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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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    EFFECT OF PLANTING DATES AND TRAINING SYSTEMS ON SEED YIELD AND QUALITY IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.) GROWN UNDER PROTECTED CONDITIONS
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2020-08) SANTOSH, KUMAR; MANISH, KUMAR
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled, “Effect of planting dates and training systems on seed yield and quality in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) grown under protected conditions” was carried out inside a plastic greenhouse at Khaltoo experimental farm using cv. Solan Lalima. The experiment was laid out in RCBD (factorial) with sixteen treatments and three replications inside the greenhouse and in CRD (factorial) with four replications in laboratory of department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during the year 2019-20. The treatments comprised of four planting dates viz., M1 (transplanting on 1st April), M2 (transplanting on 15th April), M3 (transplanting on 1st May) and M4 (transplanting on 15th May) and four training systems viz., S1 (single stem), S2 (two stem), S3 (four stem) and S4 (no training). The observations were recorded in the greenhouse on fruit/seed yield traits like plant height (cm), days to first flowering, no. of flower clusters per plant, no. of flowers per cluster, no. of fruits per cluster, fruit set per cent (%), total no. of fruits per plant, average fruit weight (g), fruit yield (kg/plant, kg/m2 and q/ha), days to red ripe fruit maturity, no. of seeds per fruit, seed yield (g/plant, g/m2 and kg/ha) and on seed quality traits viz.,1000 seed weight (g), germination (%), seedling length (cm), seedling dry weight (mg), SVI-I (length), SVIII (mass), seed electrical conductivity (μS/cm), cold test and accelerated aging test in the laboratory. From the present study, it was concluded that combination M1S2 (transplanting on 1st April and two stem training system) was significantly superior or at par with the best treatment for most of the fruit yield, seed yield and seed quality traits like number of flowers per cluster (5.88), number of fruits per cluster (4.60), fruit set per cent (77.02 %), total number of fruits per plant (33.40), average fruit weight (77.4 g), fruit yield (2.24 kg/plant, 13.46 kg/m2 and 717.87 q/ha, respectively), number of seeds per fruit (82.23), 1000 seed weight (3.91 g), seed yield (4.53 g/plant, 27.16 g/m2 and 217.30 kg/ha, respectively), germination (89.25%), seedling length (19.01 cm), seedling dry weight (1.77 mg), seed vigour index-I (1696.47) seed vigour index-II (158.10), cold test (76.75 %) and accelerated aging test (75.50 %), respectively. Hence, combination M1S2 (transplanting on 1st April and two stem training system) was proved best for getting higher quality fresh fruit and quality seed produce and can be recommended after multilocation testing for growing tomato under protected conditions on commercial scale.