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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: BHUYAN, BANDAN KUMAR × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2000 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    EFFECT OF Morus alba ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF OKRA (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) UNDER RAINFED CONDITIONS
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2017-11) BHUYAN, BANDAN KUMAR; THAKUR, C.L.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Effect of Morus alba on growth and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moh) under rainfed conditions” was carried out at experimental field of the Department of Silviculture & Agroforestry, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, H.P. during the year 2016. The investigation was conducted with a view to ascertain the effects of different organic manure combinations [T1: Recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) i.e NPK @ 76 kg, 57 kg and 54 kg per hectare + FYM (10 t ha-1), T2: 50% Vermicompost (25.33 q ha-1) + 50% RDF + FYM, T3: 75% Vermicompost (38 q ha-1) +25% RDF + FYM, T4: 100% Vermicompost (50.66 q ha-1) + FYM, T5: 50% Goat manure (12.66 q ha-1) + 50% RDF + FYM, T6: 75% Goat manure (19 q ha-1) + 25% RDF + FYM, T7: 100% Goat manure (25.33 q ha-1) + FYM, T8: 50% Poultry manure (12.54 q ha-1) + 50% RDF + FYM, T9: 75% Poultry manure (18.81 q ha-1) + 25% RDF + FYM and T10: 100% Poultry manure (25.08 q ha-1) + FYM ] and planting conditions (1m from tree trunk, 2m from tree trunk and open condition) on the growth and yield of okra and physicchemical properties of soil. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design comprising of 10 treatment combinations. All organic manure combinations had significant effect on the growth and yield attributes of okra except plant height, inter nodal length, fruit weight and fruit volume. Planting conditions had a significant influence on some growth and yield attributes of Okra viz; germination, plant height, days to first flower, inter nodal length, below ground biomass, above ground biomass, fruit length and yield per hectare but had non significant effect on number of nodes per plant, number of fruits per plant, fruit diameter, fruit weight, fruit volume, weight of seed per fruit and 100 seed weight. Organic manure combinations and planting conditions also had significant effect on soil properties except on bulk density and particle density. From the present investigation it can be concluded that T10 i.e. 100%Poultry manure (25.08 q ha-1) + FYM (10 t ha-1) under open condition gave the best results of growth and yield attributes of Okra. However, soil physico-chemical properties were found to be higher in plots treated with T10 at one meter distance from tree trunk. Therefore, 100% poultry manure (25.08 q ha-1) + FYM (10 t ha-1) can be recommended to the farmers to grow okra under agroforestry system.