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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: Silviculture × Author: RANA, ARUNA × Start date: 2013 × Type: Thesis ×
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    NURSERY STUDIES ON Parkia roxburghii G. DON
    (2015) RANA, ARUNA; GUPTA, N.K.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled "Nursery studies on Parkia roxburghii G. Don” was conducted in nursery and laboratory of the Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan-173230 (HP) during 2014-2015. For experiment the seeds were graded into small (L1), medium (L2) and large size(L3) on the basis of length. The seeds subjected to seven pre sowing treatments were sown in potting mixture consisting of soil, sand and FYM in four different ratios. The experiment was laid out in nursery conditions in randomized block design (RBD factorial) with three replications to determine most suitable seed size, pre sowing treatment and potting mixture for germination, seedling growth and biomass production parameters of Parkia roxburghii. It was evident from the study that large size seeds (L3) excelled all other grades in all germination, growth and seedling biomass parameters. The seeds treated with boiling water and soaking for 24 hrs (T5) registered significantly maximum germination (39.72%), germinative energy (25.42%), germination capacity (46.94%), MDG (2.37), peak value (2.53) and survival percent (34.86%). The seeds sown in potting mixture consisting of soil, sand and FYM in ratio 1:2:4 (M4) registered significantly maximum germination, seedling growth and biomass production parameters. The non- significantly maximum total sugars (87.36 mg/gm), reducing sugars (41.78 mg/gm), non-reducing sugars (48.96 mg/gm), soluble proteins (35.98 mg/gm) and total phenols (3.19 mg/gm) were recorded various seed categories. In the Parkia roxburghii seedling shoot maximum total sugars, reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars, soluble proteins and total phenols were found to be 6.99 mg/gm, 2.69 mg/gm, 4.15 mg/gm, 2.96 mg/gm and 3.79 mg/gm respectively while in Parkia roxburghii seedling root maximum total sugars, reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars, soluble proteins and total phenols were found to be 4.87 mg/gm, 1.57 mg/gm, 3.34 mg/gm, 0.69 mg/gm and 2.54 mg/gm respectively.