Thumbnail Image

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.

Browse

20181
Reset filters
Subject: Vegetable Science × Author: SHARMA, ANKITA × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
Reset filters

Search Results

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image
    ThesisItemOpen Access
    STUDIES ON IMPORTANT HORTICULTURAL TRAITS AND RESISTANCE TO FUSARIUM WILT IN GARDEN PEA (Pisum sativum L)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2018-05) SHARMA, ANKITA; RAMESH, KUMAR
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Studies on important horticultural traits and resistance to Fusarium wilt in garden pea (Pisum sativum L)” was carried out at the Research Farm, Department of Vegetable Science, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) and Vegetable Research Station, Kalpa, District Kinnaur during 2015-16 and 2016-17. Six diverse genotypes of garden pea viz., Arkel, Matar Ageta-6, VRP-6, PM-2, VL-7 and IC-199303 (resistant to Fusarium wilt) were crossed in a half diallel design excluding reciprocals to produce 15 F1’s. Each F1 was selfed to produce F2 generation. For studying inheritance of Fusarium wilt, backcrosses of two crosses viz., Arkel × IC-199303 and Matar Ageta-6 × IC-199303 were also produced. All parents, F1’s, F2’s, B1’s and B2’s were evaluated during autumn-winter season, 2016 in randomized complete block design with three replications. The observations were recorded on node at which the first flower appeared, days to 50 per cent flowering, days to marketable maturity, plant height (cm), number of pods per plant, pod length (cm), pod width (cm), number of seeds per pod, shelling percentage (%), pod yield per plant (g) and per hectare (q), total soluble solids (°B) and total phenols (mg/100g). The inheritance of Fusarium wilt disease was also studied by observing segregation pattern of different generations (F2, B1 and B2) using chi-square analysis. On the basis of overall performance of the parents and crosses for mean value, heterosis and other genetic parameters parents VRP-6 and Arkel and crosses Arkel × VRP-6, Matar Ageta-6 × VRP-6 and Arkel × PM-2 performed well for majority of yield and yield contributing traits. These crosses may be helpful in isolating transgressive segregants for further improvement in garden pea. Chi-square analysis further determined the ratio of resistance and susceptibility in F1 and backcrosses to resistant parent 1 (resistant) : 0 (susceptible), while the F2 segregated in the ratio of 3 (resistant) : 1 (susceptible) and backcrosses to susceptible parent in 1 (resistant) : 1 (susceptible) ratio approximately in both the crosses, confirmed that resistance to Fusarium wilt in pea is governed by single dominant gene.