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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: Soil Science × Author: JAMIO, WOSHANTHUNG × End date: 2015 × Start date: 2012 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    NUTRITIONAL SURVEY OF APPLE ORCHARDS IN KULLU DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2014) JAMIO, WOSHANTHUNG; TRIPATHI, D.
    ABSTRACT The investigations entitled "Nutritional survey of apple orchards in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh" were undertaken to determine the nutritional status of apple orchards, located in different blocks of district Kullu and so as to establish therelationships among soil characteristics and nutrient content of soils and plants. Based on uniformity in respect of age and growth a total of 25 apple orchards were selected in five blocks (Kullu, Naggar, Banjar, Anni and Nirmand) of the district. Soil (0-20 and 20-40 cm depths) and plant (leaf) samplescollected from apple orchards were analyzed for some of the physico-chemical properties and for their macro-nutrient (N, P, K, S) and micro-nutrient (Zn, Cu, Fe and Mn) status. Soil reaction (pH) was found to be slightly acidic to near neutral and electrical conductivity values were in safe limits (0.8 dSm -1 ). Almost all the samples registered high organic carbon content. However, soils were low, medium to high in available N, K and Zn, high in P, Cu, Fe and Mn, whereas S was in sufficient range. Leaf analysis revealed sufficient levels of N, P, Fe and Mn. However, K and Cu were in low to sufficient range, leaf S was found to be medium to high, whereas, Zn was in low, sufficient to high range. Organic carbon was positively and significantly correlated with all the analyzed nutrients. However, its positive relationship with available Fe in surface soils and Mn in sub-surfacesoils was statistically non-significant. Organic was also positively and significantly related with leafN and K, while, P and S were positively related with organic carbon but was statistically non-significant. Surface as well as sub-surface soils exhibited positive relationship with all the analyzed leaf nutrients, however, only N exhibited a positive and significant relationship. It is expected that the present results will be helpful to the growers, planners and other extension agencies for effective and judicious application of fertilizers in order to have higher yields of quality fruits.