brix), ascorbic acid content (mg/100 g of fresh weight), lycopene content (mg/100 g of fresh weight), shelf life (days), minimum days to 50 per cent flowering, least number of days to marketable maturity, less incidence of buckeye rot (%), minimum severity of Alternaria leaf blight (%), minimum severity of bacterial leaf spot (%), less incidence of Fusarium wilt (%), minimum weed intensity (%), maximum weed control efficiency (%), less weed count (m-2), minimum fresh and dry weight of weeds. Analysis of variance showed significant differences among two way interaction for most of the characters studied. Among the first order interactions viz., planting methods and polythene mulch, polythene mulch and training system, planting methods and training systems; P1M1 (raised bed and black polyethylene mulch), P1T1 (raised bed planting method with two stem training system) and M1T1 (black polyethylene mulch with two stem training system) significantly affected most of the characters under study. The treatment combination involving raised bed, black mulch and two stem training system (P1M1T1) was found superior over all other treatments in terms of growth characters, fruit characters, yield characters, quality attributes, disease parameters, weed parameters and also had maximum benefit: cost ratio. The highest fruit yield (992.64 q/ha) of Solan Lalima with maximum net returns (Rs 1,181,364.19/ha) and highest benefit: cost ratio (3.84) was obtained with the treatment combination involving raised bed planting method, black polyethylene mulch and two stem training system (P1M1T1). Therefore, raised bed planting method, black polythene mulch in combination