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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: JITENDER, SINGH × Start date: 2016 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    STUDIES ON GENETIC VARIABILITY AND CHARACTERS ASSOCIATION IN FRENCH BEAN (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2018-06-19) JITENDER, SINGH; MEHTA, D.K.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Studies on genetic variability and characters association in French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)” was conducted at Vegetable Farm, Department of Vegetable Science, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan(HP) during Kharif, 2017 to evaluate genotypes of French bean and to study variability, heritability, correlation and path analysis of different characters along with estimation of genetic divergence among genotypes. The experiment was laid out in RCBD with three replications and 25 genotypes including two checks ‘Contender and Arka Komal’, for studying the extent of variability and performance of each genotype. The present studies revealed a significant difference among genotypes for all the characters studied. A wide range of variability was observed for all the traits. Genotypes like UHF-FBB-13, Arka Sharat, UHF-FBB-5, UHF-FBB-11, UHF-FBB-9 and Swarn Priya were significantly superior over other genotypes and both the respective checks for yield and few other horticultural important traits of vegetable types and can be recommended as such for direct cultivation after multilocational testing in the state. The GCV and PCV were high for traits like seed yield per plant and 100 seed weight. High heritability coupled with high genetic gain was observed for pod yield per plant, 100 seed weight and seed yield per plant which suggests their improvement through simple selection method. Correlation analysis revealed that traits like harvest duration, plant height, number of pods per plant, pod width and 100 seed weight had significant positive correlation with pod yield per plant at both phenotypic and genotypic level. Further, path coefficient analysis indicated that number of pods per plant had the highest positive direct effect on pod yield/plant followed by days to 50% flowering, pod width, number of seed per pod and pod length. Therefore, main emphasis should be given on these characters, while making selection in French bean genotypes. D2 Mahalanobis analysis divided the genotypes into four clusters and revealed that the cluster IV and I were most divergent and there will be more chances of getting better segregants in F2 and subsequent generations from the crossing of genotypes from cluster IV and I. Thus, hybridization between the genotypes of these groups can be very effective for further improvement in French bean.
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    POPULATION DYNAMICS OF PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES ASSOCIATED WITH APPLE ORCHARDS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (2016) JITENDER, SINGH; SHARMA, G.C.
    ABSTRACT The present investigations were carried out on the topic “Population dynamics of plant parasitic nematodes associated with apple orchards in Himachal Pradesh”. Spatial distribution experiments were carried out in apple orchards of three age groups viz., 8-10 year, 13-15 years and 18-20 years, which were located at Reckong Peo (Kinnaur) and Shallang (Kullu). In all, whereas, seven nematodes viz., P. coffeae, H. dihystera, T. mashhoodi, P. curvitatus, Meloidogyne sp., M. xenoplax and Xiphinema sp. were found harbouring the orchards, the foremost nematode (P. coffeae) was most predominant. In 8-15 years age group orchards, 120×15 cm and 90×15 cm combinations, while in 18-20 years old orchard, 120×30 cm combination were found most appropriate sites for estimating status of plant parasitic nematodes. Seasonal fluctuation studies were carried out in 20 years old apple orchard of Regional Horticultural Research and Training Station, Mashobra (Shimla). Results revealed, highest total nematode population in the month of September followed by in October and November and it remained minimum in the month of January. Correlation study between nematode population and abiotic factors (temperature, moisture, pH and organic carbon) have revealed significant negative correlation between organic carbon and population build up of lesion nematode (P. coffeae). However, impact of other abiotic factors on the nematode populations remained non considerable, temperature and moisture showed their positive correlation, while pH and organic carbon were negatively correlated.