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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 IBA TREATMENTS ON GROWTH AND ROOTING OF SEMI HARDWOOD CUTTINGS IN POMEGRANATE(UHF Nauni, 2023-11-04) K. HARIKA; Dr C L SharmaThe present investigations entitled “Studies on the effect of IBA treatments on growth and rooting of semi hardwood cuttings in pomegranate” were undertaken at Experimental Farm of Department of Seed Science & Technology, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan H.P. during 2022-2023. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (Factorial) with twelve treatment combinations replicated thrice, comprising of four IBA levels (0, 1000, 1500 and 2000 ppm) and three cutting segments (top, middle and basal). Among different levels of IBA, the treatment IBA @ 2000 ppm exhibited significantly higher per cent sprouting (60.00 %), number of shoot per cutting (5.21), shoot length (22.16 cm), shoot diameter (4.56 mm), number of leaves per cutting (14.78), leaf area (7.32 cm2), leaf chlorophyll content (6.03 mg g-1), fresh weight of shoots (7.24 g), dry weight of shoots (4.93 g), per cent rooting (58.89 %), number of roots per cutting (12.02), maximum root length (14.14 cm), fresh weight of roots (3.35 g), dry weight of roots (1.59 g) and biomass of cuttings (6.51 g). Among cutting segments, basal segment resulted in significantly increased per cent sprouting (56.67 %), number of shoots per cuttings (5.54), shoot length ( 21.86 cm), shoot diameter (4.46 mm), number of leaves per cutting (16.30), leaf area (8.68 cm2), leaf chlorophyll content (6.22), fresh (8.04 g) and dry weight of shoots (4.85 g), per cent rooting (60.42 %), number of roots per cutting (13.89), maximum root length (14.54 cm), fresh (3.63 g) and dry weight of roots (1.79 g) and biomass of cuttings (6.64 g). The interactive effect of IBA @ 2000 ppm + Basal segment i.e. treatment of basal cuttings with IBA @ 2000 ppm had recorded significantly higher values in terms of per cent sprouting (75.00 %), number of shoots per cutting (7.15), shoot length (29.17 cm), shoot diameter (5.46 mm), number of leaves per cutting (20.44), leaf area(11.54), leaf chlorophyll content (7.25), fresh (10.37 g) and dry weight of shoots (6.68 g), per cent rooting (81.67 %), number of roots per cutting (18.41), maximum root length (18.43 cm), fresh weight of roots (4.67 g), dry weight of roots (3.18 g) and biomass of cuttings (9.86 g).ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF UREA AND NANO UREA ON GROWTH AND QUALITY OF APPLE NURSERY cv. RED VELOX(UHF Nauni, 2023-11-07) REWA DHIMAN; Dr C L SharmaThe present investigation entitled, “Studies on the effect of foliar application of urea and nano urea on growth and quality of apple nursery cv. Red Velox” was carried in the Pandah Farm, Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan HP during 2022-23. The experiment was laid in Randomised Complete Block Design (RCBD), comprising 7 treatments viz, T1: Urea @ 0.3%, T2: Urea @ 0.4%, T3: Urea @0.5%, T4: Nano urea @ 0.3%, T5: Nano urea @ 0.4%, T6: Nano urea @ 0.5%, T7: Control. Each treatment was replicated thrice. Three foliar applications of urea and nano urea were given at weekly interval in the month of July. Nano urea @ 0.4 % (T5) significantly resulted in maximum plant height (183.21 cm), stem diameter (15.70 mm), number of branches (3.00) per plant, number of leaves (62.07) per plant, leaf area (33.51 cm2), leaf chlorophyll content (2.76 mg g-1), leaf N (2.43%) and K (1.63%) content, fresh weight of shoots (246.30 g), dry weight of shoots (116.56 g), number of roots (23.00) per plant, total root length (5.47 m), fresh weight of roots (38.23 g), dry weight of roots (22.13 g), biomass of plant (138.69 g). From the present studies, it can be concluded that Nano urea @ 0.4 % (T5) significantly enhanced the growth and quality of apple nursery cv. Red Velox.