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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: INDU, RAJ × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2017 ×
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    ASSESSMENT OF BIOMASS AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL OF Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2017) INDU, RAJ; SHARMA, D.P.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled "Assessment of biomass and Carbon sequestration potential of Shorea robusta (Gaertn.f.)" was carried out in the experimental area between latitude 30 O34’41”N to 30 O34’58”N latitude and the longitude 77 O42’34” E to 77 O44’15” E in the sub-tropical zone of Paonta Forest Division of Himachal Pradesh with an elevation from 300-400 m above mean sea level (a.m.sl.). The pure plantation area of Shorea robusta was selected in Rajban Forest having C-7 and C-8 compartments near Rajban and compartments having C-16 and C-17 compartments near Garibnath of Paonta Range. The observations regarding diameter at breast height and tree height were recorded. Various linear and nonlinear (Compound, Power, Exponential, Sigmoid, cubic, log-linear and quadratic functions were analysed to estimate the volume, biomass and carbon of Shorea robusta. Power function (Y= a(D2H)x) where Y is the dependent variable and D is diameter at breast height and H is tree height) was best fitted for all the selected parameters. To estimate stem volume based on diameter at breast height with adjusted R2 value as (0.98), based on height with adjusted R2 value as (0.72), based on Basal area with adjusted R2 value as (0.98) and based on D2H with adjusted R2 value as (0.999). Similarly for basal area the power function was best fitted with adjusted R2 values as (0.98) based on diameter at breast height, (0.72) based on height, (0.98) based on Basal area and (0.99) based on D2H. Similarly, an adjusted R2 value for biomass carbon with diameter at breast height as independent variable was 0.98, with height as independent variable was 0.72, with Basal area was 0.981 and with D2H was 0.99. However, in this research, model comparison and selection was based on adjusted R2, goodness of fit, Theil’s-U statistics and finally undergone cross-validation to ensure further adequacy. Power function was best fitted among all the linear and non-linear functions. After testing the model, D2H was best variable with the accuracy of 99 percent due to combination of both diameter and height.