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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: SHARMA, SHIVANI × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ZINC AS FOLIAR APPLICATION ON SEED YIELD AND QUALITY IN RADISH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2020-08) SHARMA, SHIVANI
    ABSTRACT The present investigations entitled “Studies on the effect of zinc as foliar application on seed yield and quality in radish” were carried out in the Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2018-2019 using radish cv. Japanese White. There were twelve treatment combinations including four levels of zinc (Zn) (0g l-1, 1g l-1, 2g l-1 and 3g l-1 ZnSO4) and three stages of application (S) (Bolting, Bolting + 14 days after first application and Bolting + 14 days + 28 days after first application). Each plot of size 3.0 × 1.8 m accommodated thirty plants at as spacing of 60 × 30 cm. The results revealed that among the 12 treatment combinations, Zn3S1 (2g l-1 at the time of bolting) was the best treatment combination for growth and seed yield parameters resulting in maximum plant height (118.92 cm), siliquae plant-1(146.40), seeds siliqua-1(6.34), siliqua length (7.09 cm), average seed weight siliqua-1 (0.185g), minimum days to seed maturity (104.67) and maximum seed yield (27.03 g plant-1, 0.67 kg plot-1 and 9.90 q ha-1). The effect on various seed quality parameters evaluated under laboratory conditions depicted superiority of interaction Zn3S1 in terms of maximum 1000 seed weight (14.36 g), germination of harvested seed (85.75%), seedling length (24.20 cm), seedling dry weight (11.31 mg), seed vigour index-I (2,075.08), seed vigour index-II (966.77), minimum electrical conductivity (0.017dS m-1), maximum germination in accelerated ageing test (81.00 %) and cold test (78.25 %) than rest of the treatment combinations. Maximum benefit: cost ratio (2.70:1) was also noticed in Zn3S1. Thus, it can be concluded that for getting higher yield of quality seed in radish under mid hill condition of HP, the crop should be sprayed with ZnSO4 @ 2g l-1 at bolting stage.