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF ZINC NANOPARTICLES SEED TREATMENT ON QUALITY SEED PRODUCTION IN BITTER GOURD(UHF Nauni, 2023-11-04) PRAGATI VERMA; Dr Rohit VermaThe present investigation entitled, “Effect of Zinc Nanoparticles Seed Treatment on Quality Seed Production in Bitter Gourd” was carried in the laboratory and research farm of Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2022-2023. The experiment was laid out in open field conditions with Randomized Block Design having fourteen treatments replicated three times while laboratory experiment was conducted in Completely Randomized Design replicated 4 times. Out of the 14 treatments, 9 treatments comprised of seed priming with zinc nanoparticles @ 50 ppm, 100 ppm and 150 ppm for 12, 24 and 48 hours, 3 treatments comprised of seed coating with zinc nanoparticles @ 50 ppm, 100 ppm and 150 ppm, 1 treatment comprised of seed soaking in water for 36 hrs in addition to control. Seed priming with ZnO NPs @ 150 ppm for 24 hrs (T8) was found superior over all other treatments in terms of germination (98.25 %), seedling length (25.23 cm), seedling dry weight (144.25 g), seedling vigour index-I (2478.86), seedling vigour index-II (14171.85), days to 50% emergence (10.33 days), total emergence (79.56 %), plant height 30 DAS (80.06 cm), days to first picking (80.33 days), harvest duration (28 days), fruit length (17.11 cm), fruit weight (116.33 g), number of fruits per plant (13.66), number of seeds per fruit (24.18), number of seeds per plant (330.30), seed yield per plot (293.97 g), seed yield per hectare ( 483.91 kg/ha), 100 seed weight (17.20 g) and maximum B:C ratio (1.84: 1) which was closely followed by seed priming with ZnO NPs @ 150 ppm for 48 hrs (T9). Therefore, seed priming with ZnO NPs @ 150 ppm for 24 hrs (T8) can be recommended for commercial seed production of bitter gourd after multi-location testing.ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ZINC NANOPARTICLES SEED TREATMENT ON QUALITY BULB PRODUCTION IN ONION(UHF Nauni, 2023-10-23) NIKHIL; Dr. Rohit VermaThe present investigation titled, “Studies on the Effect of Zinc Nanoparticles Seed Treatment on Quality Bulb Production in Onion” was carried out at laboratory and experimental farm of Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP)-173 230 during 2022-2023. Laboratory studies were conducted in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with four replications and field experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with 14 treatments replicated thrice. Out of the 14 treatments, 9 treatments comprised of seed priming with zinc nanoparticles @ 50ppm, 100 ppm and 150 ppm for 12, 24 and 36 hours, 3 treatments comprised of seed coating with zinc nanoparticles @ 50ppm, 100 ppm and 150 ppm, 1 treatment comprised of hydropriming for 12 hours in addition to control. Although, maximum values for germination percentage (87.73 %), seedling length (14.13 cm), seedling dry weight (1.85 mg), seedling vigour index-I (1274.24), seedling vigour index-II (162.30), speed of germination (24.25), plant height at 30 and 60 days after transplanting (14.53, 34.53 respectively), number of leaves at 60 days after transplanting (6.67), polar diameter (53.67 mm), equatorial diameter (57.90 mm), bulb size index (3108.29 mm2), number of bulbs per plot (69), bulb weight (74.50 g), bulb yield per plot (5.29 kg), bulb yield per hectare (423.03), benefit: cost ratio (2.12 :1) and minimum value for EC (109.50 μS/cm), days from transplanting to harvest (130.00), neck thickness (8.70 mm), early bolters (0.00 %), disease incidence (1 %) were recorded in T9 (seed priming with ZnO nanoparticles @ 150 ppm for 36 hours) which was closely followed by T8 (seed priming with ZnO nanoparticles @ 150 ppm for 24 hours). Therefore, T9 (seed priming with ZnO nanoparticles @ 150 ppm for 36 hours) can be suggested for commercial bulb production of onion after multi location testing.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF NATURAL FARMING PRACTICES ON QUALITY SEED PRODUCTION IN PEA(UHF Nauni, 2023-11-04) SAKSHI CHAUHAN; Dr. Rohit VermaThe present investigation titled, “Effect of Natural Farming Practices on Quality Seed Production in Pea” was carried out at experimental farm of Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP)-173 230 during 2022 to 2023. Field experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with 7 treatments replicated thrice and the laboratory studies were conducted in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with four replications. All the treatments except for control-RDF (T7) comprised