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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 Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh
    (College of Horticulture and Forestry Neri, Hamirpur (H.P.), 2021-10-22) Aanchal; Kumar, Anil
    The investigation entitled “Nutritional status of vegetable growing areas of Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh” was undertaken to evaluate the nutrient status of the area and to work out the relationship between soil characteristics and available soil and leaf nutrient contents. For this, 50 soil sampling locations were selected randomly and 100 representative surface (0-15 cm) and sub-surface (15-30 cm) soil samples were collected during FebruaryMarch, 2020. Soil samples were then analyzed for different soil physico-chemical properties viz., soil texture, bulk density, particle density, porosity, water holding capacity, soil pH, EC, organic carbon, available macro and micronutrients. The soils of the vegetable growing areas varied from sandy loam to loamy sand in texture. Bulk and particle density exhibited an increasing trend, whereas, porosity and water holding capacity showed an opposite trend with increase in the soil depth. The soils were neutral to slightly alkaline in reaction and EC values of all the soil samples were under normal range. The overall soil organic carbon content was medium to high in status. The soil nutrient indices indicated that the soils of the study area were medium in available N and DTPA-extractable Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn, whereas, high in available P, K S and exchangeable Ca and Mg. Representative tomato leaf samples were collected from the same farmer's field from which the soil samples were collected and analyzed for all the macro and micronutrients. Leaf nutrient status showed that all the samples were in medium in total leaf N, Fe, Cu, Zn and Mn. It further showed that most of the samples were medium in total leaf P, K S, Ca and Mg. Correlation studies showed that the organic carbon content had significant and positive correlations with all the soil macro and micronutrients. The leaf contents had a highly significant and positive correlation with their respective availability in soil.