Organisation Stucture of CSK HIM

ANNUAL REPORT

2004-2005

Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar

Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya

Palampur-176062 (H.P)

Published: May, 2006

Compiled and Edited under the directions of

Sh. Nagendra Sharma

Registrar

Edited by:

Dr.Y.P.Thakur

Dr. P.C.Sharma

Sh. P.S.Rana

Sh. P.D.Sharma

Printed and Published by Sh. Nagendra Sharma, Registrar for and on behalf of CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur

Foreword

It is my proud privilege to present the Annual Report of the CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya for the year 2004-05, highlighting the achievements made in the areas of teaching, research and extension education. The University is mandated to address the basic and applied issues related to agriculture production and livestock wealth, in addition to human resource development and overall improvement in the socio-economic status of hill farmers. The University has been able to provide a perfect scientific and technological support to hill farmers through its four constituent Colleges, five Agricultural Research & Extension Centres, eight Research Stations and eight Krishi Vigyan Kendras located in different parts of the state. The University has developed requisite infrastructure, including modern laboratories, lecture theaters, experimental farm, hostels etc., for the purpose, which is comparable with leading farm varsities in the country. It gives me satisfaction that, as ever, the University has lived up to its expectations during the period under report.

Efforts have been made in developing new crop varieties, identifying remunerative cropping systems, generating eco-friendly, cost-effective and on-farm viable technologies with respect to natural resource (soil, water, vegetation and environment) management, improving pasture and grasslands, and animal health, mechanization of hill farms, and assisting rural women in efficient home management and income generation. Increased emphasis has been laid on the transfer of technology to the farming community through special task forces, media visits, field demonstrations and other regular extension activities. University has been able to sensitize various developmental agencies and the policy makers in the state with respect to agricultural production trends and marketing options.

Additional income has been generated by mobilizing and exploiting its existing resources, and initiating new resource-generating programs. The University would keep on exploring new avenues to make it self-reliant and self-supporting in near future.

The University has been able to make strides mainly because of patronage and guidance received from the State Government and Chancellor of CSK HPKV during the year under report. But for the support of the ICAR and other funding agencies, the development of the University would not have been possible. I express my sincere gratitude to all of them. The contribution of the Senate, Board of Management, Academic Council, Research & Extension Councils etc., in the smooth running of the entire business of the University, has been equally important. I am highly grateful to these governing and decision making bodies. My thanks are due to the Statutory Officers and other staff members for their cooperation and sincere efforts made in the progress of CSK HPKV.

I place on record my appreciation to the Registrar and his team for compiling, editing and presentation of the report in the present shape.

(D.S. Rathore)

Vice-Chancellor

Acknowledgements

As per provisions contained under Section 45(1) of the H.P. Universities of Agriculture, Horticulture & Forestry Act, 1986 and Section 3.5(2) (i) of CSKHPKV Statutes, it is mandatory to prepare the Annual Report of University. After getting it approved from the Board of Management, Senate, the same is placed before the State Legislature through State Government.

The present Annual Report is for the year 2004-05 and it contains the salient achievements/activities carried out by the University in the fulfilment of its aims and objectives concerning agriculture teaching, research and extension education.

The compilation and publication of Annual Report is a collective effort of all the constituent units of the University. It was not possible for me to compile and present this report without the active cooperation of all the Deans, Directors, Heads of Departments, Scientists, Teachers/ Officers/Employees of the University for which I am highly grateful.

I express my deep sense of gratitude to the Hon`ble Vice-Chancellor, Dr. D.S.Rathore for his valuable suggestions and guidance in bringing out the Report.

The efforts put in by the members of Annual Report Committee

comprising Dr. Y.P. Thakur, Dr. P.C.Sharma, Sh. P.S.Rana, Sh.Param Dev Sharma in compiling and editing of the Report in the present shape, are highly commendable. I place on record my appreciation to all of them. The compiling & computerization of the Report by Sh. Daleep Lakhanpal, Sr. Assistant and Sh. Rajinder Singh, Jr. Assistant is also acknowledged.

(Nagendra Sharma)

Registrar

Contents

	Page No.
Foreword	i
Acknowledgements	ii
University Authorities
Senate	1
Board of Management	2
Academic Council	2-3
Research Council	3-4
Extension Council	4-5
Registrar’s Report
Statutory Officers & Teachers	6
Academic	6
Important decisions of the Board of Management	7
University Finance	8-10
Estate Organisation	11-12
Students’ Welfare Organisation	13-16
Students’ Counselling and Placement Cell	16
University Health Centre	17
Information Technology Centre	17
University Network Services	18-19
Project Services Division	20-21
University Library	22-26
Resident Instructions
College of Agriculture	27
College of Veterinary & Animal Sciences	28
College of Basic Sciences	28
College of Home Science	28-29
Postgraduate Studies	29-30
Research Achievements	31-60
Extension Activities	61-66
Agricultural Technology Information Centre	66-67
Awards and Honours	68-70
Visits Abroad	71-73
Publications	74-76
Distinguished Visitors	77-78

University Authorities

The University Senate, Board of Management, Academic Council, Research Council and Extension Council are the authorities of the University. The constitution of these authorities is as under:-

Senate

1. Chancellor (Chairman)

2. Vice-Chancellor

3. Secretary (Agriculture), H.P. Govt.

4. Secretary (Animal Husbandry), H.P. Govt.

5. Director of Agriculture, H.P.

6. Director of Animal Husbandry, H.P.

7. Director of Horticulture, H.P.

8. Director-cum- Chief Warden of Fisheries, H.P.

9. Dean, Postgraduate Studies

10. Dean, College of Agriculture

11. Dean, College of Vety & Animal Sciences

12. Dean, College of Home Science

13. Dean, College of Basic Sciences

14. Director of Research

15. Director of Extension Education

16. Comptroller

17. Estate Officer

18. Librarian

19. Students’ Welfare Officer

20. Sh. Jagjiwan Paul, MLA, Sullah (Kangra) (upto 28.03.2005 and re-nominated w.e.f. 17.05.2005)

21. Sh. Mast Ram, MLA, Karsog (Mandi) (upto 28.03.2005)

Thakur Surinder Paul, MLA, Joginder Nagar (Mandi) (w.e.f. 17.05.2005)

22. Dr. Desh Raj, Sr. Entomologist, Department of Entomology, CSKHPKV, Palampur (upto 2.08.2004)

Dr. D.R.Thakur, Scientist, Department of Agril. Economics, CSKHPKV, Palampur (w.e.f. 3.08.2005)

23 Dr. Jai Dev, Asstt. Professor, Biotechnology Centre, CSKHPKV, Palampur (upto 2.08.2004)

Dr. Anup Katoch, Asstt. Professor, Department of Extension Education, CSKHPKV, Palampur (w.e.f. 3.08.2004)

24. Sh. R.C. Sharma, Section Officer o/o the Comptroller, CSKHPKV, Palampur (upto 2.08.2005)

Sh. Romesh Kumar, Supdt. (EC), o/o the Comptroller, CSKHPKV, Palampur (w.e.f. 3.08.2005)

25. Registrar (Member Secretary)

board of management

1. Vice-Chancellor (Chairman)

2. Vice-Chancellor, UHF, Solan

3. Secretary (Agriculture), H.P. Govt.

4. Secretary (Animal Husbandry), H.P. Govt.

5. Secretary (Finance), H.P. Govt.

6. Director of Agriculture, H.P.

7. Director of Animal Husbandry, H.P.

8. Director of Horticulture, H.P.

9. Director-cum- Chief Warden of Fisheries, H.P.

10. Dr. Manoranjan Kalia, Dean, College of Home Science, CSKHPKV, Palampur

11. Dr. P.R. Negi, Retd. Director (Animal Husbandry), V&PO, Jeory (Rampur Busher) Distt. Shimla (H.P) (upto 29.11.2004)

12. Sh. Govind Singh Pathania, V&PO Jasoor, Teh. Nurpur (H.P) (upto 29.11.2004)

13. Dr.S.S.Johl, Former Vice-Chancellor, Gurdev Nagar, Ludhiana (Punjab)

14. Smt. Janki Verma, V&PO Matiana, Teh. Theog, Distt. Shimla (H.P)

15. Smt. Savitri Katoch, V& PO Kandral, Teh. Baijnath, Distt. Kangra (HP) (upto 29.11.2004)

16. Sh. Kailash Sharma, Managing Director, Himalayan Lap Aromatics, V&PO Arsu, Distt. Kullu (H.P)

17. Er. K.L. Mahajan, Retd. Chief Engineer (HPPWD), Mahajan House, Good Wood Estate, Shankhli, Shimla (H.P) (upto 29.11.2004)

18. Dr. R.P.Tiwari, Director, National Research Centre for Mushroom, Solan (H.P) (upto 11.11.2004)

19. Sh. R.P.S. Katwal, Director General, ICFR&E, Dehradun (upto 27.04.2005)

20. Mrs. Anita, V&PO Udaipur, Distt. L&S (H.P) (w.e.f. 19.03.2004)

21. Registrar – Member Secretary

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

1. Vice-Chancellor (Chairman)

2. Dean, Postgraduate Studies

3. Dean, College of Agriculture

4. Dean, College of Vety & Animal Sciences

5. Dean, College of Home Science

6. Dean, College of Basic Sciences

7. Director of Research

8. Director of Extension Education

9. Director (Forestry Education) Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

10. Librarian

11. Students’ Welfare Officer

12. Dr. Kahan Bassi, Professor, Department of Agronomy

13. Dr. B.C.Sood, Sr. Plant Breeder, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics (upto 16.07.2004)

Dr. Satish Chander Sharma, Associate Director, Directorate of Research (w.e.f. 17.07.2004)

14. Dr. L.S.Sudhakar, Professor, Department of Vety Anatomy & Histology

15. Dr. C. Varshneya, Professor, Department of Vety Pharmacology & Toxicology (upto 28.10.2004)

Dr. C.L.Marwaha, Sr. Scientist (Animal Science), Department of Livestock Production Management (w.e.f. 29.10.2004)

16. Dr. Ravinder Kumar Gupta, Professor (Physics), Department of Stat., Math. & Physics (upto 28.10.2004)

Dr. C.P.Awasthi, Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry (w.e.f. 29.10.2004)

17. Dr. Kiran Katoch, Professor, Department of Botany & Zoology

18. Dr. (Mrs) Sumati Rekha Malhotra, Professor, Department of Food Science & Nutrition (upto 29.10.2004)

Dr. (Mrs) Avinash Sharma, Professor, Department of Family Resource Management (w.e.f. 29.10.2004)

19. Dr. (Mrs) Shubhangna Sharma, Professor, Department of Human Development & Family Studies

20. Dr. S.S.Katoch, Professor (Animal Physiology) Division of Bio-Sciences, HPU, Shimla, H.P. (upto 16.03.2005)

Dr. O.S.Parmar, Sr. Dairy Cattle Breeder-cum-Head, Department of Animal Breeding & Genetics, College of Vety. Sciences, PAU, Ludhiana (Pb) (w.e.f. 17.03.2005)

21. Dr. K.S.Kapoor, Incharge, ICAR Veg. Research Station, Katrain, Distt. Kullu (H.P)

22. Registrar- Member Secretary

RESEARCH COUNCIL

1. Vice-Chancellor (Chairman)

2. Director of Agriculture, HP

3. Director of Animal Husbandry, HP

4. Director-cum-Chief Warden of Fisheries, HP

5. Director, CPRI, Shimla

6. Dean, Postgraduate Studies

7. Dean, College of Agriculture

8. Dean, College of Vety & Animal Sciences

9. Dean, College of Home Science

10. Dean, College of Basic Sciences

11. Director of Extension Education

12. Director of Research, UHF, Solan

13. Associate Directors, Regional Research Stations, Dhaulakuan, Bajaura and Kukumseri

14. Dr. P.C.Katoch, Professor, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics

15. Dr. H.B.Singh, Sr. Seed Production Scientist, Seed Production Unit

16. Dr. B. Prasad, Professor, Department of Vety Clinical Medicine, Ethics & Jurisprudence

17. Dr. G.L. Bansal, Professor, Department of Plant Physiology

18. Dr (Mrs.) S.R.Malhotra, Professor, Department of Food Science & Nutrition

Two progressive farmers of HP, one from tribal area and another from non-tribal area

