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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: Seed Science and Technology × Author: ARYA, RINKEY × Start date: 1984 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF PEST MANAGEMENT MODULES ON PLANT GROWTH, YIELD AND SEED QUALITY IN BELL PEPPER (Capsicum annuum L.)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2020-09) ARYA, RINKEY; RANA, R.S.
    ABSTRACT The present investigations entitled “Studies on the effect of pest management modules on plant growth, yield and seed quality in bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)” were carried out at Pandah Experimental Farm and laboratory of the Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during the years 2018 and 2019 using cultivar Solan Bharpur. The treatments comprised T1: Seed treatment with Trichoderma spp. @ 10 g/kg seed + oil treatment with Trichoderma spp. @ 1 kg/q FYM + seedling dip in Trichoderma formulation + foliar spray of neem oil @ 3 % at 30 and 45 DAT, T2: Seed treatment with Trichoderma spp. @ 10 g/kg seed + vermicompost @ 50 q/ha + neem cake application @ 12 g/plant + foliar application of NPV @ 1 g/l once in 7 days (after borers appearance), T3: Soil application of Beauveria bassiana @ 250 g/25 kg FYM + foliar application (two spray at weekly interval) of Beauveria bassiana @ 500 g/100 l of water at the time of appearance of insect pest, T4: Seed treatment with beejamrit (10 %) + soil application with jeevamrit (10 %) + foliar spray with neemastra (9 %) (20, 35 and 50 DAT), T5: Seed treatment with Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 10 g/kg seed + seedling dip in Trichoderma formulation + use of delta traps + foliar spray of emamectin benzoate 5 SG @ 200 ml/ha in 500 l water at flowering and fruiting stage, T6: Seed treatment with Pseudomonas fluorescens @ 10 g/kg seed + use of yellow sticky traps @ 5 traps/100 m2 + spray of NSKE 5 % (2-3 times at 15-20 DAT) + spray of spinosad 45 SC @ 160 ml/ha in 600-700 l of water (after appearance of insect pests), T7: Seed treatment with Imidacloprid @ 5 g/kg seed + foliar spray of imidacloprid @ 0.3 ml/l of water at 30 DAT + foliar application of propargite 57 EC @ 2.5 ml/l at 40 DAT + foliar spray of spinosad 2.5 SC @ 0.3 ml/l at 50 DAT, T8: Seed treatment with captan @ 2 gm/ kg seed + installing pheromone traps + spray of neem oil @ 3 % at 25 DAT + application of Imidacloprid @ 0.5 ml/l, propargite 57 EC @ 2.5 ml/l and quinalphos 25 EC @ 2 ml/l thrice at fortnightly interval and T9: Control. Under field conditions (fresh crop), the results revealed that treatment T2 recorded higher values for growth parameters (days to 50 % flowering- 42.67 days, days to first picking- 69.00, plant height- 62.59 cm, number of branches/plant- 5.77, harvest duration- 62.83 days, number of pickings- 7.83, number of fruits/plant- 21.02, fruit weight-49.85 g, fruit length- 6.49 cm) and fruit yield (310.44 q/ha). For seed crop production, the treatment T2 also recorded significantly highest number of seeds per fruit (176.66), 1000 seed weight (6.02 g) and seed yield (404.25 kg/ha) whereas, it showed minimum incidence of anthracnose (5.41 %) and phytopthora fruit rot (11.11 %). Under laboratory conditions, the treatment T2 gave higher values for quality parameters (germination per cent- 92.50 %, speed of germination- 18.62, seedling length- 11.64 cm, seedling dry weight- 2.76 mg, Seed Vigour Index- Length- 1079.17 and Seed Vigour Index- Mass- 255.75). However, the treatment T8 was observed for significant maximum reduction of green peach aphids (59.08 %), greenhouse whiteflies (59.04 %) and two-spotted red spider mites (35.37 %) with maximum benefit-cost ratio (5.11:1). Thus from the economic point of view it is concluded that the treatment T8 showed maximum protection from insect-pests with highest benefit-cost ratio. However, treatment T2 gave higher values for the growth, yield and seed quality parameters with minimum disease infestation which not only sustains yield potential but also maintains environmental and human health. So these treatment combinations can be applied for the commercial production after multilocation testing.