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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: SAYAL, NEHA × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2000 × Type: Thesis ×
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    EFFECT OF SEED INVIGORATION TREATMENTS ON GERMINATION PHYSIOLOGY OF Angelica glauca Edgew. AND Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz – ENDANGERED MEDICINAL SPECIES
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2016) SAYAL, NEHA; THAKUR, ANJU
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Effect of seed invigoration treatments on germination physiology of Angelica glauca Edges. andRauvolfia serpentine (L.) Benth. Ex Kurz-endangered medicinal species” was conducted in the Plant Physiology laboratory of Basic Sciences, Dr.Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, NauniSolan (H.P.) during 2013-15. The objectives of the study were to identify the superior population of both the species; to induce germination and vigour and to understand physio-biochemical patterns. The seeds of Angelica glauca and Rauvolfia serpentine were subjected to eighteen invigoration treatments out of which the maximum germination percentage (41.11%) in seeds of A. glauca was observed with GA3100 ppm for 72 hrs, which was closely followed by KNO3 500 ppm for 48 hrs (35.55%), PEG 6000 at -0.5 MPa for 12 hrs (33.33%) and thiourea 200 ppm for 30 mins (31.11%) respectively. In R. serpentine untreated seeds did not show germination whereas, the maximum germination percentage (36.67%) was observed in seeds subjected to GA3 200 ppm for 48 hrs, which was closely followed by GA3 100 ppm for 48 hrs (28.89%), KNO3 1% for 48 hrs (23.33%) and chilling at 5oC for 4 weeks as well as thiourea 0.5% for 48 hrs (22.22%). Higher germination in above treatments was coupled with early onset of germination, shortest mean germination time, higher seedling vigour indices and higher enzyme activities. The patterns of changes in physio-biochemical parameters viz. alpha-amylase, protease and dehydrogenase, soluble sugars and phenol content was found to be closely related with germination and vigour, reflecting the underlying physio-biochemical changes in seeds subjected to invigoration treatments. Henceforth, it is concluded that above seed treatments can pave the way for improving germination and vigour of A. glauca and R. serpentine which otherwise show very low and erratic germination.