19. Sh. Megh Singh Rana, V&PO Goshal, Teh. Keylong, Distt. L&S (H.P)

20. Sh. Krishan Pal Sharma, V&PO Nagwain, Distt. Mandi (H.P)

One outstanding social worker

21. Kumari Satya Pitahan, Pitahan Vatika, Chirgaon Distt. Shimla (H.P)

Two outside eminent scientists

22. Dr. M.R.Thakur, Former Vice-Chancellor, V&PO Raja-ka-Bag, Tehsil Nurpur, Distt. Kangra (H.P)

23. Dr. R.K. Kaundal, Director, National Research Centre, Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi (upto 11.6.2005)

24. Registrar

25. Comptroller

26. Director of Research - Member Secretary

EXTENSION COUNCIL

1. Vice-Chancellor (Chairman)

2. Director of Agriculture, HP

3. Director of Animal Husbandry, HP

4. Director-cum-Chief Warden of Fisheries, HP

5. Director, CPRI, Shimla

6. Dean, Postgraduate Studies

7. Dean, College of Agriculture

8. Dean, College of Vety & Animal Sciences

9. Dean, College of Home Science

10. Dean, College of Basic Sciences

11. Director of Research

12. Director, Extension Education, UHF, Solan (H.P)

13. Associate Directors, Regional Research Stations, Bajaura, Dhaulakuan & Kukumseri

14. Dr. B. Prasad, Professor, Department of Vety Clinical Medicine, Ethics & Jurisprudence (upto 1.06.2005)

15. Dr. C.R. Sharma, Professor, Department of Microbiology (upto 1.06.2005)

16. Dr. (Mrs.) Sumati Rekha Malhotra, Professor, Department of Food Science & Nutrition (upto 1.06.2005)

Four progressive farmers of HP, one from tribal area and three from non-tribal area

17 Sh. Charan Dass Shashni, V&PO Goshal, Distt. L&S (H.P) (w.e.f. 5.04.2005)

18. Sh. Tidi Singh Negi, Vill.Saran, PO Chinon, Tehsil Banjar, Distt. Kullu (H.P) (w.e.f. 5.04.2005)

19. Sh. Chandu Lal, V&PO Chaukath, Tehsil Dehra, Distt. Kangra (H.P) (w.e.f. 5.04.2005)

20. Sh. Ved Parkash Vill. Dedag, Tehsil Rajgarh, Distt. Sirmaur (H.P) (w.e.f. 5.04.2005)

One outstanding social worker

21. Sh. Ranvijay Singh Negi, Vill. Anabasa, PO Kansakoti, Tehsil Rohru, Distt. Shimla (H.P) (w.e.f. 5.04.2005)

Two progressive farmers women from agriculturist of the State, one from tribal and one from non-tribal area

22. Mrs. Sunita, Pradhan, Mahila Mandal, Vill. Sindhbari, PO Thirot, Distt. Lahaul & Spiti, H.P. (upto 12.09.2004)

Smt. Kamla Devi, W/O Sh. Partap Chand, Vill. Bari, PO Bharmour, Distt. Chamba (H.P.) w.e.f. 5.04.2005)

23. Mrs. Shakuntla Devi, V&PO Sunahani, Teh. Ghumarwin, Distt. Bilaspur, H.P. (upto 12.09.2004)

Smt. Bimla Mahant, Khoi Ropa Dhalpur, Kullu (H.P) (w.e.f. 5.04.2005)

Two outside eminent scientists

24 Dr. A.K.Mehta, Sr. Extension Specialist (Vegetable), Deptt. of Vegetable Crops, PAU, Ludhiana (Pb) (w.e.f. 5.04.2005)

25. Dr. Jeet Singh, Addl. Director of Research, CCS HAU, Hissar (Haryana) (w.e.f. 5.04.2005)

28. Registrar

29. Comptroller

30. Director of Horticulture, HP, Shimla - special invitee

31. Director, All India Radio, Shimla -special invitee

32. Director, Extension Education - Member Secretary

Registrar’s Report

STATUTORY OFFICERS & TEACHERS

	Regular	Officiating	Adhoc/Contract/Part Time basis	Total
Statutory Officers	7	6	-	13
Professors/equivalent	117	-	-	117
Assoc.Professors/ equivalent	110	-	-	110
Assistant Professors/ equivalent	107	-	17	124

ACADEMIC

During the year under report, the enrolment and out-turn of students in different programmes of study was as under:-

Sr. No.	Name of the Programme	Enrolment	Out-turn
1.	B.Sc. (Agri.)	169	31
2.	B.V.Sc. & A.H.	198	40
3.	B.Sc. (Basic Science)	178	47
4.	B.Sc (Home Science)	37	09
5.	M.Sc. (Agri)	91	36
6.	M.Sc. (Home Science)	27	7
7.	M.V.Sc.	31	8
8.	M.Sc. (Basic Science)	27	8
9.	Ph.D. (Agri)	67	7
10.	Ph.D. (Home Science)	6	1
11.	Ph.D (Vety and Animal Sc.)	5	-

The anti-ragging committees were constituted well before the start of the Academic Session 2004-05. These committees were authorized to exercise due vigilance to eradicate the inhuman evil of ragging in the areas/locations allotted to them.

The students had also been cautioned through notice/posters stating therein that “ragging in any form in Educational Institutions has totally been banned by the Centre/State Govt. as per directive of Hon’ble Supreme Court. The student(s) found indulged in it is/are liable for punishment of fine, conviction, rustication/expulsion from the College/University.”

All the advisors of fresh students had been directed to hold the periodical meeting to listen the grievances of their advisees relating to the evil of ragging. The undertaking regarding not to indulge in ragging had been taken from the students duly countersigned by their parents/guardians.

No incident of ragging was occurred/reported during the year under report.

IMPORTANT DECISIONS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT

Following important decisions were taken by the Board of Management during the year under report.

82^nd meeting (24.11.2004)

On the recommendations of the Academic Council, the Board of Management approved the policy/rules regarding ragging subject to the condition that punishment for rustication from the College and expulsion from the University will be recommended by the Dean of the concerned college to the Vice-Chancellor for final decision.

The Board of Management approved the transfer of additional land comprised in khasra No. 2/1 and 20/1 Kitta 2 measuring 1-27-45 hectares (33 kanals and 19 marlas) in Mohal Tanda Parla, Tehsil Palampur, Distt. Kangra, HP to Secondary Education Department of State Govt. for the construction of Saheed Captain Vikram Batra Degree College, Palampur as per the requirement under section 13(1) (f) of the University Act with the condition that this will be the last request for transfer of university land to other departments and henceforth no other land will be transferred to any other department/organization.

On the recommendations of the Finance Committee, the Board of Management approved to adopt the instruction issued by the H.P.Govt. vide letter No. Per(APB)B(19)7/02 dated 27.2.2004 regarding conversion of part time employees in DPLs.

On the recommendations of the Finance Committee, the Board of Management approved to withdraw the scheme “Privatization of use of vehicle for official purposes”

83^rd meeting (24.3.2005)

The Board of Management approved the renaming the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences as “Dr. G C Negi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Palampur” as a mark of respect and tribute to the memory of contributions made by late Dr.G.C.Negi, ex Vice-Chancellor of this University.

University Finance

The Government of Himachal Pradesh is the principal financing agency which meets 65-70 per cent of the total budget, both for plan and non-plan schemes of the University. The grants are received from the Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries of the State Govt. apart from other agencies sponsoring schemes/projects from time to time.

The Government of India, through ICAR, also provides grant and central assistance, quantum of which varies from year to year depending upon their assessment of our requirement for building, developmental activities and sanctioning of projects/schemes. About one third of the total grant of the University is met from the ICAR and other financing agencies. The grant-in-aid received from various agencies and also internal resources vis-a-vis expenditure incurred for the year 2004-05(un audited) are depicted in the table given below:

Head/ Department	Opening Balance	Grant-in- Aid (lac)	Domestic Income (lac)	Total (lac)	Expenditure (lac)
A. STATE
1. Agriculture	(-)71.46	2016.22	105.78	2050.54	2126.76
2. Animal Husbandry	(-)95.20	586.56	40.44	531.80	675.47
3. Fisheries	(-)1.81	32.37	0.78	31.34	31.88
Sub Total: A(State)	(-)168.47	2635.15	147.00	2613.68	2834.11
B. ICAR & Other
1. ICAR Projects	187.79	836.93	5.03	1029.75	758.30
2.Central Development assistance/ Catch up grant	6.34	153.00	-	159.34	139.00
3. Adhoc Projects (ICAR)	60.09	108.17	0.84	169.10	93.29
4.Arrear of UGC scale	(-)10.65	-	-	(-)10.65	-
5. Tea Board	(-)14.07	-	-	(-)14.07	-
6.Adhoc Projects (GOI)	0.97	193.46	0.07	194.50	153.59
7.USAID Project/ NATP	74.49	369.04	8.76	452.29	199.45
8. Other Misc.	166.13	213.10	0.49	379.72	179.57
Sub Total : B (ICAR)	471.09	1873.70	15.19	2359.98	1523.20
Grand Total A & B (State & ICAR)	302.62	4508.85	162.19	4973.66	4357.31

*Excluding securities & deposit works

The grant-in-aid received from the State Govt. under Agriculture and Animal Husbandry (Plan/Non-Plan) and Fisheries (Plan) as well as various funding agencies, were utilized for carrying out teaching, research and extension education activities. The central assistance received from the ICAR was utilized for augmenting infrastructural physical facilities at the main campus and its Regional Research Stations. In addition to this, research activities were supplemented through ICAR schemes, adhoc projects, adhoc GOI and misc. projects. The expected receipt from various grant-in-aid agencies of the ICAR/GOI and other agencies during the year 2005-06 are envisaged as under:-

Head/Department	Sanctioned Grant-in-Aid (lac)	Anticipated Domestic Income (lac)	Total receipt (lac)
A. State
1. Agriculture	1981.35	75.00	2056.35
2.Animal Husbandry	612.53	74.68	687.21
3. Fisheries	41.27	0.32	41.59
Sub Total :A	2635.15	150.00	2785.15
B. ICAR & Other
1. ICAR	1064.18	-	1064.18
2.Central dev. assistance/ Catch up grant	310.00	-	310.00
3. Adhoc Projects (GOI/ICAR)	262.78	-	262.78
4.Self Financing Scheme	70.00	-	70.00
5. Tea Board	3.50	-	3.50
6. Others (Projects)	3.74	-	3.74
Sub Total : B	1714.20	-	1714.20
Grand Total (A&B) (State & ICAR)	4349.35	150.00	4499.35

The estimated total receipt shown under ‘A’ State is based on actual GIA sanctioned and anticipated domestic income. The anticipated expenditure during 2005-06 works out Rs. 3437.20 lac under state sector, which would be short by Rs. 652.05 lac. Besides, future liabilities around Rs. 900.00 lac on account of 50% DA merger, NPA to Veterinarians, enhancement of wages, release of pending ADA instalments and likely arrears of DPLs on account of Court verdicts as well as funds required for specific research/extension work, audit fee for 2004-05 etc. has also accumulated. The State Govt. has been requested to provide additionality to this extent to run its activities smoothly.

Estate Organisation

The Estate Organisation is responsible for construction and maintenance of buildings, water supply and electrical installations in the University. During the year 2004-05, grant of Rs. 3.00 crore were allotted to this organisation which have been fully utilised and physical achievements are described as below:-

Construction of Tea Factory for Department of Tea Husbandry & Technology (Building portion)

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 20.00 lac. The building has been made functional and some left out work will be completed on the availability of funds.

Construction of Working Women and Child Care Centre

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 58.73 lac. The expenditure incurred on this work is Rs. 58.50 lac and remaining work shall be completed on the receipt/availability of funds.

Construction of Lab-cum-Office Building for KVK, Mandi at Sundernagar

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 26.00 lac. The building stands completed and handed over to the Scientist Incharge, KVK, Sundernagar.

Construction of Lab-cum-Office Building for KVK, Kangra

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 27.32 lac. The building stands completed and handed over to Scientist Incharge, KVK, Kangra.

Construction of Residences for staff at KVK, Bara (Hamirpur)

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 9.75 lac. The structure of the building is completed and finishing work is to be taken up which will be completed after the receipt of funds from the funding agency.

Construction of Trainees/Farmers Hostel at KVK, Una

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 21.50 lac. The work is in progress and shall be completed during this financial year.

