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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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ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF GROWTH RETARDANT ON SEED YIELD AND QUALITY IN OKRA (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench)(NAUNI,UHF, 2020-11) SHAILJA KUMARI; MANISH KUMARABSTRACT The present experiment entitled “Studies on the effect of growth retardant on seed yield and quality in okra [Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench]” was conducted at the Khaltoo experimental farm of Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan during kharif season of 2019-20. The experiment was laid in Randomized Complete Block Design (Factorial) with one additional treatment in field having three replications each and Completely Randomized Design (Factorial) with one additional treatment in the laboratory having four replications each. Various concentrations of growth retardant cycocel (50, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 ppm) were applied as foliar spray at three different stages (20, 30 and 40 days after germination) to study the effect on growth, flowering, fruiting, seed yield and quality attributes in okra cv. P-8. Among different treatments, cycocel 500 ppm sprayed at 30 days after germination was recorded significantly best for improved growth characters, fruit yield characters, seed yield characters, seed quality characters and maximum B:C ratio. Whereas, cycocel 500 ppm sprayed at 20 days after germination was observed best for earliness in flowering and maturity. Therefore, foliar application of 500 ppm cycocel sprayed at 30 days after germination can be recommended for commercial seed production of okra in Himachal Pradesh after validation for one more year over different regions.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF SEED PRIMING ON GERMINATION AND SEEDLING GROWTH IN AMLOOK (Diospyros lotus L.)(NAUNI,UHF, 2020-10) JARYAL, REVA; SHARMA, C LABSTRACT The present investigations entitled “Effect of seed priming on germination and seedling growth in amlook (Diospyros lotus L.)” were conducted at the experimental farm and laboratory of Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, (HP) during 2019-20. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with eleven seed priming treatments viz., GA3 (250, 500, 750 ppm), Thiourea (2500, 5000, 7500 ppm), KNO3 (2500, 5000, 7500 ppm), hydro-priming and control (no priming) replicated thrice. Among all the treatments GA3 @ 500 ppm performed significantly better than all other treatments over control in terms of germination i.e. seed germination (64.26 %), days taken to germination (38.40) and growth parameters i.e. seedling height (29.10 cm), seedling diameter (6.27 mm), number of leaves per seedling (17.07), leaf area (86.04 cm2), leaf chlorophyll content (2.05 mg/g), fresh weight of shoots (16.32 g), dry weight of shoots (8.57 g), total root length (1.45 m), fresh weight of roots (11.97 g), dry weight of roots (6.24 g), biomass of seedlings (14.81 g), seedling vigour indexI (2547.88), seedling vigour index-II (951.91), survival rate (93.84 %) and number of graftable seedlings (96.99 %).ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF DATES OF SOWING AND MULCHING PRACTICES ON PLANTING MATERIAL PRODUCTION IN GINGER (Zingiber officinale Rosc.)(NAUNI,UHF, 2020-10) GARG, YUKTI; KUMAR, MANISHABSTRACT The present investigation titled “Effect of dates of sowing and mulching practices on planting material production in ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.)” was carried out at Pandah experimental Farm of department of Seed Science and Technology and analysis for quality attributes was done in laboratory of department of Vegetable Science, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during Kharif season, 2019. The experiment consisted of twenty treatment combinations which were laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (factorial) having 3 replications of each treatment. The study comprised of 5 (five) dates of sowing i.e. 15th March, 1st April,15th April, 1st May,15th May and 4 (four) mulching materials i.e. Black polyethene mulch, Grass mulch, FYM mulch, No mulch. The plot size was 3x1 m. The observations were recorded on days to 50% plant emergence, number of tillers/plant, number of leaves/tiller, plant height (cm), yield (g/plant), yield (kg/plot and q/ha), days to harvest, incidence of rhizome rot (%), essential oil (%), oleoresin content (%), crude fibre (%), incidence of rhizome rot under storage condition (%), BC ratio. Analysis of variance showed significant difference among all the treatment combination for most of the characters under study. It was revealed that sowing of Ginger variety Himgiri on 15th May with FYM mulching gave the best results in terms of growth and yield characters. This planting time and mulching practice also recorded less incidence of rhizome rot and maximum net returns of` 8,52,845 per hectare and B C ratio of 1.73 whereas, sowing on 15th May with grass mulch surpassed all other treatments and thus contributing in net returns of` 7,82,250 and highest cost benefit ratio of 1.71.