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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: BANBAY, MUNEESH × End date: 2017 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Assessment of carbon pool in relation to forest types, altitudinal gradient and NDVI indices under different forest ecosystems in subtropical parts of Himachal Pradesh”
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2014) BANBAY, MUNEESH; BHARADWAJ, D.R.
    ABSTRACT The present investigations entitled “Assessment of carbon poolin relation to forest types, altitudinal gradient and NDVI indices under different forest ecosystems in subtropical parts of Himachal Pradesh” were carried out through two different experiments in different forest types and in different NDVIs along different altitudinal gradient in subtropical conditions of Himachal Pradesh viz., Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Solan and Sirmaur district during 2013-2014. The present investigations were conducted to assess the carbon density under subtropical ecosystem of HP in different forest types and NDVIs along different altitudinal gradient. For conducting the experiment, different forest types: chir pine plantation, dry shiwalik sal forests, northern mixed dry deciduous forests, lower shiwalik pine forests and upper Himalayan chir forests and altitudinal ranges: 600-900, 900-1200, 1200-1500 m a.s.l and NDVIs: 0.0-0.1, 0.1-0.2, 0.2-0.3, 0.3-0.4, 0.4-0.5 were considered as treatments. The results of the experiments in the subtropical ecosystems of HP have revealed that the maximum vegetation carbon (170.73 t C ha -1 ) was accumulated in dry shiwalik sal forests; whereas maximum carbon density in various NDVIs along different altitudinal rangesis accumulated in N 4(153.12 t C ha -1 ) NDVI and A3(164.13 t C ha -1 ), respectively. Vegetation carbon density in different forest types followed the order: dry shiwalik sal> Himalayan chir > chir plantation > lower shiwalik pine > northern mixed dry deciduous forests. Whereas the trend in relationto altitudinal range and NDVI was: A3> A 1> A 2and N4> N 1> N 2> N 5> N 3, in decreasing order respectively. Maximum total soil carbon density (72.49 t C ha -1 ) was accumulated in Northern mixed dry deciduous forests followed by Himalayan chir forests > lower shiwalik pine forests > chir pine plantation > dry shiwalik sal forest, in decreasing order respectively. In relation to NDVIs and altitudinal ranges, total soil carbon density followed an increasing trend with increase in altitude and NDVI value. In subtropical ecosystems of HP, maximum quantity of detritus carbon was recorded in chir pine plantation; whereas in different NDVIs along different altitudinal ranges it was maximum in A3 altitude and N5 NDVI value. Maximum carbon storage in subtropical Himalayan ecosystem, which is a sum of vegetation + soil + detritus carbon pool, was recorded in dry shiwalik sal forest (209.95 t C ha -1 ) followed by Himalayan chir > chir pine plantation> lower shiwalik pine > northern mixed dry deciduous forests. In case of various NDVIs along different altitudinal ranges, the trend followed was N 4 > N 1 > N 2 > N 5 > N 3 and A 3 > A 1 > A 2 in decreasing order respectively. Soil physic-chem ical analysis revealed that there is a significant variation due to forest types, altitudes and NDVIs for soil organic carbn, bulk density, soil nutrients, pH and EC. Higher values of organic carbon and most soil nutrients were recorded for northern mixed dry deciduous forests. Soil nutrients and organic carbon increased with increase in altitude and NDVI; whereas bulk density, pH and EC decreased with increase in altitude and NDVI. All the soil nutrients, organic carbon, and EC decreased with soil layer depth but bulk density and pH increased with the soil layer depth. The correlation studies revealed that in various forest types, the vegetation carbon density was positively correlated with average DBH,average height, top height and herb biomass but negatively correlated with shrub biomass, diversity parameters and soil carbon density. It was also found that NDVI was positively correlated with diversity parameters and shrub biomass and soil carbon density but non-significantly correlated (negative) with tree biomass and vegetation carbon density.