Construction of 6 Nos. Residences for staff at KVK, Una

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 18.55 lac. The work is in progress and shall be completed during the year 2005-06.

Construction of Dairy Demonstration Unit at KVK, Una

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 8.21 lac. The work is in progress and shall be completed during the year 2005-06.

Construction of Trainees/Farmers Hostel at KVK, Kangra

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 21.50 lac. The work is in progress and shall be completed during this financial year.

Construction of 2 Nos. Demonstration Unit at KVK, Kangra

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 8.21 lac. The work is in progress and shall be completed during this financial year.

Construction of Cage House near Glass House for Advanced Centre for Hill Bio resources and Biotechnology, CSKHPKV, Palampur

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 3.00 lac. The work stands completed and handed over to the concerned Centre.

Renovation/Beautification of Water Pond near Administrative Block

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 4.65 lac. The work stands completed.

Outside Works

Construction of Bus Terminal of H.P. Bus Stand Management and Development Authority at Palampur

The work stands administratively approved for Rs. 94.63 lac. A sum of Rs. 49.00 lac have been spent on the work and remaining work is in progress and will be completed during the year 2005-06.

In addition, the Construction Division of the Organization executed various deposit works of Animal Husbandry and Agriculture Department of the State during the year under report.

Students’ Welfare Organization

The Students’ Welfare Organization came into existence in the year 1979-80. The Organization has been set up to provide suitable opportunities and facilities to the students for overall development of their personality. The Organization is also responsible to look after administration of the Hostels, Physical Education Programmes, Co-curricular activities, Medical facilities, NCC, NSS, etc. Various type of activities are arranged to develop the overall personality of the students. During the period under report, following were the main activities:-

Sports and Co-Curricular Activities

1. The students of the University as well as outsiders were imparted regular coaching in Gymnasium for their physical fitness.

2. The University team participated in the North Zone Inter University Badminton Tournament 2004-05 held at Dr. RML Avadh University, Faizabad at Sultanpur w.e.f. 21^st September to 25^th September, 2004

3. The students of the University participated in the North Zone Inter University Table Tennis Tournament 2004-05 at MPJ Rohilkhand University, Bareilly w.e.f. 23^rd September to 27^th September, 2004.

4. Mr. Arvinder Kumar and Mr. Anil Chauhan College of Vety. and Animal Sciences participated in debate competition held at G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar w.e.f. 15^th October to 16^th October, 2004.

5. A contingent of 31 students (boys and girls) of all the constituent colleges of the University participated in the VI All India Inter-Agricultural Universities Sports and Games Meet held at Kerala Agriculture University, Thiruvanthapuram w.e.f. 16^th March to 19^th March, 2005 in various games such as Badminton (Men and Women), Table-Tennis (Men & Women), Basketball (Men), Volleyball (Men) and Athletics (Long Jump and High Jump)

6. The 19^th Annual Athletic Meet of the University was organized in the University Play ground w.e.f. 28^th April to 29^th April, 2005. The said meet was inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor. About 250 students of the constituent colleges of the University participated in March Past. Out of 25 events, 16 events were conducted successfully.

7. A contingent of 15 students of College of Vety. and Animal Sciences participated in the All India Inter Veterinary Colleges Sports, Games and Cultural Festival held at Tirupati (Andhara Pradesh) w.e.f. 13^th May to 15^th May, 2005.

NCC Activities

During the year 2004-05, 133 students registered for NCC. Besides regular NCC parades the following activities were undertaken:

1. The NCC cadets presented an impressive march past during the celebration of University level Independence Day. About 80 cadets took part in March Past to salute the National Flag. Five NCC cadets took part in RDC competition, 2004 held at Kufri w.e.f. 18^th to 19^th August, 2004.

2. A contingent of 10 NCC cadets attended the Inter-Unit RDC competition held at Shahtalai on 4^th September, 2004.

3. The NCC cadets organised parthenium awareness day on 3^rd September, 2004 under the leadership of Major (Dr.) N.N.Angiras, Sr. Weed Scientist-cum-NCC Officer and Lt. (Dr.) Ashok Kumar, NCC Officer. A rally was also organised by the NCC cadets to create awareness among the public about the dreadful diseases like asthma, dermatitis, fever, headache, swelling of face, vomiting, irritation, which are caused by this abnoxious weed.

4. Annual Training Camp 2004 was held w.e.f. 22^nd November to 3^rd December, 2004 at Yol Cantt for Junior and Senior Division NCC Cadets under the command and control of Col. Arjun Singh, VSM, Officer Commanding 5 HP (I) COY NCC, Dharamshala. 685 cadets of 5 HP(I) COY NCC Dharamshala hailing from different schools and colleges of Kangra and parts of Mandi Districts attended this camp. The main emphasis during the camp was to fulfill the motto of “Unity and Discipline” by including the broader qualities of balanced personality, National Integration, Social Service, Adventurism and Patriotism within our national characteristics of unity in diversity and secularism. Major (Dr.) N.N.Angiras and Programme Officer Revinder Kumar were the Deputy Camp Commandant and Camp Adjutant respective of the Camp.

5. A blood donation camp was organized for the motivated NCC cadets at Yol Cantt on 2^nd December, 2004. The donation camp was inaugurated by the Camp Commandant. 27 NCC cadets of the University donated their blood.

6. 37 NCC cadets passed the B certificate examination whereas 17 cadets passed C certificate examination.

7. The NCC cadets of the constituent colleges donated an amount of Rs. 8750/- towards the Prime Minster’s National Relief Fund for the help of Tsunami victims.

8. The NCC cadets took part in pulse polio campaign of the Government on 15^th May, 2005.

NSS Activities

1. Vanmahotsava was organised by the NS volunteers by planting trees in the surroundings of Chamundeshwari Hostel, Hanuman Kutia area and near the Vice-Chancellor’s residence on 20^th August, 2004. About 100 trees were planted by the NSS volunteers of College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences and College of Agriculture.

2. The NSS volunteers of College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences visited the Leprosy Home, Kandwari and donated medicines, clothes and eatables to the lepers.

3. The International Literacy Day was celebrated by the NSS volunteers of the constituent Colleges of the University on 8^th September, 2004 in the campus. The Programme of the respective units administered pledge to the volunteers to fight against illiteracy.

4. The NSS volunteers of the University collected an amount of Rs. 50,050/- on account of contributions towards Prime Minster’s National Relief Fund.

5. The NSS Volunteers collected an amount of Rs. 8448/- by selling Communal Harmony Flags and sent to the Secretary, National Foundation Communal Harmony, New Delhi for providing financial assistance to the children who have lost either of their bread-earning parents in communal, cast, ethnic or terrorist violence etc

6. One day camp was organized to celebrate the International Women Day in the College of Basic Sciences on 11^th March, 2005 in which more than 100 NSS volunteers participated. A rally was also organized by the NSS volunteers of the College of Agriculture to make aware women about their rights.

7. The National Integration Camp for NSS volunteers of SAUs was organized in this University under the aegis of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India. In the said camp more than 200 volunteers from different parts of the country participated. During the camp the NSS activities such as Yoga, digging of pits for plantation, Blood Donation Camp, Eradication of Lantana bushes from public paths, desilting of water bodies/ponds, Rangoli, community visit to local historical sites, pulse polio awareness rally etc. were carried out.

8. Five Days Refresher Course for the Programme Officers, NSS was organised in this University w.e.f. 5^th June to 9^th June, 2005 under the aegis of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India. In the camp about 15 Programme Officers from the Northern States of India participated. During the course lectures on different aspects of NSS, such as Environment conservation, Water conservation, Drug Abuse, Menace of AIDs was delivered by the resource personals. The valedictory function was organised on 9^th June, 2005 in the Seminar Hall of College of Agriculture.

9. Ten days NSS Special Camp was organized for the students of College of Vety. and Animal Sciences w.e.f. 9^th September to 18^th September, 2004. In the camp 43 NSS volunteers took part. During the camp, the activities like parthenium eradication, plantation, cleaning of parks, ponds were carried out. The NSS volunteers also visited the Banoori village and conducted the animal husbandry practices being followed by the villagers and acquainted them with the dreadful animal diseases and their preventive measures. A blood donation camp was also organized during the period. The people of the villages appreciated the work done by the NSS volunteers during the camp.

10. Ten days NSS special camp was organised by the NSS volunteers of the College of Home Science at Bhadiarkhar w.e.f. 12^th January to 21^st January, 2005 in which 12 NSS volunteers participated. During the camp the NSS activities such as cleanliness of water channels, road construction were carried out. Apart from this the women were imparted training about making pickle, sauce, chutney, candles and decoration material.

11. Ten days NSS special camp was organized by the NSS volunteers of College of Basic Sciences at Badehar w.e.f. 12^th April to 21^st April, 2005 in which 41 NSS volunteers participated. During the camp, the activities such as cleaning of water channels, path making, literacy programme and economic survey of the surrounding areas were undertaken.

12. Ten days NSS special camp was organised for the NSS volunteers of the College of Agriculture at Tanda Rajpur w.e.f. 2^nd May, 2005 to 11^th May, 2005. During the camp the NSS activities such as literacy, drug abuse, cleanliness of water channels, environment path making etc. Were undertaken. The villagers admired the work done by the NSS volunteers and suggested that such camp should be organized regularly for the benefit of the weaker sections of the society.

Hostels

There are five students Hostels i.e. two for girls and three for boys. During the year, all the hostels have been provided two computers each with Internet facility. The common room facilities include television, indoor games and badminton and volley ball courts were also provided in the Hostel premises. Due to increase in number of girls students registered for Hostel accommodation and over crowding in the girls hostels the use of type-V residential houses located at old campus were also permitted to lodge the girls’ students temporarily. The same has also been provided computer with internet facility. The Sharam Divas has also been observed by the hostel residents once in a month during which the students cleaned the surroundings of the hostels.

Students’ Counselling and Placement Cell

The Students’ Counselling and Placement Cell has undertaken following activities during the year under report.

1. The Cell has organized campus recruitment of young professionals for Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) in the University which was held on 18^th March, 2005. The selection committee had selected three candidates and two candidates were kept in waiting list. The proposal was submitted to the DDG, CAPART for formal approval and appointment of our University students as young professionals.

2. The campus recruitment of Officers in the State Bank of India was held on 18^th June, 2005 for conducting the interviews. The recruitment Officer of State Bank of India visited the campus for campus recruitment. In all 11 students out of 21 were short listed and interviewed for placing in State Bank of India as Officers/Technical Officers (Marketing and Recovery) in the Agriculture Sector.

University Health Centre

During the year under report, 12741 new patients and 2731 old patients were treated in the University Health Centre. The University Health Centre provided curative and preventive health care facilities to the students, staff and their dependents and also to the employees of IHBT (CSIR) Palampur. The Health Centre has an Ambulance for transporting seriously ill patients to Dr. Rajendra Prasad Medical College Hospital, Dharamshala, Indira Gandhi Medical College Hospital, Shimla and PGI, Chandigarh.

Information Technology Centre

Information Technology Centre provided the following services during the year under report:

Internet Browsing to University Staff and Students
Scientific Computer Analysis of Research Data
Computer related Technical Support to University office/departments
57 new users were registered
572 users were served
Software development and maintenance to comptroller’s office and
Data base support to the following offices:

- Pay Cell

- Compilation Branch

- Funds Branch

- Pension Branch

- Accounts Branch

- Audit Branch

- Budget Branch

University Network Services (UNS)

University Network Services (UNS) consist of three Sections: (1) University Network maintenance, (2) Web site maintenance and (3) Library Automation. University has broadband of 256 kbps bandwidth via leased line connectivity through BSNL, Dharamshala and 256 kbps DAMA VSAT connectivity through ERNET, New Delhi. Under University Network Services (UNS), the following facilities are being provided:

1. Upgraded and fast Local Area networking facility through Gigabit Switch and Server with latest specifications installed at UNS Control Room.

2. Maintenance and upgradation of university web site (http://hillagric.ernet.in) through Apache Web Server in the Red Hat Linux environment. Educating and providing Web space to the different departments/offices for uploading their web contents in the University Web site.

3. Email service to UNS subscribers through Email POP server in the Red Hat Linux environment through ERNET with backup and antivirus facility.

4. Hardware Firewall facility in order to provide direct internet connectivity to UNS users and provide security from hackers.