of seed treatment with Beejamrit, drenching and spraying with Jeevamrit (10 %) at 1 and 2 weeks interval [T1 & T2: drenching with Jeevamrit at 1 and 2 weeks interval, respectively; T3 & T4: spraying with Jeevamrit at 1 and 2 weeks interval, respectively; T5 &T6: drenching and spraying with Jeevamrit alternatively at 1 and 2 weeks interval, respectively] and foliar application of agniastra, sonthastra and sour butter milk at 7 days interval. Ghanjivamrit, achhadan and whapasa were practiced in all treatments except control-RDF (T7). Although, maximum values for plant height (86.90 cm), pod length (9.18 cm), number of pods per plant (21.07), number of seeds per pod (7.83), seed yield per plot (0.182 kg), seed yield per hectare (16.88 q), 100 seed weight (17.12 g), germination percentage (96.75 %), seedling length (23.28 cm), seedling dry weight (34.63 mg), seedling vigour index-I (2251.88), seedling vigour index-II (3349.95) and minimum value for EC (16.05 μS/cm), minimum days to 50 % flowering (86.33), minimum days to seed harvesting (147.00) were recorded in treatment T1 [Seed treatment with Beejamrit + drenching with Jeevamrit (10 %) at 1 week interval + foliar application of agniastra, sonthastra and sour butter milk at 7 days interval] but found to be statistically at par with treatments T5 and T7. Highest viable microbial count i.e. bacteria (11.64 × 108 cfu/g soil), fungi (19.33 × 102 cfu/g soil) and actinomycetes (23.33 × 104 cfu/g soil) was recorded in T1 which was statistically at par with treatment T5. However, maximum values for available N (352.87 kg/ha), P (82.53 kg/ha) and K (302.03 kg/ha) were observed in T7 (RDF- @ Urea 55 kg /ha + SSP 375 kg/ha + MOP 100 kg/ha + FYM @ 200 q/ha) which were statistically similar to T1 and T5. The treatment T5 also exhibited highest B: C ratio (1.57: 1) besides enhancing all other quality attributes. Therefore, treatment T5 [Seed treatment with Beejamrit + drenching and spraying with Jeevamrit (10 %) alternatively at 1 week interval + foliar application of agniastra, sonthastra and sour butter milk at 7 days interval] can be suggested for commercial seed production of pea to obtain higher B:C ratio as an intercrop in apple after multi location testingThesisItem Open Access STANDARDIZATION OF NURSERY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN ONION UNDER NATURAL FARMING SYSTEM(UHF,NAUNI, 2023-10-21) DEEKSHA BHARDWAJ; NARENDER K BHARATABSTRACT The present investigation entitled, “Standardization of nursery production technology in onion under natural farming system” was carried out at the Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan HP during 2022-2023. Total two experiments were conducted. The first experiment was conducted under in vitro conditions using a Completely Randomized Design with three replications to study the effect of 21 seed treatments comprising of beejamrit, jeevamrit, formulations of plant extracts and cow urine, alongside a control on seed quality parameters in onion. Out of these, seed treatment with Drek + Cow urine @ 20% for 30 min resulted highest germination (86.74%), speed of germination (13.51), seedling length (16.10 cm), seedling dry weight (2.88 mg), seedling vigour index-I (1396.52) and seedling vigour index-II (249.81). The second experiment was laid out under nursery conditions in Randomized Block Design with three replications to study the effect of seed treatments, soil application of jeevamrit @ 10% at 15 days interval and foliar application of saunthastra and buttermilk @ 3% alternatively at weekly interval on seedling quality and health parameters in onion. Two best treatment combinations were chosen from each category of plant extract and cow urine formulations, and one treatment each from beejamrit and jeevamrit on the basis of results obtained from Experiment I alongside control. Out of 11 treatments, seed treatment with Drek + Cow urine @ 20% for 30 min resulted maximum emergence (82.70%), speed of germination (11.49), seedling vigour index-I (1871.90), seedling vigour index-II (3647.73) and minimum pre-emergence damping off (17.30%) and post emergence damping off (0.66%). Seed treatment with Aloevera + Cow urine @ 10% for 30 min resulted maximum seedling shoot length (17.26 cm) and seedling