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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: Statistics × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2012 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    STATISTICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON APPLE PRODUCTION IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2017) BHARTI; MAHAJAN, P.K.
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled “Statistical investigations on apple production in Himachal Pradesh” was carried out in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh. Multistage random sampling technique was employed for the selection of sampling units. Primary data were collected on area, production and socio-economic parameters for standardization of sampling technique for estimation of apple production in Himachal Pradesh. Equalization of cum √f method of construction of strata boundaries showed least variance among four stratification rules and can be efficiently used for estimation of apple production in study area. The estimate of apple production came out to be 788782 MT with standard error of 27.55. Data were recorded on various morphological characteristics of apple plant to assess their relative contribution towards the yield. Apple yield was found to be significantly and positively correlated with fruit weight, trunk girth, plant height, canopy spread, flower density index and fruit set. Step-wise regression analysis suggested that plant girth, flower density index and fruit weight were the most significant characteristics for estimation of apple yield. Path analysis revealed that fruit weight and flower density index were the most important characteristics of apple crop which should be exploited through a breeding programme for improving yield potential. Two groups namely low and high yielder were categorized on the basis of canopy spread, fruit set, LD ratio and fruit weight using discriminant function. The groups formed were subjected to Principal Components and Factor Analyses. Four out of ten Principal Components were extracted for both populations which explained 79.47% and 79.88% of the total variation of the original variables respectively. Power and linear function can be used for the prediction of apple area and production respectively in Himachal Pradesh. ARIMA (0, 1, 0) and ARIMA (1, 1, 5) were found to be best fitted models for forecasting of apple area and production respectively in Himachal Pradesh. Apple production was found to be positively and significantly correlated with the maximum temperature and relative humidity. Step wise regression revealed that the maximum and minimum temperatures were the most important weather parameters for the estimation of apple yield. Socio-economic status of apple orchardists with respect to production and marketing of apple crop was also studied. Retailers channel (Channel V) was found to be most efficient for marketing of apple, followed by commission agents channel (Channel III), post harvest channel (Channel-I), and village trader channel (Channel II) in the study area.