5. Professional Support Service through M/S OST Electronics Ltd., Chandigarh (Distributor of M/S D-Link) via their Resident Engineer at university campus for proving LAN/WAN day to day network services like “Server Management, Operating System Management, Data base Administration, Backup and Restore Activity, User account management, Management of POP server, Monitoring of Email traffic, Mail Storage and delivery management, Immediate rectification of Email/Internet/Connectivity problems in university network user level, Administration of RAS server, Administration of Firewall for security purpose, Administration of leased line equipments and ERNET DAMA VSAT equipments and connectivity’.

6. Display of Entrance Examination result of College of Vety. and Animal Sciences on the university web-site through ASP programming and database searching techniques.

7. Remote Access Server (RAS) facility for Dial-up and LAN extender connectivity through existing EPABX lines. UNS is also maintaining service to the distantly located units/departments through LAN Extenders using existing EPABX cable.

8. CD Reference Search facility through CD Cache Server (LAN BIT) provided to all UNS users in the university campus.

9. University Library computerization activity through LIBSYS Application software installed Library Information Server.

10. Internet connectivity provided to university offices like Information Technology Centre and Bio-Technology Centre for training related to Internet.

University Local Area Network is connecting computers at all four colleges, Library building, Directorate of Extension, Administrative Block, Dept. of Fisheries, Seed Production Unit, Dept. of Horticulture and Dept. of Tea Husbandry by using Star Network Topology and different types of network equipments and cables (Fibre optic, UTP & EPABX copper). Currently there are above 150 subscribers for Internet and Library Services through UNS.

A Revolving fund under sub-head “Library Automation-cum-LAN/WAN” under existing Library Revolving Fund was created to accommodate all the incomes generated by way of UNS (Local Area Network and Remote Access Server) subscriptions. The income so generated is being used for sustainable maintenance of annual recurring LAN Professional Service and Annual Maintenance Contract of existing LAN-cum-Library equipments.

In Library Automation and Networking, two servers (CD-Net Tulsient Server for providing Reference Search Service through University LAN and Library Information Server through LIBSYS Library Application Software) and 15 workstation nodes of computers connecting all sections of the Library for facilitating various library related jobs and services. The following jobs are done through this upgraded Library Automated service;

Supervision of Library Information Server/CD-Net functionality and their maintenance.
Library Data base management.
To attend routine Hardware/Software related problems and getting the problems overcome.
CD-caching of Reference related CDs.
Periodical checking and backup of data in the Library Information Server.
Development and updating of Library home page (http://210.212.45.102 ).
OPAC services in Library Information Server.
Coordinating the queries (Internal as well as External) related to Library Network and services.

Project Services Division

During the year 2004-05, Project Services Division monitored and evaluated technical and financial aspects of 66 World Bank funded NATP sub-projects for which a funding of Rs. 160 lac was received. Out of the received funds Rs. 180 lac were spent during the year. For effective management of projects for technical and finances at Project level, following review workshops were held at CSKHPKV, Palampur during the year 2004-05:

1. Interactive Seminar on the NATP Activities for faculty members at CSKHPKV, Palampur, on 30^th July, 2004.

2. CSKHPKV Financial Review Meeting of NATP sub-projects on 5^th August, 2004

3. National Financial Review Meeting at CAZRI Jodhpur on 15^th March, 2004

4. Auditing of various NATP accounts from the State Government deputed AG Audit was also got done/facilitated.

Farmer oriented need based research is the top priority area identified by the University among the five priorities. The research output of the projects on crop production, water and water management, soil and nutritional management, VAM in organic farming, development of IPNS for rice-maize based cropping system, pasture improvement and design and evaluation of greenhouse to create optimal environment, will promote optimal utilization of the natural resources for augmenting crop production on a more enduring and sustainable basis. Likewise, the research outputs from projects especially on crop protection aspects like integrated management of bacterial wilt of tomato and integrated disease management in peas will go a long way in controlling the incidence of diseases in the cultivation of high value cash crops in the state.

The following projects have especially been appreciated at different fora of the monitoring and evaluation:

i) Development of small tools for Hill Agriculture

ii) Greenhouses for Cold Desert

iii) Standardization of Tea Processing Technology

iv) PME cell : O&M reforms at CSKHPKV through the PME

v) Information System Development (ISD) - Library and LAN Upgradation at CSKHPKV

vi) Improvement of productivity of migratory buffaloes

vii) Monitoring and evaluation of NATP-ITD Component of Himachal Pradesh – A joint venture of CSKHPKV-IIM Lucknow

viii) Library Automation and LAN Upgradation

The overall budget utilization and technical activities of different projects have been rated highly satisfactory. FAO Project Appraisal Team has rated the success of NATP as one of the best which was communicated by the National Director (NATP), PIU, KAB-II, New Delhi vide letter no. 5(4)/2005-NAIP(Project Admn.) dated 27^th May, 2005.

Besides, continuation of the NATP-Nodal Office, during the year 2004-05, the Projects Services Division, has been entrusted with the responsibilities of (i) Nodal Office for National Information System on Agricultural Education in India on Network (NISAGENET) - an ICAR Cess Fund Project, (ii) Nodal Office for Agricultural Statistical Technology Indicators (ASTI) of National Centre for Agricultural Economic Policy, New Delhi, (iii) Nodal Office for National Agricultural Extension Management Institute (MANAGE-GOI)-Strategic Research & Extension Plans (SREPs) to implement the Extension Reforms and (iv) UGC databases.

University Library

The library caters to the needs of the students, teachers, extension specialists and the staff of the main Campus of the University as well as the scientific staff stationed at the Research Stations, Sub Stations and KVKs of the University. The library system constitutes of the following libraries:

1. University Library at Palampur.

2. Regional Research Station Library, Dhaulakuan (Sirmaur)

3. Regional Research Station Library, Bajaura (Kullu) and

4. Regional Research Station Library, Kukumseri (Lahaul & Spiti)

Research Sub-Stations and KVKs have their own small workable collection of books. The Library is designated as FAO Depository Library and all the FAO publications are received free of cost.

Building

The library has its own building with a seating capacity of 200 readers at a time, besides 26 research cubicles to accommodate senior research staff. It has a carpet area of 4093 sq. mt. and capacity to accommodate around 1.6 lac publications.

The Regional Research Station Library, Dhaulakuan (Sirmaur) and the Regional Research Station Library, Bajaura (Kullu) are accommodated in separate rooms at the respective Research Stations. The working space at both these Stations is sufficient.

Budget

The expenditure of the University Library at Palampur during 2004-05 was as under:

1.	Salary	Rs.	66,22,762.00
2.	Books/Indian Journals	Rs.	4,50,000.00
3.	Miscellaneous	Rs.	5,47,667.00
	Total	Rs.	76,20,429.00

During the year 2004-05, the University Library has received Rs. 20.00 lac as financial assistance under NATP for various activities.

Library Automation Status

The University Library has automated its operations and services only because of NATP support. It is the on-line library and its resources can be assessed from any part of the world at http://hillagric.ernet.in or http://202.41.109.100. The whole campus of the University is connected with 256 KBPs dedicated leased line of the BSNL. The Library offers the facility for On-line Public Access Catalogue (OPAC), Literature Search, On-line Journals and the other library facilities are available on the Desktop of the library clients on LAN and being extended to the Remote Stations of the University through Dial-up. However on request, the Stations clients of the library and other ICAR and SAU readers can approach the library for the services by post or by email. The most 200 journals of the University have been digitized with Abstracts and are available in the machine readable form.

The following Data Bases are available in the library:

1. AGRICOLA

2. AGRIS

3. CAB Abstracts

4. CD-ROM of Population 2001 of Himachal Pradesh

5. Indian Science Abstracts

6. FSTA

7. J-Gate (On line Access plus CD-ROM)

8. MEDLINE

9. NUCSSI

10. Forestry Database in CD-ROM (FRI, Dehradun)

11. FAOSTAT (World –wide statistical information) (1961-2000)

Besides the above, the library has prepared its own Data Bases for:

1. Theses Holdings (Theses)

2. Back volumes of the journals in the library (Journals)

3. Books available in the library (Books)

4. FAO publications (Books)

The library is subscribing to the On-line Journals through the following On-line Journal portals

On-Line Journals/Portals

1.	CABI Primary e-Journals
2.	Journals @OVID
3.	J-Gate Custom Content
4.	J-Gate On-line Journal Portal
5.	Kluwer-e-Journals

Acquisition and Technical Section

The Acquisition Section acquires the publications for use of the readers. The books are purchased on the recommendations of the teachers and the other staff. The technical section is responsible for the processing of the books for being placed in the different sections of the library.

Books are classified according to the Dewey Decimal Classification. The cataloguing of the books is according to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules and the Subject Headings are assigned from the Library of Congress Subject Heading List.

After the complete processing of the books, the new books are displayed in the “New Arrivals Section”.

The position of the publications added in the university library during 2004-05 is as under.

Period	Books	Periodicals	Theses	Others	Total
2004-05	1252	507	156	-	1915

The following is the position of books collection in the library for the period 2004-05.

Period

Univ. Library

RRS Library Dhaulakuan

RRS

Library Bajaura

Res. Sub-

Stations

Total

2004-05

72017

4200

2481

2943

81641

Periodical Section

The current journals and the back volumes are the most important reading materials for teaching as well as research. The scientists as well as PG students are always in dire need for looking into the latest reading materials from this section. The journals and the serial publications are acquired through regular subscription, standing order, exchange and even ’gratis’.

The Regional Research Station libraries also subscribe to some approved journals to meet the requirement of the scientists at the research stations located at the respective places. Even the Sub-stations are subscribing to some Indian journals useful for their research work. The University library at Palampur send the desired material on Inter-Library Loan or by photo-copying of the required material to the scientists.

The current journals are displayed on the display racks and the back volumes are placed on the open shelves of the racks.

The position of the back volumes available in the University Library is as under:-

1.	University Library, Palampur	26275
2.	University Library, Palampur	1739
3.	RRS Library, Dhaulakuan	1050
	Total	29064

Gifts and Exchange

The library has established exchange relations with various national, international organisations and institutions for the receipt of publications in exchange with the publications of this University. The publications from such sources are received as ‘gratis’ also.

The following table gives a glance of the publications received on ‘gratis’:

Period	Books	Periodicals	Miscellaneous	Total
2004-05	11304	7381	3576	22261

Documentation and Reprographic Section

The Documentation & Reprographic Services are being provided for the benefit of the readers. The Reprographic Section has two plain paper copiers. A nominal charge of 50 paise per exposure is charged from the students and the staff for taking photocopies of the library materials. During the year 2004-05, the library earned Rs. 25,380/-

Inter - Library Loan

Inter library loan facilities are made available to the Regional Research Station libraries and the Sub-Station libraries. Mostly the latest journals are sent on Inter-library loan besides the books. The scientists of IVRI Regional Centre, Palampur and IHBT, Palampur also take advantage of the library through ‘Inter-library loan’. Requests from NISCAIR, New Delhi and INFLIBNET, Ahmedabad have also been met by sending photocopies of the articles at national level.

Book Bank Scheme

The students are entitled to draw up to 3 books at a time for full semester by depositing nominal rental charges with minimum of Rs. 5 and maximum of Rs. 10 for a book depending on its price. The rental income is utilised for the purchase of new titles or new editions of the prescribed text books. During the year under report, 288 students were benefited from this scheme and Rs.5,450/- were collected as rental charges from them.

Bindery Section

The library has its own Bindery with modern binding equipments where spacious accommodation, for keeping the machinery and other materials, is available. During the year under report, 1939 publications were bound which included 1199 journals and 740 books, besides the miscellaneous items.

Special Collection

The FAO Depository Library has completed 22 years of its existence. The library is regularly receiving FAO publications directly from Rome. Besides books, serial publications are also being received. FAO publications are very popular with scientists/teachers and postgraduate students and serial publications are useful for detailed statistical data. The total publications in this collection up to the end of June, 2005 were 3092.

Himachal Collection

A separate collection of books of Himachal and other hilly areas under the heading “Himachal Section” is established in the library. It is our endeavour to purchase publications relating to the hill area development to enrich the section. The Himachal Kala-Sanskriti and Bhasha Academy, Shimla also donated the publications on Himachal Pradesh and books written by Himachali authors from time to time.

Theses Section

Theses Section is the nerve of the library. This section is particularly helpful to the Postgraduate students. Copies of the theses of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students of this University and Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan are placed in this Section.