root length (6.30 cm). Maximum seedling dry weight (45.83 mg) was recorded in the seeds treated with Aloevera + Cow urine @ 20% for 30 min. It can be concluded from the study that seed treatment with Drek + Cow urine @ 20% for 30 min and soil application of jeevamrit @ 10% at 15 days interval and foliar spray of saunthastra and buttermilk @ 3% alternatively at weekly interval significantly improved emergence, growth parameters, vigour of seedlings and reduced pre and post emergence damping off in onion cv. Palam LohitThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF NANOPARTICLES TREATMENT ON SEED QUALITY, STORABILITY AND FIELD PERFORMANCE IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.)(UHF,NAUNI, 2023-09-27) VISHAW DEEP SHARMAABSTRACT The present investigation titled, “Effect of nanoparticles treatment on seed quality, storability and field performance in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)” was carried out as three separate experiments at experimental farm and laboratory of the Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, HP during 2022-2023. The seeds of tomato cv. Solan Lalima were treated with three different nanoparticles (Fe2O3, MgO and ZnO) at three concentrations (10, 20 and 30 ppm) for three durations (12, 18 and 24 hrs) along with untreated seeds as control and stored in polythene bags at room temperature for 9 months. The first experiment was carried out in the laboratory to standardize the doses and duration of nanoparticle (NPs) seed treatments on seed quality parameters in tomato. In case of seeds treated with Fe2O3 nanoparticles, treatment T2, where seeds were primed with 10 ppm Fe2O3 for 18 hours, the highest germination (88.25 %), seedling length (19.85 cm), seedling dry weight (1.94 mg), seed vigour index-I (1719.00), seed vigour index-II (170.94), speed of germination (20.27) and lowest electrical conductivity (3.03 μS cm-1) were observed. In case of seeds treated with MgO nanoparticles, treatment T2, where seeds were primed with 10 ppm MgO for 18 hours, the highest germination (84.50 %), seedling length (19.45 cm), seedling dry weight (1.89 mg), seed vigour index-I (1551.10), seed vigour index-II (152.51), speed of germination (19.78) and lowest electrical conductivity (3.21 μS cm-1) were recorded. In ZnO nanoparticles treated seeds, treatment T2, where seeds were treated with 10 ppm ZnO for 18 hours, the highest germination (90.25 %), seedling length (20.43 cm), seedling dry weight (1.86 mg), seed vigour index-I (1807.23), seed vigour index-II (166.43), speed of germination (20.87) and lowest electrical conductivity (2.93 μS cm-1) values were observed. The second experiment was aimed to assess the efficiency of nanoparticle treatments in improving the storage potential of tomato seed, in which seed quality parameters were studied at different storage intervals i.e., after 0, 3, 6 and 9 month (s) of storage. In treatment T8, where seeds were treated with 10 ppm ZnO for 18 hours, the highest germination (86.94 %), seedling length (19.55 cm), seedling dry weight (1.83 mg), seed vigour index-I (1692.03), seed vigour index-II (157.26), speed of germination (20.36) and lowest electrical conductivity (3.08 μS cm-1) were noticed. Primed seeds at zero month of storage had the highest germination (84.58 %), seedling length (19.22 cm), seedling dry weight (1.81 mg), seed vigour index-I (1616.26), seed vigour index-II (153.22), speed of germination (19.00) and the lowest electrical conductivity value (3.48 μS cm-1). The third experiment which was conducted in field, seeds treated with 10 ppm ZnO for 18 hours (T8) showed maximum values with respect to plant height (162.25 cm), number of fruits cluster-1 (5.45), number of fruits plant-1 (35.8), fruit length (4.93 cm), fruit diameter (5.59 cm), fruit weight (90.67 g), fruit yield plant-1 (2.39 kg), fruit yield plot-1 (35.86 kg), fruit yield ha-1 (708.35 q) and a minimum value for days to first picking (70.33) along with maximum cost-benefit ratio (3.23). Therefore, based on above findings, nanoparticles seed treatment in tomato with ZnO @ 10 ppm for 18 hours can be recommended for better seed storability along with field performance after multilocation testing under mid-hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh.ThesisItem Open Access STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF PGPR ON GROWTH, FLOWERING, SEED YIELD AND QUALITY OF Antirrhinum majus L.