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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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    EVALUATION OF DAHLIA(Dahlia variabilis L.) CULTIVARS FOR GROWTH AND FLOWERING CHARACTERISTICS UNDER SUB-MONTANE, SUB-TROPICAL LOW HILL ZONE OF HP
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2019-09) KUMAR, RAHUL; THAKUR, PRIYANKA
    BSTRACT The present investigation entitled, “Evaluation of dahlia (Dahlia variabilis L.) dahlia for growth and flowering characteristics under sub-montane, sub-tropical low hill zone of HP” was carried out at the Experimental Farm of Regional Horticultural Research and Training Station, Dhaulakuan, District Sirmour (HP), Dr. Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, during 2018-19 on 24 cultivars of dahlia. The present investigation was carried out to evaluate the dahlia cultivars on the basis of growth, flowering parameters and genetic variability. Field experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 24 treatment replicated thrice. Preset findings revealed that on the basis of yield and other qualitative traits ‘S P Kamla’ was found superior to the other cultivars, cv. ‘Bada Kachari’ was found suitable for earliness in flowering, whereas cv. ‘Red Army’ was found suitable for longer flower duration. Cv. ‘Kenya Orange’ had the maximum flower size, ‘Lokeshwar’ and ‘S P Kamla’ cultivars had maximum number of side shoots and cv. ‘Anadinath’ had maximum stem girth. High heritability coupled with high genetic gain was found for characters like leaf area, intermodal length and plant height, moderate estimate of genetic gain was recorded for number of leaves, vase life and flowering duration. Number of flowers was found positively and significantly correlated with plant height, flower stalk length, number of side shoots, plant spread and number of leaves. The path coefficient analysis revealed that flower stalk length, days taken to bud formation, flowering duration, number of leaves, plant spread showed positive direct effect on the number of flowers.