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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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    PERFORMANCE OF E-NAM IN SELECTED APMCs OF HARYANA
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2022-09) SHARMA, ADITI; CHAUDHARY, RASHMI
    ABSTRACT The present study entitled ‘Performance of E-NAM in selected APMCs of Haryana’ examined the status and functioning of E-NAM. The study also found out constraints faced by farmers, traders and officials operating with E-NAM. Convenient sampling research design was adopted in the present investigation. Panchkula district of Haryana state was selected purposely for the study. The study was conducted in three APMCs of Panchkula district, which included 100 farmers, 50 traders and 3 mandi secretaries. The analysis of the profile characteristics of respondents will aid in determining the characteristics of farmers and traders which will serve as a guide for planners, policymakers, and implementing agencies involved with E-NAM. The study revealed that the majority of the farmers were only matric passed that is why they faced the problem of technical illiteracy while traders were more educated than farmers and hence did not face any problem in operating E-NAM portal. The study revealed that majority of the farmers got enrolled under E-NAM due to the attraction of more number of buyers, quick sale and wide range of markets. Lack of awareness, staff, machines and platform in the E-NAM market were the major problems reported and taken under study
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    A STUDY OF FARMERS PERCEPTION RELATED TO AGRICULTURE LOANS IN DISTRICT BILASPUR (HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2022-09) SHARMA, ADITI; KRISHAN KUMAR
    Abstract The majority of people in India live in rural areas and rely on agriculture for a living. In order to increase agricultural production, credit is crucial. As a result, the current study was undertaken on the agricultural loans that the farmers in Kot Valley had access to. Eighty farmers who received agricultural loans from the Punjab National Bank made up the entire sample size. Data was examined using straight forward tabular analysis. Calculations were made of averages and percentages. The majority of respondents have accessed loans for crops, while some have accessed loans for farming tools and others have accessed loans for seeds and fertilizer. The majority of respondents concur that taking out the loan increased their income. This improvement resulting from the introduction of the new crop. Therefore, it was recommended that the paperwork and other formalities needed for agriculture loans be standardised, streamlined, and kept to a minimum. The banks might also need to make efforts to sanction bank loans on promptly.
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    IDENTIFICATION OF STABLE CULTIVARS OF LILIUM (Lilium sp.)
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2020-09) SHARMA, ADITI; GUPTA, R K
    ABSTRACT The secondary data on present study entitled “Identification of stable cultivars of Lilium (Lilium sp.)” was taken from the Department of Floriculture and Landscaping, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni- Solan 173230 (H.P.) on 18 cultivars of Lilium and the experiment was conducted in Randomised Block Design at Solan and Kullu districts for two years 2016 and 2017. Discriminant analysis was performed to classify the cultivars as high and low yielder genotypes and Eberhart and Russell’s model was used for high yielder genotypes to identify stable genotypes. Principal Component Analysis was used to ascertain new variables, called principal components, which carry most of the information present in the original variable. Out of 18 genotypes 8 were high yielder whereas 10 were low yielder genotypes. Among these stable genotypes Yelloween and Eyeliner were found to be most stable genotypes and then Brunello. Eberhart and Russell’s Model divulged that genotype Yelloween was stable for bulb sprout emergence, Brunello and Eyeliner were stable for bulb diameter, Prato was stable for number of bulblets per plant, Eyeliner and Celesta were stable for stem diameter, Salmon Classic for leaf width, Elite and Yelloween for days to first flower formation, Brunello for duration of flowering, Eyeliner for number of flowers per plant, Pollyana for bud formation duration and Yelloween for bud length. Five of twenty principal components had eigen values greater than unity and therefore these five principal components are playing pivotal role in the analysis.
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    COMPETENCY MAPPING : A CASE STUDY OF SATLUJ JAL VIDUT NIGAM LIMITED, SHIMLA, H.P.
    (DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COLLGE OF HORTICULTURE DR. YASHWANT SINGH PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY ; SOLAN, 2013) SHARMA, ADITI; JANJHUA, YASMIN
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    JOB SATISFACTION AMONG THE EMPLOYEES OF BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED, SHIMLA (H.P)
    (DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COLLGE OF HORTICULTURE DR. YASHWANT SINGH PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY ; SOLAN, 2009) SHARMA, ADITI; SHARMA, D. D
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    BIOMASS CARBON ESTIMATION OF IMPORTANT NORTH–WESTERN HIMALAYAN TREE SPECIES
    (UHF,NAUNI,SOLAN, 2017) SHARMA, ADITI; SHARMA, D.P.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Biomass carbon estimation of important North-Western Himalayan tree species” was carried out in Kumarsain Range of Kotgarh Forest Division of Himachal Pradesh located, at latitude 31o8′40″ to 31o42′50″ N and longitude 72o18′50″ to 77o58′E at elevation from 1050-3215 m above mean sea level (a.m.sl.) during year 2015-2016 to develop allometric models for estimation of tree volume and tree biomass carbon of important north-western Himalayan tree species viz., Pinus roxburghii, Pinus wallichiana, Cedrus deodara, Abies pindrow , Picea smithiana and Quercus leucotrichophora . Thirty trees each of eight DBH class (10-20cm to 80- 90cm) representing trees of all height range i.e., large, medium and small height were measured for diameter at breast height (DBH) and tree Height. Volume of trees was calculated and transformed into biomass using specific gravity. Branch and foliage biomass of each species was estimated using biomass expansion factor and root biomass of trees was calculated by using the guidelines of IPCC (2003). All biomass values were transferred to tree biomass carbon by a factor of 0.5. Various linear and non-linear relationships were developed taking DBH and tree Height as predictor variables individually. Out of linear and nonlinear function derived for the estimation of volume and biomass carbon based on DBH and tree Height, the power functions were best fitted for all the species under study with significant adjusted R2 values. Adjusted R2 values for biomass carbon with diameter at breast height as independent variable was as: Pinus wallichiana (0.99), Picea smithiana & Pinus roxburghii (0.98), Abies pindrow & Cedrus deodara (0.97), Quercus leucotrichophora (0.96). Similarly, adjusted R2 values for tree biomass carbon with tree Height as independent variable were as: Pinus roxburghii (0.95), Pinus wallichiana (0.93), Cedrus deodara (0.88), Abies pindrow & Picea smithiana (0.87), Quercus leucotrichophora (0.75). However, in this research, Model comparison and selection was based on adjusted R2, goodness of fit and Theil’s-U statistics that were finally crossvalidated to ensure further adequacy. The allometric models developed in the present study can be utilized for future estimation of tree volume and tree biomass carbon of species under study.
