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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 and Water Management × Author: BAJIA, RAJESH × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2019 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    EFFECT OF MULCH ON SOIL PROPERTIES AND YIELD OF TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2019-02) BAJIA, RAJESH; AGRAWAL, GHANSHYAM
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled “Effect of mulch on soil properties and yield of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.)” was conducted at the research farm of the Department of Soil Science and Water Management, Nauni, Solan during the years 2017 and 2018 with seven treatments viz. T1-BM, T2-SM, T3-TM, T4-MM, T5-GM, T6-PM and T7-NM with three replications in randomized block design with plot size of 4m×2m and spacing 90cm×30cm. Black mulch increased moisture (20.34 and 19.08%) at surface and (21.59 and 18.87 %) at subsurface depths as compared to no mulch in year 2017 and 2018, respectively. The transparent mulch increased maximum and minimum soil temperatures as compared to other treatments at both 15 cm and 30 cm soil depths. The porosity was found the highest (51.74 and 51.15 %) under grass mulch, which was attributed to higher organic carbon contents (20.35 and 18.35 g kg-1) and lower bulk density (1.27 and 1.29 Mg m-3) at 0-15 and 15-30 cm soil depths, respectively. The plant available water was found significantly maximum (16.45 and 15.63 %) under grass mulch at 0-15 and 15-30 cm soil depths, respectively. The availability of macro-nutrients (N, P and K) in soil was recorded significantly higher under the black polyethylene mulch. The highest plant height (172.2 cm), fruit per plant (28.33), fruit weight (62.2 g), fruit diameter (5.76 cm) and yield (63.6 t ha-1) were observed in T1-BM. The yield under black mulched treatment was 40.08 per cent higher than the control. The maximum water use efficiency (1.85 t ha-1 cm-1) was recorded under T1-BM which was 44.53 per cent higher as compared to no mulch treatment. The maximum net return per hectare 9.46 lakhs with higher B:C ratio (4.58) was found under T1-BM. The study has led to a conclusion that maximizing water use efficiency, yield and net economic returns of tomato in mid hill region of Himachal Pradesh, T1-BM i.e. black polyethylene mulch could be the best.