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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: AHMAD, FARID × Start date: 2020 ×
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    EFFECT OF MULCHING AND PLANTING DENSITY ON PRODUCTION OF SWEET BANANA PEPPER (Capsicum annuum L.)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2020-08) AHMAD, FARID; MEHTA, D.K.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Effect of Mulching and Planting Density on Production of Sweet Banana Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)’’ was carried out in the Research Farm of Department of Vegetable Science,Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during Kharif 2020. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (Factorial) with three replications. The twelve treatment combinations comprised of combination of four different mulches (M) viz., no mulch (M0), pine needle mulch (M1) black-plastic mulch (M2), silver-black plastic mulch (M3) with three planting densities (P) viz., 60×60 cm (P1) 60 cm×45 cm (P2) and 60 cm×30 cm (P3). The observations were recorded on days to 50 per cent flowering, days to first picking plant height (cm), plant spread (cm), number of leaves per plant, leaf size (cm2), fruit weight (g), fruit length (cm), fruit diameter (mm), number of fruits per plant, fruit yield per plant (g), Fruit yield per plot (kg) and per ha (q), TSS (OBrix), ascorbic acid content (mg/100g), fruit rot incidence (%), weed count, fresh and dry weight of weeds, soil moisture and temperature. The economics of different treatment combinations were also worked out. Analysis of variance showed significant differences for main effects and interaction effects of treatment combinations for most of the traits studied. The treatment combination silver-black mulch with plant spacing of 60 cm×30 cm(M3P3) was found superior over all other treatment combinations for most of the growth and yield parameters, quality traits, fruit rot incidence and weed control as well as performed well in improving soil moisture and temperature.This treatment combination also had maximum benefit: cost ratio of 4.21:1. Hence silver-black mulch in combination with 60 cm×30 cm spacing can be recommended for commercial cultivation of Sweet Banana pepper in North Western Himalayan regions after multi-locational testing.