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    STUDIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMERCIALLY VIABLE FORMULATION OF Agrobacterium radiobacter FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CROWN GALL IN STONE FRUIT NURSERIES
    (2012) SHARMA, ADITI; GUPTA, A.K.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation on “Studies on the development of commercially viable formulation of Agrobacterium radiobacter for biological control of crown gall in stone fruit nurseries” was carried out to study the effect of different pH, temperature, incubation period, broth media and air supply on the growth of native A. radiobacter isolate UHFBA-218 and its standard strain K-84. The most effective pH was 9 for A. radiobacter strain K-84 and 10 for A. radiobacter UHFBA-218, whereas the most effective temperature, incubation period, broth medium and air supply for both the isolates was 25°C , 4 days, yeast extraxt mannitol broth medium and 20 vv/m, respectively. These parameters were further used for studying the viability of A. radiobacter isolate UHFBA-218 and strain K-84 in different carrier media – white stone powder, carboxymethyl cellulose and activated charcoal mixed in 1:2 and 1:5 ratio during six months of storage at room temperature at three different locations viz., main campus Nauni, Chandigarh and Shimla and its further comparison on the viable counts after six month of storage at 4°C. White stone powder was superior to other carrier media tested under these studies. There were appreciable counts ranging from 34.67 to 103.3 × 10 8 cfu/g after six months of room temperature storage at different locations. However, storage at 4°C temperature provided maximum viability ranging from 108.50 to 155.7 × 10 8 cfu/g in white stone powder mixed in 1:5 and 1:2 ratio, respectively.
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    STUDIES ON NATIVE Agrobacterium radiobacter ISOLATE AND ITS USE IN MANAGEMENT OF CROWN GALL IN STONE FRUITS
    (2016) SHARMA, ADITI; GUPTA, A.K.
    ABSTRACT The present investigation on “Studies on native Agrobacterium radiobacter isolate and its use in management of crown gall in stone fruits” was carried out to study the different aspects contributing to biological control of crown gall. The extracellular bacteriocin produced by A. radiobacter strain UHFBA-218 and K84, effective against A. tumefaciens isolates was purified to homogeneity by gel filtration chromatography and the molecular weight was estimated as 12 K Da (UHFBA-218) and 13K Da (K84) by SDS-PAGE analysis. Purified bacteriocin of both the antagonistic strains was stable at 60 ºC temperature, pH 7, with organic solvents, surfactants and metal ions. The total activity was completely lost by the addition of proteinase K. In vitro evaluation of artificially co-inoculated tomato plants with A. radiobacter (UHFBA-218 and K84) and A. tumefaciens (C58, I1 and I2) after 30 min and overnight co-inoculation, showed minimum incidence of crown gall. The frequency of conjugal transfer of agrocin plasmid to the pathogenic agrobacteria from A. radiobacter UHFBA-218 was less prominent compared to that of high frequency observed in strain K84. The A. radiobacter UHFBA-218 + A. tumefaciens (C58, I1 and I2) transconjugants showed partial acquisition of virulence genes. Sugarcane bagasse mixed with UHFBA-218 in 1:5 ratio showed maximum viable counts i. e. 267.00 × 108 cfu/g, significantly at par with K84 (260.00 × 108 cfu/g) mixed in the ratio of 1:5 after eight months of room temperature storage. In the field conditions minimum disease incidence i.e. 1.47 (2013) and 17.17 % (2014) was observed in 0.1% dose of talc based formulation of UHFBA-218 as root dip compared to untreated plants. The rifampin resistant mutants of antagonistic strain UHFBA-218 and K84 persisted in the rhizosphere soil of peach plants for one year. Maximum viable counts i. e. 150.70 × 106 cfu/g were observed in rifampin resistant UHFBA-218 (RD) treatment and it was statistically at par with 148.16 × 106 cfu/g in rifampin resistant UHFBA-218 (ST) and 144.75 × 106 (cfu/g) in rifampin resistant K84 (RD) treatment. The vir D2 gene of tumorigenic isolates was detected in the root and crown region of infected plants by amplification with gene specific primers. These results therefore provide a new paradigm to exploit this native A. radiobacter strain UHFBA-218 for commercial use as biocontrol agent.