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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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    (UHF,NAUNI, 2012) PANKAJ, KUMAR; CHAUDHARY, RASHMI
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    Molecular analysis of genetic stability in tissue culture raised plants of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica)
    (2012) PANKAJ, KUMAR; SRIVASTAVA, D.K.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation was undertaken with an objective of enhancing the frequency of plant regeneration in broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) and assessing their genetic fidelity. A high efficiency plant regeneration protocol has been developed from hypocotyl, cotyledon, leaf and petiole explants in broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica). The green house grown seedlings from 18-20 days old leaf and petiole explants were excised. The explants were surface sterilized and cultured on shoot induction medium. A high efficiency of shoot regeneration was observed in leaf (62.96%) and petiole (91.11%) explants on MS medium supplemented with 4.0 mg/l BAP + 0.5 mg/l NAA and 4.5 mg/l BAP + 0.019 mg/l NAA, respectively. The hypocotyl and cotyledon explants were excised from the in vitro grown seedlings and cultured on shoot regeneration on MS medium supplemented with 2.0 μM TDZ + 0.5 μM IAA and 2.0 μM TDZ + 0.59 mM adenine, respectively. The hypocotyl explants showed high frequency of shoot regeneration (96.09%) as compare to cotyledon explants (88.88%). MS medium supplemented with 0.20 mg/l NAA was found to be best for root regeneration (93.99%) from in vitro developed shoots. The regenerated plantlets were acclimatized successfully on cocopeat. A protocol for high frequency plant regeneration has been standardized. Genetic fidelity of the regenerated plantlets were studied using RAPD. Genomic DNA was isolated from the leaves of randomly selected 20 in vitro raised plantlets and from mother plant of broccoli using CTAB method with some modifications. The quantified DNA was then subjected to PCR and a total of 21 primers were used for genetic fidelity studies. Among the 21 primers initially screened, 15 produced clear and scorable amplification products. A total of 66 fragments were amplified by 15 random primers out of which 56 were found to be monomorphic and a high degree of monomorphism (88.45%) was observed among in vitro raised plantlets and from mother plant of broccoli. On an average, 2.96 amplified fragments were observed per primer. Thus the technique of RAPD-PCR was found to be reliable to assess the genetic fidelity of tissue culture raised plantlets and from mother plant of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica).