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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: Abhishek × End date: 2021 × Start date: 2021 ×
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    Genetic Studies in Spinach Beet (Beta vulgaris L. var. bengalensis Roxb.)
    (College of Horticulture and Forestry Neri, Hamirpur (H.P.), 2021-10-04) Abhishek; Singh, Shiv Pratap
    The present study entitled “Genetic Studies in Spinach Beet (Beta vulgaris L. var bengalensis Roxb.)” was conducted during rabi season of 2020-2021 at the Experimental Research Farm, Department of Vegetable Science, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Neri, Hamirpur (HP). 15 genotypes of spinach beet including check “Pusa Harit” were evaluated in Randomized Complete Block Design to assess the extent of genetic variability and work out heritability, genetic advance, correlation, and path coefficient analysis with respect to different horticultural characters including yield. The Analysis of variance for all the above quantitative traits suggested sufficient variability for different quantitative traits; besides this variability was also found for the qualitative traits viz. leaf shape and leaf color. The best genotype in terms of total yield per plant was P-COHF-NERI-11 (95.53g) which was however, statistically at par to the genotypes viz. P-COHF-NERI-4 (85.13g), PCOHF-NERI-3 (84.06g), P-COHF-NERI-1 (81.46g) and P-COHF-NERI-2 (80.20g). High GCV and PCV values were expressed by the traits viz. fresh weight of leaves, dry weight of leaves and ascorbic acid content. Highest heritability was shown by the trait ascorbic acid content. Whereas, highest genetic advance as percentage of mean was seen for the trait dry weight of leaves. The highest significant genotypic correlation was seen in the characters leaf length and leaf area on the total yield per plant. Path analysis studies showed that the direct selection through the independent trait leaf area could bring maximum improvement in total yield per plant.