A total of 156 theses were added to the library during the period under report. Total numbers of theses up to the end of June, 2005, were 3053.

Membership, Visitors & Circulation

Membership

Sr. No.	Category	Palampur	Dhaulakuan	Bajaura
1.	Teachers	206	26	42
2.	Non-teachers	68	-	-
3.	P.G. Students	171	-	-
4.	U.G. students	443	-	-
	Total	888	26	42

Readers/Visitors & Books Circulation

Library	Visitors	Books issued	Books returned	Books Consulted	Total Circulation
Palampur	38915	10937	11058	200505	222500
Dhaulakuan	1213	202	195	5151	5548
Bajaura	557	253	249	2750	3252
Total	40685	11392	11502	208406	231300

Resident Instructions

College of Agriculture

The College of Agriculture, established in 1966, is a major constituent college of the University. The college has twelve departments, viz., Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy, Agro-forestry and Environment, Extension Education, Entomology, Horticulture, Plant Breeding & Genetics, Plant Pathology, Soil Science, Vegetable Science & Floriculture and Tea Husbandry & Technology besides Advanced Centre for Hill Bioresources and Biotechnology, Centre for Forage Production & Grassland Management Centre, Centre for Human Resource Development and Seed Production Unit.

The college has total teaching faculty strength of 59 out of which 27, 17 and 15 are Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors respectively.

The total budget of teaching schemes of the Departments including the College was Rs. 588.60 lac during the financial year 2004-05.

During the academic year 2004-05, 53 students were admitted to B.Sc. (Agri.) 4 years degree programme. In all 169 students were registered in different programmes. During the year under report, 31 students completed their B.Sc. (Agri.) degree.

The financial assistance to the students of B.Sc. (Agri.) programme is provided in the shape of scholarships/ stipends/ fellowships from different agencies to the tune of Rs. 82,800/-

During the year under report, the College of Agriculture conducted North and South India Educational Tour to acquaint the students with the latest agricultural technology by way of visiting different prestigious Agricultural Universities, Research Institutes/places of interest relating to their studies.

The various departments of College of Agriculture taught 67 courses to the undergraduate students. In addition to these courses, 15 courses of Basic Science, one course of Home Science, one course of Vety & Animal Sciences, NSS and NCC (Non-creditable courses) of Students Welfare Organization were also taught to B.Sc. (Agri.) 4 & 5 years degree programme of the college. Based upon the third Deans’ Committee Reports of the ICAR and Deans’ Committee Meeting held at Hyderabad, Rural Agricultural Work Experience course of 21 credit hours is being offered for full semester in the 7^th and 9^th semester of 4 & 5 year degree programmes, respectively. In addition, 25 per cent course contents on Hill and Mountain Agriculture have been included in the course curriculum and is being taught in various classes of the degree programme.

College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

The college was established in July, 1986 to meet the academic, research and extension needs in the field of Veterinary and Animal Sciences of the State. The college has 18 departments in addition to a Livestock Farm and Veterinary Clinic.

The college has a total faculty strength of 58 out of which 11 are Professors, 26 Associate Professors and 21 Assistant Professors.

During the period under report, 42 students were admitted in B.V.Sc & A.H. programme and 40 students completed their degree requirement. The total enrolment during the year in UG programme was 198. During the period under report, 5 students qualified the ICAR-JRF examination conducted by ICAR, New Delhi with a monthly stipend where as 14 students qualified the same without stipend to secure seats in Post Graduate programme in different veterinary institutes of the country.

College of Basic Sciences

The College of Basic Sciences, established in 1991, has six departments, namely, Botany & Zoology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Languages, Microbiology, Plant Physiology and Statistics, Mathematics & Physics. The College offers compulsory courses to Basic Sciences, B.Sc. (Agri.), B.Sc. (Agri. condensed course), B.Sc. (H.Sc.) and B.V.Sc. & A.H. programmes and minor and supporting courses to M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes of the constituent colleges of the University.

During the year 2004-05, 60 students were admitted in undergraduate programme and 47 students completed their degrees in undergraduate programme. The College Merit Scholarship @ Rs. 250 P.M. was awarded to 16 undergraduate students. Amar Shaheed Capt. Saurabh Kalia scholarship was awarded to 3 students. The budgetary provision of teaching schemes of the departments and college was Rs. 1.43 crore.

Besides 45 Technical and Ministerial staff, the College has a total teaching faculty strength of 31, comprising 12 Professors, 4 Associate Professors and 15 Assistant Professors.

College of Home Science

The College of Home Science, established in 1991, has 5 departments i.e. Food Science and Nutrition, Family Resource Management, Human Development, Textiles & Apparel Designing and Home Science Extension Education. The College has 4 years under-graduate degree programme leading to B.Sc. Hons. degree in Home Science and postgraduate programmes leading to M.Sc. degrees in the disciplines of Food Science and Nutrition, Family Resource Management, Human Development and Ph.D programme in the discipline of Food Science and Nutrition.

The college has 17 staff members in the teaching faculty with 3 Professors & equivalent, 7 Associate Professors & equivalents and 7 Assistant Professors and equivalents. The college has 29 Non-teaching staff members in the office and laboratories.

During the year, 16 students were admitted to the undergraduate degree programme and 9 UG students completed requirements for the award of degree.

The college offered 62 undergraduate and 47 postgraduate courses including one course offered to the undergraduate students of College of Agriculture by the Department of Food Science and Nutrition.

College merit scholarships were awarded to 4 B.Sc (Rs.250/-PM), 4 M.Sc. (Rs.1000/-PM) and 2 Ph.D. (Rs. 1200/- PM) students. Financial assistance in the form of stipend was provided to 14 M.Sc. (Rs.300/-PM) and 2 Ph.D (Rs. 400/- PM) students.

Two students of the College qualified the ICAR Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) Examination held in June, 2005.

Postgraduate Studies

The office of the Dean, Postgraduate Studies was established in the University in September, 1996 with the sole motive of bringing uniformity in the postgraduate programmes of all the constituent colleges and quality improvement in postgraduate research & education.

At present, the University has M.Sc. programme in 27 disciplines and Ph.D in 12 disciplines. The College of Agriculture is imparting M.Sc. in 10 and Ph.D. in 7 disciplines, the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is imparting M.V.Sc. in 11 and Ph.D. in four disciplines, the College of Basic Sciences is imparting M.Sc. in 3 disciplines whereas, the College of Home Science is imparting M.Sc. in 3 disciplines and Ph.D. in 1 discipline.

During the Academic Year 2004-05, the enrolment in Master’s and Doctoral Programme was as under:-

Class	COA	COVAS	COHS	COBS	TOTAL
M.Sc.	91	31	27	27	176
Ph.D.	67	5	6	-	78
Total	158	36	33	27	254

During the period under report, a total of 67 students received Master’s and Doctoral degrees. The college-cum-discipline wise out-turn break up is as under:-

No. of students

College of Agriculture M.Sc. Ph.D.

Agricultural Economics 3 - Agricultural Biotechnology 3 -

Agronomy 5 -

Entomology 3 -

Extension Education 1 -

Plant Breeding & Genetics 6 2

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Research Achievements

I . Agriculture

A. Crop Improvement

Varieties released

During 2004-05, 17 varieties of different crops have been released by the State Varietal Release Committee for general cultivation in the State. These are: Raj-3777 and HPW-155 (Onkareshwar) of wheat, HPR-2143, HPR-1068, HPR-1179 and Sukara Dhan-1 of rice, VL-78 (baby corn composite) of maize, Palampur-93 of black gram, Himachal Chana-2 of chickpea, Markandey of lentil, Himso-1588 of soybean, Him Alsi-1 and Him Alsi-2 of linseed, Jayanti of karan rai, Arka Nidhi and Arka Keshav of brinjal and Palam Uphar of cauliflower.

Rice

Under irrigated agro-ecosystem, rice genotypes viz., HPR-2529 (5536 kg/ha), HPR-2354 (4810 kg/ha), HPR-2362 (4768 kg/ha) and HPR-2530 (4702 kg/ha) were found promising. Genotypes HPR-2414 (2917 kg/ha), HPR-2403 (2708 kg/ha) and HPR-2531 (2192 kg/ha) were promising under rainfed ecosystem.

Amongst the early maturing hybrids of rice, R-6329 gave the highest yield of 4580 kg/ha followed by HRI-152 (4310 kg/ha) and UPRTGH-332 (4220 kg/ha) and these were free from leaf and neck blast and leaf scald diseases.

Maize

Based on the performance of different private sector maize hybrids tested at various locations in HP for seed yield during Kharif 2004, the ranking of the hybrids, in descending order, was: PMZ4, 9572 A, KH 2005, HM 95, Mukta, Swarna, HM 8000 and HM 110. Among these, HM 95 and 9572-A have been recommended for cultivation in the State. Former is medium maturing, lodging resistant with an average yield of 6900 kg/ha, whereas the latter is moderately resistant to banded leaf and sheath blight with an average yield of 7400 kg/ha.

A quality protein maize (QPM) hybrid, Baj QPM H-5 gave 28.9 per cent higher yield than quality check (Shakti-l) and has been promoted for final stage testing in coordinated trials.

Medium maturing maize composites L-186 and L-173, evaluated in initial evaluation trials (IET) were 19.8 and 20.9 percent superior to check Navjot in National Zone V and I, respectively, and promoted for advanced stage of testing in coordinated trials. Early maturing composite L-201 was promoted from IET to next stage of testing in zone I, III and IV, on the basis of its 17.3, 16.7 and 15.0 per cent superiority, respectively, against check Mahi Kanchan.

In High Altitude areas (>5000 ft amsl) maize hybrids, Vivek-5 (7720 kg/ha) and Vivek-9 (6890 kg/ha) and among composites, Early Composite (6670 kg/ha) and VL-105 (6410 kg/ha) were found suitable for cultivation.
Among the early maturing inbred lines of maize, DKI-9205 was found immune while DKI-9404, LYPSARA, DKI-9725, DKI-9772, POB 46-C4-TEMP-AMAR, DKI-9553 and DKI-9721 were found resistant to Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae under artificial inoculation.

Wheat

At Dhaulakuan, wheat variety HPW-211 was evaluated under on-farm trials and has been adjudged as high yielder, resistant to rust and karnal bunt.

At Malan, VL-858 a new genotype performed better than other varieties under normal and late sown conditions both in irrigated and rainfed conditions. A new promising wheat strain HPW-249 has been promoted and entered final year testing in the coordinated trials.

At Kukumseri, wheat genotypes VL-855 (3700 kg/ha), HS-461 (3490 kg/ha), SWL-35 (3490 kg/ha) and SWL-26 (3440 kg/ha) significantly superior and out yielded the checks HS-375 (3210 kg/ha) and Sonalika (3070 kg/ha). On the basis of disease reaction only VL-855 and HS-461 were found superior and free from yellow rust.

Genotypes/landraces of winter wheat Bonty (5430 kg/ha), Becon (5430 kg/ha) and Backa (4890 kg/ha) were found significantly superior and out yielded the check Saptdhara (3620 kg/ha). The Holi Local and Bonty were slightly earlier than Saptdhara.

On the basis of rank correlations drawn between the genotypes with respect to in vitro and field performance, the genotypes, DH 20, DH 55, DH 57, DH 86 (doubled haploid lines), VWFW 499, VWFW 452, Saptdhara and Sentry (parents) for drought tolerance, whereas DH 65 (doubled haploid), Saptadhara, Sentry, W 10 & VWFW 452 (parents) for cold tolerance were identified as the potential lines.

Barley

HBL-391, a promising entry of barley developed at Bajaura is in the final year of evaluation in the AVT Coordinated trial.

Barley genotypes, HBL-295 (2720 kg/ha), HBL-280 (2580 kg/ha), HBL-401 (2580 kg/ha) and HBL-294 (2310 kg/ha) were significantly superior and out yielded the checks Dolma (1630 kg/ha) and HBL-276 (1910 kg/ha) at Kukumseri.

Pulses

Based on three years data, mash genotypes viz., KU-102 (1710 kg/ha), KU-53 (1690 kg/ha), KU-7 (1680 kg/ha) and KU-59 (1530 kg/ha) significantly outyielded the check Pant U-19 (1190 kg/ha) and UG-218 (1110 kg/ha) at Dhaulakuan. These genotypes, which are resistant to anthracnose and MYMV are being tested on farmers’ fields.
At Dhaulakuan dual purpose genotype C-519 (5030 kg/ha) and C-475 (4450 kg/ha) of cowpea gave significantly higher green pod yield as compared to Pusa Komal (2530 kg/ha). These green pods are soft, stringless and good to taste.

