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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: BHARWAL, SAURAV × End date: 2019 × Start date: 2019 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    Studies onGenetic Divergence inPea(Pisumsativum L.
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2019-12) BHARWAL, SAURAV; MEHTA, D K
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Studies on Genetic Divergence in Pea (Pisum sativum L.)” was conducted at Vegetable Farm, Department of Vegetable Science, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during Rabi, 2017 to evaluate genotypes of pea and to study variability, heritability, correlation and path analysis of different characters along with estimation of genetic divergence among genotypes. The experiment was laid out in RCBD with three replications and 35 genotypes including one check variety “Pb-89”, for studying the extent of variability and performance of each genotype. The present studies revealed a significant difference among genotypes for all the characters studied. A wide range of variability was observed for all the traits. Genotypes like Pusa Pragati, UHF-PEA-15, UHF-PEA-12 and EC 598536 were significantly superior over other genotypes and the check variety for yield and few other horticultural important traits and can be recommended as such for direct cultivation after multilocational testing in the state. The GCV and PCV were high to moderate for traits like green pod yield per plant, pod weight, pod length and plant height. High heritability coupled with high to moderate genetic gain was observed for green pod yield per plant, pod weight, pod length and plant height which suggests their improvement through simple selection method. Correlation analysis revealed that traits like number of green pods per plant, pod weight, pod length, pod width, pod girth, number of seeds per pod and shelling percentage had significant positive correlation with green pod yield per plant both at phenotypic and genotypic level. Further, path coefficient analysis indicated that pod weight had the highest positive direct effect on green pod yield per plant followed by days to marketable maturity, number of green pods per plant and number of seeds per pod. Therefore, main emphasis should be given on these characters, while making selection in pea genotypes. D2 Mahalanobis analysis divided the genotypes into six clusters and revealed that the cluster III and IV were most divergent and there will be more chances of getting better segregants in F2 and subsequent generations from the crossing of genotypes from cluster III and IV. Thus, hybridization between the genotypes of these groups can be very effective for further improvement inpea.