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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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    EFFECT OF ZINC BIOFORTIFICATION AND INM ON PHENOTHERMAL REQUIREMENTS OF GARDEN PEA UNDER HIMALAYAN CONDITIONS
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2022-08) PATHAK, STUTI; SHARMA, H R
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Effect of zinc biofortification and INM on phenothermal requirements of garden pea under Himalayan conditions” was conducted during rabi season of 2019-20 and 2020-2021at Experimental farm of Vegetable Science Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan. Four levels each of 100 per cent, 90 per cent, 80 per cent of RDF was taken each consisting of 0.5 per cent and 1.0 per cent ZnsO4 as foliar spray with and without Rhizobium (seed treatment and soil application). Control and absolute control treatments were taken as check in a plot having dimensions of 3.0 x1.8m with variety Azad P 3. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with three replications involving a spacing of 60 x7.5cm. The observations were recorded on growth and yield, quality, thermal indices, soil, nutrient uptake and Benefit to cost ratio (B: C). The results revealed that application of 100 per cent RDF + 0.5 per cent ZnSO4 + Rhizobium produced best results in most of the characters like pod length, pod weight, number of grains per pod, yield and yield efficiency index, zinc content in grains, available phosphorus, potassium and viable count of bacteria, zinc uptake, zinc uptake efficiency, nitrogen and phosphorus uptake efficiency, minimum values for most of the characters were recorded in the absolute control. The phenothermal data revealed that treatment with 100 per cent cent RDF + 0.5 per cent ZnSO4 + Rhizobium reported highest GDD while minimum was recorded with the application of 80 per cent RDF + 0.5 per cent ZnSO4 + Rhizobium. We can predict that with the application of these treatments the GDD can be increased or decreased. Heat use efficiency was highest in treatments application 90 per cent + 1.0 per cent ZnSO4 and 80 per cent RDF + 0.5 per cent ZnSO4 + Rhizobium. On the basis of these studies, it can be concluded that T2 (100 % RDF + 0.5 % ZnSO4 + Rhizobium ) resulted in better growth, better quality and nutrient status and hence can be recommended as a cost effective combination for reaping higher yields along with biofortification of pea crop with zinc.
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    INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT STUDIES IN GARLIC (Allium sativum L.)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2018-06-19) PATHAK, STUTI; SHUKLA, Y.R.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Integrated Nutrient Management Studies in Garlic (Allium sativum L.)” was conducted during rabi season of 2016-17 at Horticultural Research and Training Station and KVK, Kandaghat of Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan. Ten combinations of different organic and inorganic amendments were replicated thrice in the form of ten treatments in a plot having dimensions of 2.0x2.0m. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with three replications involving a spacing of 20x10cm. The cloves of garlic variety ‘Kandaghat Selection’ were sown on 1st October, 2016. The observations were recorded on plant height (cm), number of leaves per plant, days to harvest, bulb weight (g), bulb diameter (cm), number of bulbs per kg, weight of 100 peeled and unpeeled cloves (g), bulb yield per plot (kg) and per hectare (q), number of cloves per bulb, peeling index (%), dry matter content (%), oleoresin content (%), disease severity (%), NPK content of the soil before start and after termination of experiment and NPK uptake by the plant, viable count of bacteria present in the soil before start and after termination of experiment. Benefit to cost ratio (B:C) was higher in T4, however, maximum returns amounting to Rs 11,76,200 were computed in T9. The results revealed that application of 50% Recommended FYM (125 q/ha) + 50 % Vermi compost (Equivalent to N content of 50% Recommended FYM) as basal dose at time of field preparation + Application of Jeevamrut (Fortnight application) + 50% RDF of NPK produced best results in terms of characters like bulb weight, bulb diameter, number of cloves per bulb, yield per hectare, weight of 100 peeled cloves, weight of 100 unpeeled cloves, peeling index, oleoresin content, dry matter content, N content in soil and K uptake by plant, whereas, minimum values for all these characters were recorded in the absolute control. Application of Vermicompost (Equivalent to N content of Recommended FYM) as basal dose at the time of field preparation + Application of Jeevamrut (Fortnight application) + 50% RDF of NPK produced next best results for characters like number of leaves per plant, number of cloves per bulb, phosphorus content in soil and N and P uptake in plants. No disease was noticed during the course of studies. It was concluded that Treatment T4{Seed treatment with Beejamrut (overnight) + application of jeevamrut (fortnight application) + Recommended FYM (250q/ha) as basal dose at the time of field preparation} which is the most economic treatment, can be recommended to the farmers after verification of results in multi location trials and thorough testing in the form of OFT in the farmer’s field, while T9 being the best treatment in terms of yield can also be recommended to the farmers if they reduce the cost of vermi compost by preparing it themselves at home instead of purchasing from the market and hence, can be recommended for obtaining maximum yield and returns from garlic crop after repeating the experiment for another two years.