In ricebean, mean performance over three years indicated that genotype Chaukhamba (2060 kg/ha) gave significantly higher seed yield followed by BRS-1(2010 kg/ha) and PRR-1(1920 kg/ha) at Dhaulakuan.

In summer moong, genotypes SML-589 (1740 kg/ha), RMG-492 (1680 kg/ha), RMG-732 (1540 kg/ha) and SML-668 (1510 kg/ha) gave significantly higher yield as compared to check Pusa Baisakhi (1120 kg/ha) at Dhaulakuan. HPBM-1 of Kharif moong gave highest yield (597 kg/ha) followed by SM 03-16 (580 kg/ha) and KM-44 (579 kg/ha) as compared to the check DPM-8909 (270 kg/ha).

At Bajaura, rajmash genotypes IG-84222 (1814 kg/ha), HPR-285 (1742 kg/ha), HPR-2204 (1689 kg/ha), HPR-28 (1661 kg/ha) and HPR-326 (1603 kg/ha) performed better than the check Jawala (1578 kg/ha) and HPR-35 (897 kg/ha). In intercropping with maize, Genotype 62-1-P-1 (1107 kg/ha) of rajmash gave best performance over the check Kanchan (480 kg/ha).

At Sangla, the improved rajmash genotypes viz., SR-1, KRC-8, SRC-74 and SR-6 were high yielding and disease resistant which performed better over local checks at Sangla.

Urd bean genotypes Palampur-93 (1305 kg/ha), HPBU-131 (895 kg/ha), HPU-2 (845 kg/ha) and MX-3 (817 kg/ha) gave significantly higher yield than the check variety UG-218 (655 kg/ha) in different trials.

In chickpea, genotypes C-64 (1231 kg/ha), C-71 (1143 kg/ha), B 206-01(1000 kg/ha), C-61 (995 kg/ha) and C-53 (792 kg/ha) gave significantly higher grain yield as compared to the check ICCV 90201 (740 kg/ha) at Dhaulakuan. These genotypes are resistant to Ascochyta blight and Botrytis grey mould.

In lentil, based on data of four years, genotypes L-207 (1220 kg/ha) and DPL (1020 kg/ha) yielded significantly higher as compared to check EC-1 (960 kg/ha) and HPL-5 (780 kg/ha). Both the genotypes are resistant to rust.

Lentil genotypes No.10107 (2305 kg/ha), HPL 84-31 (2112 kg/ha) No. 10101(2112 kg/ha) and No. 10135 (2112 kg/ha) gave significantly higher yield than the check Vipasha (1722 kg/ha) at Bajaura.

Oilseeds

At Kangra, out of 13 entries of black- seeded germplasm lines of sesame evaluated, TKL-03-7 gave highest seed yield (354 kg/ha) followed by TKL-03-1 (313 kg/ha) as against the check Punjab Til No. 1 (250 kg/ha).

· In gobhi sarson AVT-I trial, the entry ONK-1 from Kangra Centre appeared as the top seed yielder (665 kg/ha) having oil content of 41.8 %, followed by the National check Kranti (565 kg/ ha).

In gobhi sarson station trial, based on average of five locations (Kangra, Palampur, Bajaura, Dhaulakuan and Sundernagar), the Hyola PAC- 401 hybrid produced the highest seed yield (1377 kg/ha) followed by HPN-3 (1238 kg/ha) and ONK-1(1236 kg/ha).

In karan rai station trial, out of 18 genotypes evaluated at Kangra, BCRS-17 recorded the highest seed yield (969 kg/ha) followed by HC-9605 (899 kg/ha) in comparison to the best check JTC-1 (833 kg/ha). In mustard station trial, out of 23 entries evaluated, OMK-3 recorded the highest seed yield (1142 kg/ha) followed by OMK-2 (1025 kg/ha) as against the best check RL-1359 (889 kg/ha).

Forage crops

The release proposal of Setaria-92 variety of Setaria for Northern Hill Zone comprising HP and Uttaranchal has been submitted to Central Varietal Release Committee. It is better in terms of persistence and productivity. Its green fodder yield is 30.0 t/ha.

Napier-bajra hybrid (NB-37) was found suitable for low, mid and high hill areas.

Variety PSS-1 of Setaria anceps was better over varieties S-92 and PGG-9 of Guinea grass in low and mid hills.

Vegetables

Tomato genotypes viz., Hawaii-7998, EC-467927, EC-463930, EC-463933, EC-386023, CLN-2123, CLN-2026, BBWR-1, BBWR-12, BBWR-18, BBWR-19 and EC-392698 were found promising for marketable fruit yield at Bajaura. The genotypes namely, Hawaii-7998, LE-474, BL-342-1 (Palam Pink), BT-218 and BT-1 showed resistant reaction to bacterial wilt with disease incidence of less than 20%.

French bean genotypes viz., VLB-9 (15.4 t/ha), VLB-8 (15.3 t/ha), HAFB-1 (14.4 t/ha) and IVFB-1 (13.6 t/ha) were found promising with respect to green pod yield and they also possess non-stringy character.

Evaluation of capsicum lines revealed that line P-633-1 gave the highest marketable fruit yield (19.0 t/ha) which was at par with EC-464107 (18.5 t/ha), P-625-4 (16.7 t/ha), and P-601-2 (16.4 t /ha) but significantly higher than the standard check varieties California Wonder (7.3 t/ha) and Kandaghat Selection (14.5 t/ha).

In okra, line IC-90269 gave highest fruit yield (11.7 t/ha) followed by IC-32398 (10.3 t/ha) and IC-31850 (10.1t/ha). Line EC-169468 was found promising for earliness whereas the line EC-169469 for smaller internodal length.

Two hybrids of cabbage namely Sumit and Pushkar performed remarkably well compared to standard check (Varun) with respect to head yield and compactness of heads.

Cauliflower hybrids Megha (27.48 t/ha) and S-47 (26.21 t/ha) gave significantly higher curd yield than standard check NS-60 (23.45 t/ha).

Amongst the 15 cauliflower genotypes, Palam Uphar recorded the highest yield of 19.3 t/ha which was at par with PSBK-1 (18.7 t/ha).

At Bajaura, pea genotypes VP-5, GC-477, NDVP-24, PB 88, DPP-9415-1, DARL-401, DPP-9418-06, VL-8, NDVP-104, KTP-8 and DPP-9411 were found promising with respect to green pod yield and shelling percentage. In case of early pea, the genotypes VRP-5 (5.10 t/ha) and DGP-17 (4.0 t/ha) were found promising with respect to green pod yield.

Evaluation of early pea varieties (September sown) showed that Matar Ageta (5.10 t/ha) significantly out yielded the standard variety Arkel (3.81 t/ha).

At Kukumseri, out of 21 pea genotypes tested for the consecutive fourth year, DPP-4 (11.3 t/ha), Kukumseri Selection-6 (10.8 t/ha) and KTP-4 (10.7 t/ha) were observed to be promising and gave pod yield at par with standard variety Azad P-1 (10.9 t/ha) but significantly higher than Palam Priya (9.9 t /ha) and Lincoln (9.4 t/ha).

Out of 38 genotypes of methi tested, 8 genotypes of common methi and 2 genotypes of kasuri methi were selected on fresh and seed yield performance. HM-292-8 gave highest yield (7.6 t/ha) which was at par with JF-205 (7.5 t/ha).

Spices

· Ginger strain Wynad gave the highest yield of 11.5 t/ha followed by DKGD (10.6 t/ha).

Turmeric DKNT-8 gave highest yield of 24.8 t/ha followed by DKHT-6 (23.8 t/ha).

Sugarcane

Cultivar Co-97015 and Co-98014 of sugarcane were found high cane yielders as compared to checks and are under evaluation at farmers’ fields at Dhaulakuan.

B. Crop Management

Cropping systems research

Among the five rice-based crop sequences, rice-radish-potato crop sequence recorded the highest net return of Rs. 1,27,937 followed by Rs. 96,985 obtained in rice-pea-frenchbean.

Green manuring with dhaincha produced higher yield of paddy as well as wheat in rice-wheat sequence at Palampur.

Standard method of transplanting of paddy resulted in highest grain yield (4300 kg/ha) which was comparable to system of rice intensification (SRI) which recorded 4100 kg/ha of paddy yield. Thus, SRI- an ecologically safe practice of paddy cultivation can be adopted to save 20-50 % of water, 45 kg seed/ha, reduced chemical fertilizers and pesticide use without declining yield significantly.

Out of different methods of rice establishment, standard transplanting, drum seeding of pre-sprouted seeds in puddled soil and broadcast seeding of pre-sprouted seed in puddled soil, recorded higher grain yields (3250 to 3510 kg/ha) as compared to drill seeding (line sowing in prepared bed, 2850 kg/ha) and sowing under zero tillage (2800 kg/ha). During Rabi season the productivity of wheat under zero tillage (2730 kg/ha) was as good as in conventional sowing (2860 kg/ha).

· Maize (fodder)-wheat crop sequence resulted in higher net returns of Rs. 45,102/ha/year and was closely followed by oat + sarson (fodder) –maize (fodder) + cowpea (fodder) in terms of net returns (Rs. 41, 375/ha/year).

In wheat + sarson mixed cropping, it was found that in replacement series, wheat yield decreased significantly by 9.0-26.1 and 9.6-27.5 % with RCC-4 and Local strains, respectively. The best sowing proportion for wheat + sarson mixed cropping is additive series of 100% + 20% in both RCC-4 and local strains with equivalent yield of 4660 and 4430 kg/ha, respectively.

Wheat equivalent yield of 4660 kg/ha was obtained with intercropping of wheat +sarson in the row ratio of 100%+20% in additive series.

Seed rate and sowing time

Under irrigated conditions, VL-858, a new wheat genotype performed better than other varieties both under normal and late sown conditions. Normal sown crop of 1^st November resulted in 1.5 t/ha increase in yield over late sown crop of 1^st December.

Highest seed yield of pea was obtained with seed rate of 125 kg/ha combined with two hand weedings at 20 and 40 days after sowing.

Water management

Intermittent flooding up to flowering and thereafter two irrigations at weekly intervals produced the paddy grain yield equivalent to continuous submergence.

· Highest average yield of cabbage (27.5 t/ha) was obtained with 10 irrigations, each irrigation of 5 cm depth at an interval of 14 days. The field water use efficiency increased with the decrease in number of irrigations.

· Highest average yield of okra (10.8 t/ha) was obtained with 11 irrigations at an interval of 7 days with 5 cm depth.

Nutrient management

(a) Cereals and Pseudocereals

Continuous application of FYM 10 t/ha along with N or NP (25-100%) to maize (Kharif) saved 25-50%N, 50%P and 100%K of maize and 50% NPK budget of wheat in a maize-wheat cropping sequence under rainfed conditions.

In-situ green manuring of rice with cowpea or soybean along with 50% NPK produced rice yields at par with recommended NPK, thus saving 50% of recommended NPK. However, in rice-wheat system as a whole, lower doses of NPK (50 and 75%) in wheat yielded significantly lower wheat grain yield than the recommended NPK.

In case of rainfed high altitude wheat trial, response to nitrogen was observed only up to 60 kg/ha. Among genotypes, HPW-223 a new genotype resulted in highest yield though at par with check SKW-196.

In zero tillage wheat, broadcast method of fertilizer application (1/3 N with full PK at sowing + 2/3 N at 1^st node) proved better at higher level of nitrogen (150 kg) over placement method. The response to nitrogen application was observed up to 150 kg N/ha.

Application of recommended dose of phosphorus to wheat through SSP or SSP and rock phosphate in equal proportions resulted in significantly higher wheat grain yield of 2767 and 2787 kg/ha, respectively, than grain yield of 2546 kg/ha in case of 50% P through SSP or 2591 kg/ha with the recommended dose of P, given through rock phosphate.

Higher barley equivalent yield of 2287 kg/ha was recorded in HBL-276 over BHS-169(1208 kg/ha). One cut at 40 DAS + 25% higher nitrogen was found to be at par with one cut at 40 DAS+ 25% higher nitrogen +25% higher seed rate in respect of barley equivalent yield.

Significantly higher rice equivalent yield (5710 kg/ha) was obtained when 50%NPK+50%N (FYM) was applied to rice and 100% NPK to wheat in rice-wheat sequence at Badhiarkhar farm.

Amaranthus yielded 2360 kg/ha with 40 kg N and further increase in dose reduced the grain yield of amaranthus.

Fifty per cent nutrient requirement in maize can be substituted with cowpea green manuring (4583 kg/ha) or 8 tonnes of vermicompost (4761 kg/ha) or 4 tonnes of vermicompost + 10 tonnes of FYM (4917 kg/ha) with grain yield at par with recommended fertilizer application (5416 kg/ha).

Vermiwash has been found a promising foliar spray in organic farming experiments in paddy-onion cropping sequence.

Substitution of 50% fertilizer requirement in maize with vermicompost or vermicompost + FYM or following maize+ soybean, maize + cowpea (grain or green manure) gives residual effect on following gobhi sarson crop with yield advantage of 25 to 44%.

(b) Oilseeds

Toria (var. Bhawani) responded upto 40 kg/ha sulfur irrespective of source to give higher seed yield.

Results of field experiments conducted in an acid soil revealed significant response of P and S application on the grain yield of soybean and uptake of nutrients. Application of P @ 60 kg P₂O₅along with 50 kg SO₄–S /ha showed a synergetic interaction effect and increased the soybean production to a maximum value of 2380 kg/ha.

(c) Vegetables

· Application of 20 tonnes vermicompost/ha + biofertilizer (seedling dip/ seed innoculation) + 75 % of recommended NPK in both cauliflower (17.27 t/ha) and frenchbean (13.55 t/ha) significantly outyielded the recommended practice of farmyard manure (20 t/ha) + 100 % NPK. However, the use of organics (vermicompost/ farmyard manure alone or in combination with biofertilizers) in cauliflower and frenchbean gave very low yield compared to the yields obtained through the recommended dose of farmyard manure (20 t/ha) + 100 % NPK.

· An application of 75 % of recommended NPK in combination with Azotobacter and phosphorous solublizing bacteria in cauliflower gave curd yield at par with the recommended dose and led to the savings of 25 % NPK.

· To overcome the deficiency of boron, an application of 8.75 kg/ha Granobor-II alongwith the recommended NPK was found optimum dose for late group cauliflower cultivation in Kullu valley.

· Application of 60 kg K₂O and 30 kg S/ha resulted into the highest yield of onion bulbs.

In chilli, highest yield was obtained by the application of 200 % recommended FYM coupled with 50 % recommended chemical fertilizers.

Highest yield of onion bulbs was obtained by transplanting seven or nine week old seedlings with 100 % recommended fertilizers.

The interaction effects of NPK showed that the significantly highest curd yield of cabbage (72.4 t/ha) was obtained with the combined application of N₁₀₀ P₈₀K₃₀ followed by N₁₅₀P₄₀K₆₀ (64.1 t/ha) as compared to 25.9 t/ha obtained in control.

Maximum rhizome yield and minimum incidence of rhizome rot and phyllosticta leaf spot in ginger was recorded with the application 100-50-75-40-5-1 kg N, P₂O₅, K₂O, S, Zn and B per ha, respectively.

Other agro-techniques

The raised-sunken bed technique is useful even in high rainfall areas in which rice is planted in sunken beds and high value upland crop (mash or soybean) on raised beds. The rice is benefitted from the runoff that flows from raised beds and upland crops are benefitted from improved aeration of raised beds. A 1.5:1 raised: sunken bed ratio was found ideal for the purpose.

Knotting of leaves and spray of maleic hydrazide at concentration of 2000 ppm along with removal of leaves after curing under shade resulted in minimum weight loss of garlic bulbs along with minimum incidence of rotting/drying/sprouting in storage.

The shelf-life can be enhanced to maximum extent by subjecting the garlic bulbs to irradiation treatment of 6 KR (safer dose) of ⁶⁰cobalt γ-rays. However, its feasibility on commercial scale is to be examined critically with respect to irradiation on large scale as well as effects on quality attributes. The plastic net bags were found to be the best packing material for storage of garlic bulbs.

Contingent crop planning

Under contingent crop planning at Dhaulakuan, cowpea and mash can be successfully sown upto first fortnight of August during Kharif season. In Rabi, toria (25^th September)-wheat gave maximum wheat equivalent yield (3810 kg/ha) under rainfed conditions. Under very late sown conditions in Rabi season, lentil performed better even when sown in 3^rd week of January.

C. Crop Protection

Insect pest management

(a) Cereals

For the management of whorl maggot in rice, nursery application of insecticides viz., carbofuran @ 1.0 kg a.i. /ha, chlorpyriphos @ 0.5 kg a.i./ha and monocrotophos @ 0.5 kg a.i./ha reduced the incidence of whorl maggot up to 40 days after transplanting and was superior to field application of these insecticides at 10 DAT.

Out of 8 insecticides evaluated against major insect-pests of rice viz., stemborer, whorl maggot and hispa Clothianidin and Flubendiamide (RIL-038 20 WDG) alongwith monocrotophos (check) were found effective for the control of whorl maggot. The lowest % leaf damage (3.9) by rice hispa was recorded in Clothianidin treated plots as compared to 12.0% in untreated control.

At Shilaroo, six species of defoliating beetles were prevalent in light traps from May to Oct, 2004. Brahmina coriacea was the most predominant species (76.8%) followed by Holotrichia longipennis (10.6%).

Botanicals were tested against soil pests (termites and cut worms) infesting maize crop at Berthin (Distt. Bilaspur) and Panapar (Distt. Kangra) in farmers’ fields. It was observed that Rawal dust @ 200 kg/ha and Kinnow peel dust (KPD) @ 50 kg/ha were more effective than other treatments and were at par with chlorpyriphos @ 2 l/ha.

Studies on population dynamics of insect-pests through light trap collections revealed that the maximum weekly population of two important rice pests, stem borer and leaf folder was during 3^rd week of August.

(b) Potato

Soil application of chlorpyriphos (400 g a.i./ha) in potato at Ahla (Chamba) resulted in significantly low plant infestation (17.5%) by cutworm as against 45.8% in control.

Application of chlorpyriphos (0.04%) and quinalphos (0.04%), 10 days after germination of potato resulted in 74.4 and 67.0% reduction in hulm damage by cutworms over untreated check.

Entomopathogenic fungi (Beauveria bassiana and Metarrhizium anisopliae) proved ineffective for the management of white grubs in potato at Shilaroo (Distt.Shimla) because of the prevalent low temperature conditions in the State.

Carpromid (300 g a.i./ha), spinosad (17.5g a.i./ha) and imidacloprid (375 g a.i./ha) were found to be new promising chemicals for the management of potato tuber moth in fields and were at par with cypermethrin. These chemicals would be used in future in place of monocrotophos, the use of which has been banned in vegetable crops.

(c) Pulses

· Profenox (Carina 50 EC) @ 1.5 ml/litre of water found to be most effective against Helicoverpa armigera on gram as compared to other insecticides when sprayed at 50% flowering.

Fenvalerate dust 20 kg/ha + deltamethrin 0.0028% resulted in significantly higher reduction in weevil population in rajmash at Sangla.

Light and pheromone trap studies for population monitoring of insect- pests showed Agrotis spp. were the most predominant followed by H. armigera and Thysanoplusia orichalcea (43.6, 33.7 and 17.3 % of the total catch). In general, insects were most dominant from 3^rd week of April to 2^nd week of May. In the pheromone trap, trapping of moths of H. armigera was more in the first fortnight each of April and May. Therefore, control measures can be initiated depending upon peak period of catches of the pest.

For the management of insect-pests namely, bean-bug (Chauliops nigrescens), semilooper (Thysanoplusia orichalcea) and blister beetle (Mylabris pustulata and M. phalerata) and diseases in mash, pest management modules comprising of seed dressing and foliar application of insecticides and fungicides as need-based as well as prophylactic sprays were evaluated. Seed dressing with imidacloprid (Gaucho 70 WS @ 5 g/kg seed) and carbendazim (Bavistin @ 2.5 g/kg seed) followed by one application of fungicide (mancozeb @ 0.25%) at initiation of Cercospora leaf spot disease (45 DAS) and insecticide (cypermethrin @ 0.0075%) at 60 DAS resulted in 24.5% increase in yield over untreated check.

(d) Vegetables

Evaluation studies on four insecticides viz., acetamiprid (0.004%), Beauveria bassiana (75x10⁶ cfu/ml), dimethoate (0.025%) and imidacloprid (0.05%) against greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum on frenchbean revealed that acetamiprid was found most efficacious resulting in more than 75% reduction in nymphal and adult population followed by imidacloprid. B. bassiana proved ineffective in the suppression of the pest.

In tomato BT-18 x Hawaii–7998, Gola (F₁) and BT-18, were found free from the attack of fruit borer.

The parasitization of DBM by Diadegma fenestralis (23-35 %) and Cotesia plutellae (3-17 %) in cabbage and cauliflower was recorded during last week of March and first week of April.

Single spray of the mixture of chlorpyriphos (50%) and cypermethrin (5%) @ 1.5 l/ha, was found most effective for the control of lepidoptrous larvae (diamond back moth and semi looper) in cabbage and was at par with cypermethrin (0.0075%).

Studies on comparative toxicity of insecticides against Cotesia plutellae revealed that Neemax (6 ml/l) was found to be safer to the parasitoid followed by lambda-cyhalothrin (0.004%) and cypermethrin (0.0075%).

Parasitization of larvae and pupae of pea leaf miner to the extent of 23.6% was observed during 1^st fortnight of April. Two parasitoids namely Diglyphus sp. and Opius sp. were found to be associated with leaf miner. Among the different intercrops evaluated, pea with radish followed by pea with methi proved to be superior to others resulting in minimum leaflet infestation by pea leaf miner.

In Sangla valley, seed treatment of pea with chlorpyriphos 20 EC and quinalphos 25 EC (@ 4 ml/kg seed) resulted in considerable reduction in damage by white grubs and increase in green pod yield.

Two sprays each of 10% aqueous extract from ground leaves of `Karvi’ and `Bhang’ (Cannabis sativa) were found to be promising treatments for the management of leaf- miner and gave significantly higher pea seed yields.

Initial bioassay studies on granulo virus isolated from Pieris brassicae larvae has shown a potential for the management of this pest.

(e) Spices

· Seed treatment with Nuvan 76 EC @ 2 ml/kg seed and its spray (2 ml/litre of water) on ginger crop against rhizome fly (Calobata indica) after one month of sowing was found to be most effective as compared to other insecticides.

(f) Tea

Spiromesifen (Oberon 240 SC) was tested against mite pests of tea and was found quite effective against purple mite (Calacarus carinatus) and red spider mite (Oligonychus cofae) even at low doses i.e. 300 and 400 ml/ha.

Disease management

(a) Cereals

The rice leaf and neck blast data from 2001 to 2004 were pooled to develop one single best fit regression model(s) for each location. For Palampur location, Y = 39.161+0.075X₁ (max. temp.)-1.917X₂ (min. temp) +0.76X₃ (max. RH) -0.705X₄( min. RH) -0.222X₅ ( rainfall) +0.887X₆ (rainy days per 4 days & per week at Malan & Pharer) with R = 0.66 and R² = 0.43 was found to be the best fit regression model for predicting leaf blast epidemic.

Out of the 196 maize genotypes of different maturity groups only Bio-9681 was found free from both Turcicum Leaf Blight (TLB) and Banded Leaf and Sheath Blight (BLSB).
The seed treatment with neem seed powder @50 g/kg followed by spray of cattle urine + cow dung extract in 30 and 45 days crop gave best control of brown spot, blight and banded leaf and sheath blight of maize and wilt/root rot and leaf spot of cowpea. Seed treatment with carbendazim followed by two sprays of Achook (0.1%) gave around 60% control of leaf blight and leaf spot of maize.

(b) Potato

· Tuber treatment with Trichoderma viride @ 5 g/litre and soil application of T. viride with FYM (@ 2.5 kg/62.5 kg of FYM applied/ha) has been found effective in containing black scurf of potato.

· Three fortnightly foliar sprays of Propineb were found significantly effective against early and late blight of potato. Maha Panch Gavya has been found as effective as carbendazim in controlling damping off of seedlings in nursery beds.

