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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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Author: ANSARI, GULSHAN × Start date: 2012 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    STUDIES ON EFFECT OF PLANTING DENSITY AND TRAINING SYSTEM ON SEED PRODUCTION IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum L.)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2014) ANSARI, GULSHAN; KANWAR, H.S.
    ABSTRACT The present investigations entitled “Studies on effect of planting density and training system on seed production in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under open field conditions were carried out using cv. Solan Lalima. The experiment was laid out in Split plot design (with two factors viz. training systemsand plant spacings) in the field and in Completely Randomized Block Design in Laboratory with three replications of each treatment combination in both the experiments at Seed science and Technology, Dr.Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during Kharif 2013. The two factors comprised of four training levels i.e. Y 1 (single stem), Y2 (double stem), Y3 (unpruned with horizontal string) and Y4 (unpruned bush stakes (control)) and eight plant densities viz. S 1 (60×15 cm), S2(60+30×15 cm), S 3 (60×30 cm), S4 (60+30×30 cm), S5 (90×15 cm), S6 (90+30×15 cm), S7 (90×30 cm) and S8 (90+30×30 cm). The observations were recorded on plant height (cm), days to ripe fruit harvest, ripe fruit weight (g), length of ripe fruit (cm), width of ripe fruit (cm), number of ripe fruits per plant, harvest duration, seed yield per plant (g), seed yield per plot (g), seed yield per hectare (kg), number of seeds per fruit, percent seed recovery (%), incidence of buckeye rot (%), incidence of early blight (%),1000 seed weight and benefit: cost ratio. While the observations recorded in the laboratory were germination (%), seedling length (cm), seedling dry weight (mg) and seed vigor index-Length & seed vigour index-Mass. Analysis of variance showed significant differencesamong the treatment combinations for all the characters studied. The treatment combination Y1 S 7 (single stem and plant spaced at 90×30 cm) gave the best results for many characters like ripe fruit length, ripe fruit width, number of seeds/fruit, minimum days to ripe fruit harvest, maximum harvest duration, minimum incidence of buck eye rot and early blight, thousand seed weight, seedling length, seedling dry weight, seed germination percentage, seed vigour index-Length & Mass but it gave lowest seed yield per unit area. The combination Y2 S 5(double stem and 90×15 cm) gave higher seed yield per plot and seed yield per hectare and found superior over all other treatments except Y 1 S 2 which was found statistically at par. This treatment also gave highest benefit: cost ratio (8.52:1) which is an ultimate goal of any experiment. Therefore, planting density S5 (90x15 cm) in combination with training system Y2 (double stem) can be recommended for commercial seed production of tomato.