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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 SEED PRIMING AND FOLIAR APPLICATION OF PACLOBUTRAZOL ON PLANT GROWTH, FLOWERING, QUALITY ATTRIBUTES AND SEED YIELD IN VERBENA
    (UHF Nauni, 2024-03-24) VINAY; BS Dilta
    The present investigation titled, “Effect of seed priming and foliar application of paclobutrazol on plant growth, flowering, quality attributes and seed yield in verbena” was carried out at Research Farm and Laboratory of the Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2021-22 and 2022-23. First experiment was carried out in CRD under protected conditions using cocopeat and sand (3:1, v/v) in protrays, comprising 22 seed priming treatments of GA3, PEG 6000 and hydropriming along with control and evaluated based on the warranted parameters of quality seedlings. One best treatment among each was used for 2nd experiment under field conditions. It was observed that GA3 seed priming treatment T5 (100 ppm for 24 hours), significantly improved the seedling emergence (84.00 %), seedling length (13.61 cm), seedling dry weight (126.67 mg), SVI-I (1143.46) and SVI-II (10639.66). However, among osmopriming with PEG 6000, treatments, T13 (-1.0 MPa for 12 hours) resulted in significantly increase in the seedling emergence (83.00 %), seedling length (13.57 cm), seedling dry weight (124.35 mg), SVI-I (1126.06) and SVI-II (10320.94). Hydropriming for a duration of 24 hours was found best amongst its other durations and resulted in highest seedling emergence (80.88 %), seedling length (10.61 cm), seedling dry weight (119.41 mg), SVI-I (858.09) and SVI-II (9657.98). Therefore, seed priming with GA3 (100 ppm for 24 hours), osmopriming with PEG 6000 (-1.0 MPa for 12 hours) and hydropriming for 24 hours was used for field trial along with control. Second experiment was laid out in RCBD (factorial) for field studies and CRD (factorial) for laboratory studies. In addition to seed priming treatments, foliar application of paclobutrazol (0, 2.5, 5.0 and 7.5 ppm) was done at 40 days after transplanting of seedlings. Data for various growth, flowering and seed yield contributing characters were recorded along with seed quality parameters of harvested seeds. From the investigation it was concluded that, seed priming with GA3 (@ 100 ppm for 24 hours) + foliar application of paclobutrazol @ 5.0 ppm has improved all the parameters under study by increasing number of branches per plant (51.92), plant spread (29.52 cm), number of flowers per plant (588.92), duration of flowering (74.67), number of capsules per plant (367.22), seed yield (3.01 g per plant and 27.11 g per plot), estimated seed yield per hectare (216.84 kg) and 1000 seed weight (2.091 g) including best quality seeds exhibiting highest germination percentage (83.13 %), seedling length (7.38 cm), seedling dry weight (0.640 mg), SVI-I (614.91), SVI-II (53.21), highest germination after AAT (75.25 %), lowest EC (99.25 μS/cm) and gave highest net return (Rs. 3830999) and B:C ratio (7.57:1) in verbena. Therefore, based on the positive outcomes observed in the investigation, the treatment combination comprising seed priming with GA3 @ 100 ppm for 24 hours and foliar application of paclobutrazol @ 5.0 ppm can be suggested to use after multi-location testing for achieving improved plant growth, flowering and higher yield of quality seeds in verbena under mid hill conditions of HP
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    SEED COATING STUDIES IN PEA (Pisum sativum L.)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2020-08) VINAY; SHARMA, RAJENDER
    ABSTRACT The present investigations titled “Seed coating studies in pea (Pisum sativum L.)” were carried out using cv. “Pb-89”. The field experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design at Pandah Research Farm and laboratory studies were conducted in Completely Randomized Design in the Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2018-19. There were seven treatments viz., T1 (seed coating with Rhizobium @ 30 g kg-1 seed), T2 (seed coating with PSB @ 30 ml kg-1 seed), T3 (seed coating with Rhizobium @ 30 g + PSB @ 30 ml kg-1 seed), T4 (seed coating with FeSO4 @ 3 g kg-1 seed), T5 (seed coating with ZnSO4 @ 3 g kg-1 seed), T6 (seed coating with carbendazim @ 2.5 g kg-1 seed) and T7 (control). Foliar sprays of ZnSO4 + FeSO4 @ 0.3 per cent each were given at 50 per cent flowering and 15 days after the first spray in all treatments except control. It was concluded that the treatment T3 influenced nearly all the parameters resulting in maximum field emergence (92.67 %), plant height (91.03 cm), pods plant-1 (27.07), pod length (9.81 cm), seeds pod-1 (7.93), seed yield (13.98 g plant-1, 1.2 kg plot-1 and 21.33 q ha-1), 100 seed weight (17.11 g), germination (96 %), seedling length (19.29 cm), seedling dry weight (34.80 mg), SVI-I (1851.62), SVI-II (3341.38), lowest EC (16.75 μS cm-1), highest germination in accelerated ageing test and in cold test (77.75 % and 80 %, respectively) and maximum B: C ratio (2.00: 1). Therefore, treatment T3 can be suggested for pea seed production after multi-location testing for higher yield of quality seed under mid-hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh.