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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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    NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF VEGETABLE GROWING AREAS OF SAPROON VALLEY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2014) KAKAR, RIDHAM; TRIPATHI, D.
    ABSTRACT The amount of nutrients removed in harvested crops are generally much higher than the quantity added and hence resulting in exhaustive mining of nutrients from the soil, thus increasing the nutrient related stresses and yield losses. The problem has been further aggravated due to introduction of heavy nutrient feeders and high yielding hybrid varieties. Therefore, the present study was undertaken in 2013-14 to study the nutritional status of Saproon valley of H.P in surface and sub-surfacesoils and to work out a relationship between soil and leaf nutrient status, in order to get higher and sustainable production of vegetable crops. The pH ranged from 6.16 to 7.94 and EC of the surface and sub-surface soils ranged from 0.09 to 1.02 and 0.11 to 0.49 dS m -1 , respectively. The organic carbon content varied from 5.70 to 32.60 and 0.30 to 20.50 g kg -1 in the surface and sub-surface soils, respectively. Available N content ranged from 254.02 to 542.53 and 203.84 to 435.90 kg ha -1 in surface and sub-surface soils, respectively. In surface soils, available P content ranged from 11.20 to 156.80 kg ha -1 whereas, in sub-surface soils, it ranged from 2.24 to 98.56 kg ha -1 . In surface soils available K content ranged from 147.72 to 1915.20 kg ha -1 with and in sub-surface soils it ranged from 165.32 to 1377.60 kg ha -1 . The soils of the valley are medium in available N but high inP and K content. The neutral normal ammonium acetate extractable Ca and Mg content ranged from 1.53 to 7.11 and 1.10 to 3.67 [cmol (p + ) kg -1 ], with mean values of 3.98 [cmol (p + ) kg -1 ] and 2.43 [cmol (p + ) kg -1 ], irrespective of soil depth. The valley are rich in exchangeable Ca and Mg. Soils of the valley are high in nutrient status with regard to DTPA-Fe, Mn and Cu, medium with respect to DTPA-Zn and low with respect to available S. Macro and micro nutrient elements were found to decrease with soil depth. The nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content in tomato leaf samples variedfrom 3.45 to 5.77, 0.28 to 0.89 per cent and 2.10 to 4.40 per cent. The average concentration of Ca, Mg andS in tomato leaf samples was recorded as 2.23, 1.17 and 0.46 per cent, respectively, showing adequacy of nutrient content in the leaf samples. The majority of leaf samples are sufficient in leaf micronutrient status.OC showed a positive and significant correlation with the nutrient status of the soil. A negative and significant correlation was found between pH and leaf Fe, Mn and Cu content. A negative and significant correlation was worked out between available K content and leaf Ca and Mg. A highly positive and significant correlation of leaf nutrient status with the nutrient status of surface soils indicates that, surface soil is contributing more towards nutrient uptake by the tomato plant. Addition of sulphur andzinc along with FYM and N, P and K fertilizers will help in achieving higher and sustainable production.