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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: SHILPA × Start date: 2013 × Type: Thesis ×
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    EFFECT OF PRE-SOWING SEED TREATMENTS AND GROWING MEDIA ON GERMINATION AND GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BAHERA (Terminalia bellirica Roxb.)
    (NAUNI,UHF, 2020-09) SHILPA; CHAUHAN, VIMAL
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Effect of pre-sowing seed treatments and growing media on germination and growth performance of Bahera (Terminalia bellirica Roxb.)” was carried out at the Experimental Farm, Department of Silvilculture and Agroforestry, Dr Y.S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2019-2020. The experiment was laid under polyhouse condition in complete randomized design (CRD factorial) with three replications. Bahera (Terminalia bellirica Roxb.) belongs to the family combretaceae and its different parts have been used for various purposes but due to the presence of thick fleshy pulp of fruits, hard seed coat and inappropriate use of forest products due to population pressure results in poor natural regeneration and low availability of bahera quality seeds. Therefore, the objectives of present study were to determine the most suitable pre-sowing seed treatment, root container and growing media for better seed germination, seedling vigour, growth and also for the production of better seedling biomass of bahera. The seeds were subjected to seven pre-sowing seed treatments (T) and the pretreated seeds were sown in two types of root containers (C) filled with four growing media (M) composed of soil, sand, FYM and vermicompost. From the present study it is evident that the significantly maximum germination percent (70.67 %), germination value (4.55), germination energy (56.00 %) and the minimum germination period of 32.33 days were obtained when the seeds were treated with T3treatment(seeds soaked in beejamrutha for 4 weeks) and sown in C1(polybags) filled with M3growing mediacomposed of soil + sand + FYM (1:1:1) i.e. T3C1M3 treatment combination. Similarly, maximum seedling height (34.00 cm), collar diameter (8.03 mm), number of leaves (17.67), leaf area (46.58 cm2), vigour index (5350), root length (41.70 cm) and root thickness (9.50 mm) were obtained when seedlings were grown in T3C1M3 treatment combination where as, the maximum number of secondary roots (38.00) were observed when the seedlings were grown from the pre- treated seeds with T3 treatment and grown in C1 (polybags) filled with M4 growing media composed of soil + sand + vermicompost (1:1:1) i.e. T3C1M4 treatment combination. However, maximum value of dry shoot weight (4.08 gm), dry root weight (3.91 gm), root-shoot ratio (0.96), total dry biomass of seedling (7.99 gm) and the maximum value of quality index (1.52) were obtained for theseedlings grown inT3C1M3treatment combination.