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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: Vegetable Science × Author: ADITIKA × Start date: 2000 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    STUDIES ON HETEROSIS, COMBINING ABILITY AND CONFIRMATION OF HYBRIDITY IN BELL PEPPER (Capsicum annuum L)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2018-04) ADITIKA; KANWAR, H.S.
    ABSTRACT The present studies entitled “Studies on heterosis, combining ability and confirmation of hybridity in bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L)” were carried out under net house conditions at the Experimental Research Farm of the Department of Vegetable Science, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh during the years 2016 and 2017. The experimental material for the present study comprised of eight parents and twenty-eight crosses were developed by crossing these eight diverse bell pepper lines in diallel design (excluding reciprocals). All the parents and their hybrids along with the standard check (Bharath) were planted in a Randomized Block Design for their evaluation in summer, 2017. The observations were recorded on thirteen different traits viz., plant height (cm), number of primary branches, days to 50 per cent flowering, days to marketable maturity, number of fruits per plant, average fruit weight (g), fruit yield per plant (kg), fruit yield per hectare (quintals), fruit shape index, number of lobes per fruit, pericarp thickness (mm), harvest duration (days) and ascorbic acid (mg/100g) content. The analysis of variance indicated highly significant differences among the genotypes for all the traits studied. Experimental results revealed that four lines viz., California Wonder, Solan Bharpur, Yolo Wonder and KC-12 were found superior on the basis of mean performance and general combining ability studies for most of the important traits. Five cross combinations viz., UHFBP-3 × KC- 12, Yolo Wonder × Nishtah-1, Solan Bharpur × Yolo Wonder, California Wonder × Yolo Wonder and California Wonder × UHFBP-3 were found best on the basis of mean performance, heterosis studies and specific combining ability effects. Hence, these hybrid combinations can be tested further at multilocations before releasing as a substitute of already existing hybrid varieties of bell pepper in Himachal Pradesh and in India as well. Gene action studies indicated predominance of non additive gene action effects in governing most of the traits suggesting exploitation of hybrid vigour and developing hybrids for improvement of these traits in bell pepper on the basis of present studies. Three primers OAC-20, OPF-14 and OPF-16 generated male specific band for three hybrids therefore, resulted in confirmation of hybridity in three hybrid combinations, so the present study indicate that RAPD markers could be efficiently and reliably used for confirmation of hybridity in bell pepper.