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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 and Agroforestry × Author: ASHOK KUMAR × End date: 2024 × Start date: 2020 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    VARIATION IN BIOMASS PRODUCTION AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF Grewia optiva IN DIFFERENT AGRO-CLIMATIC ZONES OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2023-09-26) ASHOK KUMAR; ROHIT BISHIST
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Variation in biomass production and nutritive value of Grewia optiva in different agro-climatic zones of Himachal Pradesh.” was carried out in the different agro-climatic zones of Himachal Pradesh during 2022-23 with the objectives viz., to estimate the biomass and nutritive value of Grewia optiva in different agro-climatic zones of H.P. and to study the soil physico-chemical properties in relation to biomass production of Grewia optiva. The composite leaf and soil samples were collected in month of November from different sites of different agro-climatic zones to analyze the nutritive parameters and soil physico-chemical properties. The findings of the present study revealed that, the nutritive value of Grewia optiva varied significantly across the different agro-climatic zones. The DM, CF, NDF, ADF, TA, AIA and Ca were observed to decrease with the increasing altitude and ranged between 57.06-45.61, 17.73-12.78, 34.55-30.52, 19.40-13.74, 10.33- 9.38, 2.78-2.09 and 3.87-2.71 per cent, respectively. Whereas, CP, EE, OM and leaf P were observed to increase with the increasing altitude and ranged between 15.80-20.74, 2.80-4.05, 89.67-90.63 and 0.18-0.34 per cent, respectively. The TD, diameter, volume, AGB, BGB, TB, AGCD, BGCD and TCD showed a decreasing trend with altitude and varied between 184.73-121.26 (tree ha-1), 15.76-14.56 (cm), 24.02-12.59 (m3 ha-1), 27.02- 14.16 (Mg ha-1), 7.19-3.77 (Mg ha-1), 34.20-17.92 (Mg ha-1), 12.89-6.72 (Mg C ha-1), 3.41-1.79 (Mg C ha-1) and 16.24-8.51 (Mg C ha-1). The soil SMC and MWHC at both depths were found to be increased with increasing altitude and ranged between 11.78 and 13.03 to 14.61 and 15.61 per cent, respectively. The BD of soil at both depths showed a negative trend with altitude and varied between 1.16 and 1.21 to 1.09 and 1.12 g cm-3. The soil pH and EC decreased as the elevation increases with 6.49-6.64 and 6.27-6.39 pH at Z1 and Z3, respectively and 0.341-0.323 and 0.351-0.335 dS m-1 EC at Z1 and Z3, respectively at both soil depths. Soil OC, available N, available P and available K ranged between 0.78-1.24 per cent, 227.59-321.44 kg ha-1, 20.80-34.51 kg ha-1and 151.58-237.18 kg ha-1 at D1 and 0.60-1.05 per cent, 197.50-288.69 kg ha-1, 14.93-29.61 kg ha-1 and 135.46- 218.11 kg ha-1 at D2, respectively and was observed to increase with increasing altitude. The soil exchangeable calcium showed a negative relation with altitude and varied between 8.12-9.71 C mol (p+) kg-1 in Z1 and 7.10- 8.50 C mol (p+) kg-1 in Z3, at both soil depths