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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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    NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS AND LIVELIHOOD SECURITY: AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF HIGH HILL TEMPERATE WET ZONE HOUSEHOLDS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (2015) SHARMA, KOMAL; SHARMA, RAVINDER
    ABSTRACT Present study “Non-Timber Forest Products and Livelihood Security: An Economic Study of High Hill Temperate Wet Zone Households of Himachal Pradesh”, was conducted in Parvati Forest Division of Kullu circle. A sample of 60 households was selected for the present study. Results of the study revealed that 83.48 per cent of the households were literate however low literacy index (1.84) highlighted the fact that quality of education was poor. About 48.48 per cent of the total land holding was cultivated area, though the cropping intensity was 172 per cent indicating the scope to enhance the farm efficiency. NTFPs contributed about 24.99 per cent to the total farm income. NTFPs contribution to total income on marginal farms was higher (28.86%) compared to small farms (22.72%). Moreover inclusion of NTFPs income in the farm income resulted in reducing the income inequalities as Gini coefficient with NTFPs income (0.20) reduced to 0.18. Among different NTFPs, the contribution of Picrorhiza kurroa was found highest (65.85%) whereas, Aesculus indica contributed only 1.14 per cent. NTFPs also provided 72 mandays/HH/annum of employment to rural dwellers and maximum days of employment were provided by Jurenia macrocephala. The nominal growth rate of all the medicinal plants showed positive and significant growth. Growth rate was recorded highest for Jurenia macrocepha (17.15%) and lowest for Aconitum heterophyllum (3.84%). Real price growth rate analysis showed that all the medicinal plants were having negative value and decreasing over time except Jurenia macrocephalla (6.57%) which showed positive and significant growth rate over years. Nominal price elasticity for Picrorhiza kurroa, Jurenia macrocephalla and Aesculus indica was more than one i.e., highly elastic in nature with change in price whereas, nominal price elasticity for Morchella esculanta, Aconitum heterophyllum and Valariana jatamansi was less than one indicated that these species were inelastic in nature. Real price elasticity of Picrorhiza kurroa, Morchella esculanta and Aesculus indica was more than one. It revealed that in real value term only these medicinal plants have shown positive and significant growth rate with time whereas, Jurenia macrocephalla has shown negative elasticity indicating highly inelastic in nature. Scarcity ratio was found positive and highest for Morchella esculanta (56.36) followed by Aconitum heterophyllum (8.20) and Picrorhiza kurroa (1.37) and rest other medicinal plants were not found scarce in nature. Socio-economic factors like land holding, literacy index and age of household head were found affecting the NTFPs dependency in the study area. It revealed that people with less land holding were more dependent on NTFPs collection and vice-versa. Similarly family with low literacy index was more dependent on NTFPs collection as compare to the family with high literacy index. Older household heads led to wide knowledge of profitable NTFPs, thus family with experienced elders had more dependency on NTFPs.
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    STUDIES ON HEAVY METAL TOXICITY AND BIOREMEDIATION THROUGH FUNGI
    (2016) SHARMA, KOMAL; THAKUR, MEENA
    ABSTRACT The present investigation entitled “Studies on heavy metal toxicity and bioremediation through fungi” was carried under laboratory conditions in the Department of Environmental Science of College of Forestry, Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh during 2015 - 2016. The study comprised of 4 fungal strains viz. Aspergillus niger, Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Trichoderma harzianum which were tested for their toxicity and bioremediation for two heavy metals viz. cadmium (Cd) and mercury (Hg). The cultures of fungi were maintained under laboratory conditions in B.O.D at 25 ◦ C. The effect of graded doses of cadmium and mercury on various fungal parameters viz. radial growth, per cent growth inhibition, mycelium dry weight, spore germination percentage and uptake by fungal mycelia was studied. The whole set of experiment was laid in three replications in CRD. At 10 ppm concentration maximum radial growth was recorded for T.harzianum i.e 0.489 mm/h for cadmium and 0.484 mm/h for mercury. The mean radial growth decreased with increase in cadmium and mercury concentrations as compared to their respective controls. The dry weight of T. harzianum was significantly higher than other fungi i.e. 310 mg and 283.33 mg for cadmium and mercury respectively at 10 ppm concentration. At 10 ppm concentration M . anisopliea and B. bassiana showed maximum percent growth inhibition of 74.86 per cent and 71.71 per cent for cadmium and mercury, respectively. Spore germination percentage for all the fungi under two different doses (1 X 105spores/ml and 1 X 106spores/ml) was recorded against both the heavy metals. In all the fungi decreasing trend was observed i.e the per cent spore germination decreased with increase in the concentration of cadmium and mercury. The spore germination percentage in the presence of cadmium and mercury was in the order T. harzianum > A. niger > B .bassiana > M. anisopliae. Maximum cadmium uptake was recorded for T.harzianum (0.37 mg/g) followed by B. bassiana (0.20 mg/g) and maximum mercury uptake was recorded for M. anisopliae (0.20 mg/g) followed by T. harzianum and A. niger (0.13 mg/g). The order of fungi with respect to cadmium (Cd) uptake was T. harzianum > B. bassiana = M. anisopliae > A. niger and with respect to uptake of mercury (Hg) was M. anisopliae > A. niger > B. bassiana = T. harzianum. From the study it can be concluded that though the entomopathogenic fungus M. anisopliae had low radial growth, high growth inhibition and low spore germination at 10ppm but it had maximum mercury uptake among all the fungi and could be used for remediation of low levels of mercury (<10ppm). Whereas, the antagonistic fungus T. harzianum had maximum radial growth, lowest growth inhibition and highest spore germination and maximum uptake of Cadmium (Cd).The present study widens the scope for studying the effect of higher concentration of heavy metals in future to confirm the bioremediation ability of these fungal species.