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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: RAJENDRA, MHAISKAR PRIYA × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2016 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    GROWTH, REGENERATION AND PROPAGATION OF Olea glandulifera Wall. ex. G. Don.
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2017) RAJENDRA, MHAISKAR PRIYA; GUPTA, B.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Growth, regeneration and propagation of Olea glandulifera Wall. ex. G. Don” was carried out in Bathalghati near Arki (HP) and Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, Dr. Y S Parmar UHF, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh during 2014-2016. Seeds were collected from three of diameter classes of tress viz., D1 (10-20cm), D2 (20-30cm) and D3 (30-40cm) at 15 days interval starting from 27th December 2014 (H1) to 21st February 2015 (H5). These seeds were germinated in laboratory and various germination parameters were recorded up to 40th day from the start of germination. The seeds collected on 7th February, 2015 (H4) from 20-30 cm diameter class trees showed best germinability. The same seeds when used subsequently in the second year for germination tests showed almost 50% reduction in germinability parameters. Some seeds were stratified for 4 and 8 weeks at four temperatures i.e. T1 (room temperature), T2 (3±1 oC), T3 (0 oC) and T4 (-3±1 oC) and treated with 100 ppm and 200 ppm GA3 and then germinated. Seeds treated with 200 ppm GA3 and stratified for 8 weeks at 3±1 oC showed highest germination and seedling growth parameters. Some Seeds were stored at 3 different temperatures viz., room temperature (T1), 3±1 oC (T2) and - 3±1 oC (T3) in 3 different storage containers viz., C1 (Polythene bags), C2 (Plastic container) and C3 (Earthen pots) for 4 different storage periods of 2 (M1), 4(M2), 6 (M3) and 8 (M4) months. Seeds stored in plastic jars at 3±1 oC for 2 months showed highest germinabilty parameters. Vegetative propagation was done by collecting stem cuttings from trees in rainy (S1) and spring (S2) seasons and planted in nursery after treating them with 10 different formulations of growth hormones prepared in talc viz., T1 (Control – talc only), T2 (5 % Captan + 5 % Sucrose), T3 (0.5 % IBA + 5 % Captan + 5 % Sucrose), T4 (1.0 % IBA + 5 % Captan + 5 % Sucrose), T5 (1.5 % IBA + 5 % Captan + 5 % Sucrose), T6 (2.0 % IBA + 5 % Captan + 5 % Sucrose), T7 (0.5 % NAA + 5 % Captan + 5 % Sucrose), T8 (1.0 % NAA + 5 % Captan + 5 % Sucrose), T9 (1.5 % NAA + 5 % Captan + 5 % Sucrose) and T10 (2.0 % NAA + 5 % Captan + 5 % Sucrose). The stem cuttings treated with 1.0% IBA + 5% Captan + 5% Sucrose (T4) formulation and planted in rainy season exhibited highest rooting, root characteristics and survival. Natural regeneration was studied in three different sites located at different elevations viz., E1 (700-800mts), E2 (800-900mts) and E3 (900-1000mts). The number of recruits, unestablished plants and established plants ranged from 250 to 700, 125 to 200 and 100 to 175, respectively. The regeneration success in O. glandulifera forest was low and it ranged between 6.25% and 13.75%. Soil analysis of the three sites showed that pH of the soil ranged from 5.48 to 6.22, organic carbon from 1.24 % -3.07 %,), available nitrogen from 101.84 kg/ha to 266.71 kg/ha, available phosphorous from 20.77 kg/ha to 35.64 kg/ha and available potassium from 179.67 kg/ha to 269.78 kg/ha in 0-30 cm soil depth. The aboveground, belowground and total biomass production of O. glandulifera trees was estimated as 94.81, 20.86 and 115.67 t/ha, respectively. Various linear and non-linear functions were tested for determining best relationships among different components of trees