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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 Sciences × Author: Jasta, Anchal × End date: 2020 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    NUTRITIONAL SURVEY OF APPLE ORCHARDS IN SHIMLA DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY, DR Y S P UHF, NERI, HAMIRPUR, 2020-10-24) Jasta, Anchal; Singh, Upender
    Investigation entitled "NUTRITIONAL SURVEY OF APPLE ORCHARDS IN SHIMLA DISTRICT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH " was to study the nutritional status of apple orchards and relationship of soil characters with available soil and leaf nutrient content. thirty representative apple orchard were selected. Soil and leaf samples were collected as per standard procedures and soil samples were analysed for texture, pH, EC, organic carbon, available macro and micro nutrients. the apple orchrd soils in Shimla district were sandy loam to clay loam in texture. Most of the soils in apple orchards were acid in nature. all the nutrients in soils were found to be high in nutrient status except nitrogen content which was medium in status. most of the micro nutrient content of apple leaf were sufficient except for copper and zinc which were low in 10 and 3.3 per cent samples, respectively. Available nitrogen was positively correlated with organic carbon. Soil pH was negatively correlated with all soil properties except potassium and EC. Significant correlation of leaf N.P,K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu, Mn and Zn was founf with their respective availability in the soil.