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF SCARIFICATION AND SEED PRIMING ON GERMINATION AND SEEDLING GROWTH IN WILD APRICOT (Prunus armeniaca L.)(NAUNI,UHF, 2020-09) KASARLA, PAVITRA; SHARMA, C LABSTRACT The present investigations entitled “Effect of scarification and seed priming on germination and seedling growth in wild apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.)”were conducted at the experimental farm and laboratory of Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, H.P. during 201920. The experiment was laid out in Randomised Block Design (Factorial) with two factors. Seed type had two levels viz., Stone (Non-scarified) and Kernel (Scarified). Priming had eight levels along with control viz., GA3(250 ppm, 500 ppm and 750 ppm), BA (50 ppm, 100 ppm and 150 ppm) and hydro-priming. The seed priming treatments were given for 24 hours prior to seed sowing. The treatment combination of Kernel (Scarified) + GA3@ 500 ppm showed significantly better performance in terms of seed germination (78.35 %) and seedling growth viz., seedling height (94.14 cm), seedling diameter (7.09 mm), number of leaves per seedling (95.65), leaf area (15.04 cm2), chlorophyll content (2.39 mg/g), fresh weight of shoots (62.16 g), dry weight of shoots (38.26 g), total root length (1.32 m), fresh weight of roots (22.98 g), dry weight of roots (10.09 g), biomass of seedlings seedlings (48.36 g), seedling vigour index- I (9,817.28) seedling vigour index-II (3,789.10), survival rate (95.73 %) and number of graftable seedlings (95.55 %). Whereas, the treatment of Stone (Scarified)+GA3@500 ppm resulted into the highest root: shoot ratio (0.42).ThesisItem Open Access SEED COATING STUDIES IN PEA (Pisum sativum L.)(UHF,NAUNI, 2020-08) VINAY; SHARMA, RAJENDERABSTRACT 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.ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF PEST MANAGEMENT MODULES AGAINST INSECT PEST COMPLEX AND SEED YIELD OF OKRA, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench(UHF,NAUNI, 2020-08) MATHIVADHANA, K S; RANA, RAJINDER SINGHABSTRACT The present investigation titled “Studies on the effect of pest management modules against insect pest complex and seed yield of okra, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench” was carried out at the Experimental Research Farm of Dr. Yaswant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2019-2020. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with four replications. The okra cv. P-8 was sown in June, 2019 in a plot size of 6 m2 under seven treatment modules with T1 (Installation of yellow sticky traps and pheromone traps, spraying of Azadirachtin @ 5 ml/l at 45 DAS, flonicamid 50 WG @ 0.4 g/l at 10 DAFS, thiacloprid 21.7 SC @ 0.6 ml/l at 10 DASS, rynaxypyr @ 0.3 ml/l at 10 DATS, spiromesifen @ 1 ml/l at 10 DAFoS), T2 (Spraying of neem soap @ 10 g/l at 45 DAS, pongamia soap @ 10 g/l at 10 DAFS, NSKE @ 40 g/l at 10 DASS, Lecanicillium lecanii @ 5 g/l at 10 DATS, Beauveria bassiana @ 5 g/l at 10 DAFS), T3 (Spraying of flonicamid 50 WG @ 0.4 g/l at 45 DAS, difenthiuron @ 1 g/l at 10 DAFS, spiromesifen 22.9 SC @ 1.25 ml/l at 10 DASS, thiacloprid 21.7 SC @ 0.6 ml/l at 10 DATS), T4 (Neem cake @ 2.5 t/ha at field preparation, installation of yellow sticky traps, spraying of NSKE @ 5% at 45 DAS, neem oil 3 ml/l at 10 DAFS, Beauveria bassiana @ 5 g/l at 10 DASS, Bacillus thuringiensis @ 2.5 g/l at 10 DATS), T5 (Beejamrit seed treatment, soil application of jeevamrit at 45 DAS, foliar spray of jeevamrit at 45 DAS and 3 sprays at 10 days interval, foliar spray of neemastra at 55 DAS and 3 sprays at 10 days interval), T6 (Spraying of Malathion @ 1 ml/l water at 45 DAS, fenazaquin @ 2.5 ml/l at 10 DAFS, deltamethrin in 1 ml/l at 10 DASS, oxy-demeton methyl @ 2 ml/ l at 10 DATS) and T7 (Control with no spray). The results revealed that T1 had maximum reduction of insects and less infestation in plants. T1 obtained higher values for growth parameters (plant height – 183.36 cm, pod length – 15.53 cm) and yield parameters (number of pods per plant – 13.10, number of damaged pods per plant – 1.61, number of seeds per pod – 51.04, seed yield – 16.66 q/ha) and quality parameters (100 seed weight – 6.21 g, germination percentage – 81.75%, seedling length – 22.48 cm, seedling dry weight – 27.64 mg, electrical conductivity – 0.872 dS/m, SVI-I – 1837.35, SVI-II – 2259.68, germination percentage in accelerated ageing test – 69.00%, and cold test – 73.00%) and the highest benefit cost ratio of 3.34:1 followed by T3. Hence T1 provided maximum protection from insects and also performed better growth, yield and quality parameters of seed with maximum benefit cost ratio and after multilocation trails these can be applied for commercial cultivation of okra seed production in the midhills of Himachal Pradesh.ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ZINC AS FOLIAR APPLICATION ON SEED YIELD AND QUALITY IN RADISH(UHF,NAUNI, 2020-08) SHARMA, SHIVANIABSTRACT 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.ThesisItem Open Access STANDARDIZATION OF NATURAL FARMING MODULE FOR SEED PRODUCTION IN SWEET WILLIAM (Dianthus barbatus L.)(UHF,NAUNI, 2020-08) KOUNDAL, AKHILESH; DILTA, B.S.ABSTRACT The present investigation titled, “Standardization of natural farming module for seed production in Sweet William (Dianthus barbatus L.)” was carried out at the Khaltoo experimental farm of Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP)-173 230 during 2018 to 2020 to find a suitable treatment module for obtaining better plant growth, flowering seed yield and quality of Sweet William. The treatment modules comprised of different doses of Jeevamrit applied as drench at monthly interval and foliar spray at 15 and 20 days interval + Brahmastra @ 2.5 % and Drekastra @ 2.5 % at 10-12 days interval, alternatively. Field experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 14 treatment modules replicated thrice and the laboratory studies were conducted with four replications. Among different treatment modules, earliest flowering (103.21 days), maximum values for plant height (48.81 cm), plant spread (36.81 cm), number of inflorescences per plant (12.02), diameter of inflorescence (10.14 cm), number of florets per plant (265.37), duration of flowering (46.81 days), number of seeded capsules per plant (235.14), number of seeds per capsule (54.01), seed yield per plant (11.43 g), seed yield per plot (102.87 g), 1000 seed weight (0.98 g) as well as minimum number of non-seeded capsules per plant (31.84) were recorded in treatment module M5 {Drenching with Jeevamrit @ 100 % at monthly interval + Foliar application of Jeevamrit @ 30 % at 15 days interval + Brahmastra @ 2.5 % and Drekastra @ 2.5 % at 10-12 days interval, alternatively}. Similarly, maximum germination (95.38 %), speed of germination (12.20), seedling length (7.64 cm), seedling dry weight (0.57 g), SVI-I (728.17), SVI-II (54.05) and lowest seed EC (0.153 dS/m) were also obtained in M5. The highest viable microbial count i.e. bacteria (41.61 × 107 cfu/g soil), fungi (12.76 × 102 cfu/g soil) and actinomycetes (32.78 × 103 cfu/g soil) were found under treatment module M5. However, maximum nitrogen (541.20 kg/ha), phosphorus (80.87 kg/ha) and potassium (302.01 kg/ha) were found under treatment module M13 {RDF (100 % NPK) + FYM @ 5 kg/m2}.ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF MANAGEMENT MODULES FOR SOUTH AMERICAN TOMATO LEAFMINER Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) ON SEED PRODUCTION IN TOMATO(UHF,NAUNI, 2020-09) WALIA, AKSHAY KUMAR; RANA, RAJINDER SINGHABSTRACT The present investigation entitled, “Studies on the effect of management modules for South American tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) on seed production in tomato” was carried out at Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2019 to 2020. The treatments were T1 (spraying of azadirachtin @ 5 ml/l 30 DAT + emamectin benzoate @ 0.4 g/l 15 DAFS + rynaxypyr @ 0.3 ml/l 15 DASS), T2 (spraying of azadirachtin @ 5 ml/l 30 DAT + emamectin benzoate @ 0.4 g/l 15 DAFS + Rynaxypyr @ 0.6 ml/l 15 DASS), T3 (spraying of NSKE 5% 30 DAT + pongamia soap @ 10 g/l 15 DAFS + neem soap @ 10 g/l 15 DASS + spinosad 45 SC @ 0.3 ml/l 15 DATS), T4 (spraying of lamda cyhalothrin @ 2.5 ml/l at 30 DAT + indoxacarb 14.5 SC @ 1 ml/l at 15 DAFS + rynaxypyr @ 0.3 ml/l 15 DASS + novaluron 10EC @ 1.5 ml/l at 15 DATS), T5 (installation of yellow sticky traps (10/acre) + Neem cake @ 2.5 t/ha at field preparation + Spraying of NSKE @ 5% at 30 DAT + Neem oil @ 3 ml/l at 15 DAFS + Beauveria bassiana @ 1 g/l at 15 DASS + Bacillus thuringiensis @ 1 ml/l 15 DATS), T6 (beejamrit seed treatment + soil application of jeevamrit + foliar spray of jeevamrit (at interval of 15 DAT ) + foliar spray of neemastra (1st spray at 30 DAT and after that at interval of 15 days)) and T7 control (No spray). The results showed that the treatment T4 recorded the minimum number of Tuta absoluta larvae (0.43) and leaf mines (0.75), moreover the population of other insects were also minimum [aphids (10.49, serpentine leaf miners (0.83) and fruit borers (1.28) per plant]. It also recorded the highest values for growth and yield parameters like number of flower clusters (7.73), fruits/plant (29.36), healthy fruits/plant (23.23), seeds/fruit (87.73), 1000 seed weight (2.76g), seed yield (5.32 g/plant, 63.84 g/plot and 149.35 kg/ha) and seed quality characters i.e. germination percentage (87.25), seedling length (16.14 cm), seedling dry weight (1.883 mg), SVI-I (1412.57), SVI-II (164.71) and highest benefit: cost ratio (5.37:1). From the present investigation it can be concluded that the treatment T4 was found best for plant growth parameters and protection from insect pests which resulted in higher yield of quality seeds and can be recommended for commercial seed production of tomato after conducting multilocation trials.