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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: SHARMA, SHIVANI × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    STUDIES ON ORGANIC SEED PRODUCTION IN RADISH
    (NAUNI,UHF, 2020-10) SHARMA, SHIVANI; THAKUR, KULDEEP SINGH
    ABSTRACT The present investigation titled “Studies on Organic Seed Production in Radish” was carried out at Organic Block of Department of Vegetable Science, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during rabi season of 2019-20. Various combinations of organic and liquid manures were replicated thrice in the form of twelve treatments combinations of four levels of organic manure viz. M0 (No manure), M1 (FYM @ 20 t/ha), M2 (Vermicompost @ 8 t/ha), M3 (FYM @ 10 t/ha + Vermicompost @ 4 t/ha) and three levels of liquid manure viz. J0 (No Jeevamrit), J1 (Jeevamrit application @ 5 %) and J2 (Jeevamrit application @ 10 %). The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) Factorial involving plot size of 2.4 × 1.8 m and spacing of 60 × 30 cm. The seeds of radish cv. Chinese Pink were sown on 20th September, 2019 and two months old roots were uprooted for prepration of stecklings. The stecklings of radish were replanted on 11th November, 2019. The results revealed that treatment T9 (Vermicompost @ 8 t/ha + Jeevamrit @ 10 per cent) was rated as best treatment for majority of characters like days to 50 per cent initiation of bolting, days to 50 per cent flowering, number of primary branches per plant, plant height, pod length, number of seeds per pod, seed yield per plot and hectare, 1000 seed weight, seed germination, seedling length, seedling dry weight, seed vigour index-I, seed vigour index-II, available NPK in soil and disease severityof white rust. Vermicompost along with jeevamrit recorded 62.66 per cent increase in yield over control along with increase in soil available NPK content and less severity of white rust. Besides this, the highest net returns were recorded` 2,77,536/ha for the same treatment. Hence application of vermicompost @ 8 t/ha + jeevamrit @ 10 per cent can be recommended for getting higher seed yield, better growth, less severity of disease and better nutrient status of soil for organic seed production of radish.