(UHF,NAUNI, 2023-09-22) ISHA DEV; B S DILTAABSTRACT The present investigation titled, “Studies on the effect of PGPR on growth, flowering, seed yield and quality of Antirrhinum majus 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 2022-23 to find a suitable PGPR treatment for obtaining better growth of plants, flowering and higher yield of better quality seeds in Antirrhinum majus L. The experiment comprised of 12 treatments namely, T1 (Uninoculated control), T2 (PGPR-I @5 ml/plant of 108 cfu/ml), T3 (PGPR-I @10 ml/plant of 108 cfu/ml), T4 (PGPR-I @15 ml/plant of 108 cfu/ml), T5 (PGPR-II @5 ml/plant of 109 cfu/ml), T6 (PGPR-II @10 ml/plant of 109 cfu/ml), T7 (PGPR-II @15 ml/plant of 109 cfu/ml), T8 (PGPR-I of 108 cfu/ml + PGPR-II @5 ml/plant 109), T9 (PGPR-I of 108 cfu/ml + PGPR-II @10 ml/plant of 109 cfu/ml), T10 (PGPR-I of 108 cfu/ml + PGPR-II @15 ml/plant of 109 cfu/ml) and T11 (Bioferganic liquid PGP – Plant growth promoter (BDC EXTRACT) @3 ml/l) all applied through drenching at 15 days intervals including T12 (RDF) was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The better results in terms of plant growth, flowering behaviour as well as yield of good quality seeds were recorded in T10 (PGPRI of 108 cfu/ml + PGPR-II @15 ml/plant of 109 cfu/ml). The application of T10 in addition to enhancing the plant growth, flowering and production of quality seeds in higher amount have also contributed significantly in enriching the soil with huge load of beneficial bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes. Hence, the treatment T10 can be recommended for seed production of Antirrhinum majus L. on commercial scale after multilocation trials.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF KINETIN ON GROWTH, LEAF YIELD, SEED YIELD AND QUALITY ATTRIBUTES IN FENUGREEK(UHF,NAUNI, 2023-06) KULDEEP SINGH; SHARMA, RAJINDERABSTRACT The present investigation titled, “Effect of foliar application of kinetin on growth, leaf yield, seed yield and quality attributes in fenugreek” was carried out on cv. Pusa Early Bunching. Field trial was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (Factorial) with three replications of each treatment combination at Pandah Experimental Farm of the Department of Seed Science and Technology, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during rabi 2021-22. The treatments comprised of three stages of application viz. S1 (45 DAS), S2 (60 DAS) and S3 (75 DAS) and three kinetin doses (D) i.e., D1 (25 ppm), D2 (50 ppm) and D3 (75 ppm), thus, making nine treatment combinations along with control. Observations were recorded on different aspects of growth, seed yield and quality. From the present study, it was concluded that treatment combination D3S1 (6-BA @ 75 ppm 45 DAS) was highly significant recording minimum days ( 82.00) to first leaf cut after sowing, maxima for branches plant-1 (8.03), leaf yield at first cut (0.807 kg plot-1) and total leaf yield (1.71 kg plot-1 and 84.41q ha-1), minimum days to 50 % flowering (105.67), maximum values for plant height (47.24 cm) at harvesting stage, pods plant -1 (24.04 ), pod length ( 10.36cm), number of seeds pod-1 ( 13.06), weight of 25 pods (7.35g), seed yield (0.24 kg plot-1 and 11.85q ha-1), test weight (11.31g), nodules plant-1 (4.84 ) after pod harvest, dry matter (15.11g) plant-1, harvest index (29.05%) and biological yield ( 40.78q ha-1). Under laboratory conditions, maxima were recorded for germination of harvested seed (94.18%), seedling length (23.37cm), seedling dry weight (43.63 mg), seed vigour index-I (2200.75), seed vigour index-II (4108.91 and minimum seed electrical conductivity (0.086 dS m-1) assessed using CRD being significantly superior over all other treatment combinations. This treatment combination also ensured highest B: C ratio (3.74: 1) for leaf and (0.74: 1) for seed production. Hence, treatment combination D3S1 (6-BA @ 75 ppm 45 DAS) can be recommended for production of green leaves and higher yield of quality seed after multi-location testing under mid-hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh.