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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: Amit Saurabh × End date: 2013 × Start date: 2013 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Effect of different soilless growing media and fertigation levels on sweet pepper production under protected conditions
    (DYSPU, 2013) Amit Saurabh; Manish Kumar
    Vegetable crops are becoming an important alternative in diversification of agriculture and also playing a significant role in food, nutritional and health security of ever growing population in India. Many vegetables are grown in the country, which are becoming good source of nutrients with their antioxidant property and also fits well in the oriental food items. Sweet pepper belonging to family Solanaceae is one such vegetable which has attained a status of high value crop in the recent years with the import of different types of improved varieties especially colour variants. The cultivation of such varieties require more advanced techniques for their improved production and superior quality. Growing of these crops under protected conditions is one such specialized way of farming. This is also becoming useful practice in the areas where land holdings are small with mild climate. The two major agrotechniques which are largely important in greenhouse production of crops is use of suitable growing media and optimum fertigation schedule. Sweet pepper can be grown on a wide variety of soils, but its shallow and fibrous root system is sensitive to water logging and prone to attack by various soil borne diseases. However, the research work world over shows that sweet pepper can be grown successfully in soilless growing media. The other important component which influences the productivity and quality of produce in greenhouses is optimum dose of fertilization. Hence, there is an urgent need to identify a cost effective soilless growing media along with optimum fertigation level to grow capsicum under protected conditions. Keeping this in view, an experiment entitled “Effect of different Soilless growing media and fertigation levels on sweet pepper production under protected conditions” was carried out at research farm of department of vegetable science, Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh during 2011 and 2012. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with fifteen treatment combinations comprising of five growing media viz. Saw dust + Vermicompost + Sand (2:1:1) + Azotobacter + Phosphate Solublizing Bacteria, Vermicompost + Sand (2:1) + Azotobacter + Phosphate Solublizing Bacteria, Spent mushroom compost + Vermicompost + Sand (2:1:1) + Azotobacter + Phosphate Solublizing Bacteria, Pine needles + Pea Husk (decomposed) + Sand (2:1) + Azotobacter + Phosphate Solublizing Bacteria and Soil: FYM: Sand 2:1:1+ Azotobacter + Phosphate Solublizing Bacteria and three fertigation levels of 150 kg NPK/ha, 200 kg NPK/ha and 250 kg NPK/ha through water soluble fertilizer. Among the fifteen modules tested, module M6 comprising of Vermicompost + Sand (2:1) + Azotobacter + Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria with 250 kg NPK/ha gave maximum yield/plant (6.29 kg/plant), fruit weight (204.39 g), number of fruits/plant (30.50) and Benefit: cost ratio (3.64:1). This module is also statistically at par to module M5 for important quality traits and recorded ascorbic acid (144.17 mg/100g), Total Carotenoides (2.43 mg/100g) and TSS (8.45 oBrix). Further, among the different growing media, sawdust and Vermicompost based growing media were found free from the incidence of collar rot disease. Hence, for producing superior quality of capsicum with increased yield, containing Vermicompost + sand (2:1) Azotobacter +Phosphate Solublizing Bacteria with 250 kg NPK/ha of fertigation level can be recommended for greenhouse vegetable growers in the hilly regions after its validation at farmers field.