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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: NALWA, CHERRY × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2016 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    COMBINING ABILITY ANALYSIS OF FRUIT, SEED YIELD AND COMPONENT TRAITS IN SWEET PEPPER (Capsicum annuum L. var. grossum)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2019-07) NALWA, CHERRY; KUMAR, MANISH
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled “Combining ability analysis of fruit, seed yield and component traits in sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L. var. grossum)” was carried out under greenhouse conditions at the Experimental Farm of the Department of Seed Science, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh during the years 2017 and 2018. The experimental material for the present study comprised of six parents and their fifteen crosses which were developed by crossing these six diverse red sweet pepper lines in diallel design (excluding reciprocals). All the parents and their hybrids along with the standard check (Bomby) were planted in Randomized Block Design for their evaluation in kharif, 2018. The observations were recorded on eleven different traits, viz., days to first flowering, fruit set (%), number of fruits per plant, fruit weight (g), fruit yield (kg per plant), days to first ripe fruit harvesting, number of seeds per fruit, seed weight per fruit (g), seed yield per plant (g), thousand seed weight (g) and percent seed recovery. The analysis of variance indicated highly significant differences among the genotypes for all the traits studied. Experimental results revealed that two lines viz., RSPUHF-7 and RSPUHF-2 were found to be superior for earliness. Whereas, the parents RSPUHF-4 and RSPUHF-2 were superior on the basis of mean performance and general combining ability studies for fruit yield and seed component traits. Crosses RSPUHF-7 x RSPUHF-2 and RSPUHF-7 x RSPUHF-1 were found to be the best for earliness. Three cross combinations viz., RSPUHF-3 x RSPUHF-2, RSPUHF-4 x RSPUHF-2 and RSPUHF-5 x RSPUHF-2 were found to be the best on the basis of mean performance, heterosis studies and specific combining ability effects for fruit and seed yield traits. The parents showing earliness, better yield and component traits and seed yield traits can be released as open pollinated varieties for commercial cultivation. Similarly, the hybrids showing earliness, better yield and component traits and seed yield attributes along with per se performance can be adopted for commercial cultivation after their multilocation testing.