· At Lari, maximum disease rating (31.80) was observed with treatment of NPK + Zinc Sulphate (25 kg/ha) and minimum (3.60) with NPK + Borax (10 kg/ha) and was at par (6.10) with NPK + Copper Sulphate (20 kg/ha) in reducing the black scurf disease incidence in potato.

In sesame, seed treatment with Apron (6 g/kg seed) combined with two foliar sprays of Bavistin (0.1%) provided effective control of diseases like Cercospora and Phytophthora blight and resulted in significant increase in the yield.

(c) Pulses

· The commercially released varieties of beans/rajmash including some locally adapted genotypes, viz. Contender, Him-1, Jawala, Kanchan, HPR-234, HPR-296, Rakchham local-54, AFR-248 and HPR-19, were recorded susceptible to the rust pathogen (Uromyces appendiculatus var. appendiculatus), a new pathogen endemic to area.

· At Sangla, two foliar sprays of phylloplane-bacterium (Pseudomonas fluorescens strain RPB-14) at flowering and pod development stage protected the rajmash crop against angular leaf spot and fuscous blight resulting in 125 per cent increase in yield over control (1.61 t / ha).

collar and root rot of cowpea were managed effectively by seed treatment with carbendazim @ 2 g/kg seed along with soil application of neem cake @ 400 kg/ha.

(d) Oilseeds

· T. harzianum and T. koningii were found potential bioagents against Corynespora cassicola causing target leaf spot of soybean. Three neem-based biopesticides: Achook, Wanis and Neemgold @ 0.5 per cent were most effective against C. cassicola.

(e) Vegetables

Integration of bio-agent as soil application, seed treatment with Bavistin (@ 2.5 g/kg) and followed by two sprays with Bavistin (0.05%) gave best management of web blight in frenchbean.

Staking of plants in tomato reduced the foliar as well as fruit rot disease incidence and resulted in higher marketable fruit yield as compared to no staking in both determinate as well as indeterminate cultivars.

In tomato, Contaf (0.05 %) and Antracol (0.3 %) gave best results against Alternaria rot as well as buckeye rot.

· Corm dip for one hour followed by spray of Ridomil MZ (0.25%) was found highly effective for the management of Phytophthora blight of colocassia.

· Trichoderma harzianum + cultural practices (weeding, staking, wide row and plant spacing , 50 x 15 cm) has given more than 90% control of white rot of pea.

The experiment conducted on management of root rot/wilt complex disease of pea, revealed that minimum incidence of root rot/wilt complex was observed when the seeds were treated (Bavistin @ 2.5 g/kg) in combination of formalin treated soil. Local bio-agent (T. harzianum) prepared in the department of Plant Pathology @ 2.5 kg/62 kg FYM/ha as soil application coupled with formalin treated soil gave second best disease management as well as green pod production but was statistically at par with the commercial formulation of Trichoderma viride.

Four sprays of Share and Karathane (@ 0.4, 0.05%) at 7 days interval reduced the powdery mildew disease severity as well as increased the green pod yield of pea significantly than other fungicides and intervals. Among the systemic fungicides, tebuconazole proved the best in managing the powdery mildew when sprayed at 15 days intervals.

· Pea root rot/ wilt complex was effectively controlled by local bioagents of Trichoderma spp. under field conditions.

(f) Spices

· Management of Phyllosticta leaf sport of ginger using foliar sprays of hexaconazale (Contaf 5 EC) @ 0.1% with the initiation of the disease and 15 days thereof.

· Biocontrol agent Aspergillus niger (Kalisena) was highly effective in decreasing the rhizome rot of ginger and increasing the yield (15.5 t/ha) as against 8.83 t/ha in control.

· Three sprays of tilt (0.1%) were found highly effective against Taphrina leaf spot of turmeric.

Weed management

(a) Cereals

· Pyrazosulfuron-ethyl @ 25 g/ha was recommended for controlling weeds in direct sown sprouted seeds in puddled fields/transplanted rice at 10 days after sowing/ transplanting.

· Green manuring with cowpea or dhaincha and weed control with butachlor @1.50 kg/ha and butachlor @ 1.50 kg/ha followed by (fb) 2, 4-DEE 1.0 kg/ha after halod were equally effective to control weeds in direct seeded rice.

· Conventional tillage with acetachlor @ 1.25 kg/ha (pre-emergence) was as effective as raised seedbed planting + atrazine @1.50 kg/ha (pre-emergence) in hybrid maize.

· Application of isoproturon @1.5 kg/ha alone and in combination (mixture) with metsulfuron at their 50% dose being statistically at par with affinity resulted in lowest population of Phalaris minor and recorded higher yield of wheat. Clodinofop 60 g/ha fb 2, 4-D sodium salt @ 0.75 kg/ha was the next best treatment.

(b) Oilseeds

· Quizalofop-ethyl @ 60 g/ha was at par with @ 50 g/ha which effectively controlled the grassy weeds in soybean. The mixture of Quaizalofop-ethyl (50 g/ha) + Chorimurox ethyl (12 g/ha) controlled both grassy as well as broad-leaved weeds effectively.

(c) Vegetables

· Integrated weed management studies in onion revealed that application of herbicides, alachlor @ 1.0 kg/ha+ handweeding or alachlor @ 1.5 kg/ha or pendimethalin @ 1.2 kg/ha significantly reduced weed dry matter and increased the yield significantly over their low doses without handweeding.

D. Mushrooms and Apiculture

· Four wild strains two each of Pleurotus ostreatus and Pleurotus flabellatus were cultivated on wheat straw under mushroom house conditions. Another strain of Pleurotus collected from wild habitat has been found to grow in a wide range of temperature (16-32⁰c) and its yields are comparable to other species of Pleurotus. The role of heterokaryosis in the life cycle of Morchella esculenta has been established.

· Studies on pollen substitutes against Apis mellifera revealed that feeding of Complan patties during dearth period showed promising results.

· Selective breeding of high yielding A.mellifera colonies in the apiary increased the yield as well as bee stock. For better performance queen needs to be replaced during second year.

E. Tea Husbandry and Technology

· During the study of biofertilizers with and without inorganic fertilizers, the treatment combination of nitrogen @ 90 kg/ha, FYM @ 20 t/ha and Azotobacter inoculation @ 10 ⁸cells/ ml culture (N₉₀F₂₀A_i ) gave significantly higher yield (60% over control).

· Responses of zinc-sulphur interaction studies showed that zinc @ 7.5 kg/ha and S @ 90 kg/ha produced the highest yield (75% increase over control).

· Highest yield to the tune of 1975 KMTH (38% increase over control) was obtained when 90 kg P₂O₅ /ha was applied.

· In response of N-S interaction studies, the application of N @ 120 kg/ha and S @ 40 kg/ha (N₁₂₀S₄₀) gave the highest yield (1278 KMTH) which is 73% increase over control.

· In a study of effect of different nutrient combinations, the treatment N₃₅₀P₁₅₀K₁₇₅S₂₀B_1.5 gave the highest yield (84% increase over control).

· With the use of organics and chemical fertilizers highest yield of 1315 KMTH was recorded (32% increase over control) with the application of tea skiffing litter @ 4 t/ha in combination with N₆₀ P₃₀ K₃₀ kg/ha.

· The spacing 90 x 30 cm gave the highest yield of 1462 KMTH which was 287% increase over the other spacings (150 x 150 cm) in early stages of plantation.

· The studies on vermicomposting on available bioresources in tea plantations showed that, there is sufficient biomass available in the form of tea skiffings, Albizzia litter and bio-organic waste which can be utilized for preparing inputs for production of organic tea. Albizzia litter has the highest potential (30-50 t/ha) followed by bio-organic waste and tea skiffing litter. However, the recovery in the form of prepared compost is more from tea skiffing litter.

· The best species of earthworms for vermicomposting is Eudrilus and the best bio-resource is tea skiffing litter. Though this vermicomposting can be done throughout the year but the best time is during March to June in Himachal Pradesh.

· Twenty five volatile flavour compounds were identified by GC–MS as finger print markers as no two samples of different varieties match with each other which help to trace the origin of teas.

· The processing technology for orthodox black tea of Camellia sinensis leaf type has been optimized. It can be manufactured by artificial withering at 40% level of wither, one and half hour rolling, 2 hours fermentation or with minor adjustments according to variation in temperature and humidity prevailing in fermenting floor and drying for half an hour at 185-195⁰F. China hybrid and Assam hybrid manufactured at 50% level of wither produced good quality tea during second season of crop whereas wither at 50% for China hybrid and 40% for Assam hybrid during third season produced good tea.

· Uniform quality tea prepared from China hybrid can be obtained if different seasons are blended in the ratio of 40:40:20 for teas manufactured at 30 and 40% level of wither whereas manufacture at 50% wither favoured blending in the ratio of 30:20:40.

F. Agroforestry and Environment

Under IDRC-Project“Sustainable Organic Medicinal, Aromatic and Dye plants (MADP) for Marginal and Small Farmers of HP”, Organic Farming status reports were prepared for District Kangra and Chamba. It is clear from the survey that farmers are interested in organic farming especially in vegetables, horticultural crops and MADP but they need some institutional support in terms of technical guidance which is being provided under this project. Forest Policy & MADP Status reports were also prepared for Churdhar Valley of District Sirmour and Parvati valley of District Kullu to know that present status of MADPs in these study areas.

Extensive survey of different villages/areas/locations of district Kangra was done under IDRC Project with an objective to improve the profitability as well as productivity of marginal & small farmers through agroforestry approach on their fallow/wastelands. At the first instance, about 20 ha land area in Masred near Nadaun, Sehri near Garli-Pragpur and Thalakan near Jawalaji has been selected/adopted under the IDRC Project for the establishment of the MADP based agroforestry models.

Under AICRP, collection and evaluation of Toona ciliata as the priority species from different seed zones of HP was coducted. Based on the annual increment values for stem diameter and plant height, the seed sources S1, S2, S5 & S6 emerged to be the fast growing ones.

Collection and evaluation of Albizia chinensis (fodder) from different seed zones of HP was completed. Twenty five plus trees have been selected from two seed zones only as the tea plantations are mainly confined to these two seed zones. Out of the 25 seed sources selected, 22 seed sources were from the seed zone HP IV(c) having the maximum area under tea-based agroforestry system. Comparison tree method was used to select trees from even-aged stands while individual tree method was used to select scattered trees in the farmer’s field or uneven-aged natural stands. Only those candidate trees were selected as plus trees which met the minimum selection standards.

Four selected forms of seabuckthorn were biochemically characterized for vitamin C, E, carotenoids and flavonoids composition. Multiple shoot and root formation have been achieved in seabuckthorn explants in the course of standardization of micropropagation protocol in seabuckthorn at Bajaura. Nine exotic forms of seabuckthorn have been successfully introduced for multiplication and evaluation at Kukumseri.

Two hundred plants of Stevia (zero calorie sweetener) have been raised successfully.

Lavender (Lavandula officinalis) transplantation made with the onset of winter rains was found more suitable in terms of survival and oil recovery as compared to monsoon planting.

In view of adaptability and fairly good quality of Lavender oil produced from Salooni the prospects of extension of Lavender cultivation in the region have become very high. More than one lac plants/ cuttings have been planted in Tisa and Salooni blocks of Chamba District.

G. Biotechnology

A new blast resistance gene was identified and mapped from a broad spectrum resistant rice genotype Fukunishiki. A RAPD marker OPE-14₁₅₈₀ mapping at a distance of 10.8 cM from the gene was identified. Two accessions of wild rice (Oryza rufipogon), WRA-18 and WRA-21, exhibiting resistance to blast were identified among a collection of wild rices from HP. Pyramiding of four blast resistance genes, Pi-1, Pi-2, P-ta and Pi-k^hwas achieved through marker assisted selection using linked DNA markers.

Anther culture was undertaken in rice and brassica for speedy development of homozygous lines with resistance to blast and white rust, respectively. About 400 rice double haploids have been generated from a cross between HPU-41 and a resistance donor ‘Tetep’. Similarly, 41 double haploids have been developed by anther culture of F₁s of crosses Varuna x Hira, Domo x BJ1058 and Hira x Zem 1 in brassica.

An efficient protocol for micropropagation of Picrorhiza kurroa (karu) was developed. MS medium supplemented with Kinetin @5mg/ml was most efficient for shoot multiplication, while best rooting was obtained on MS medium supplemented with IBA@1 mg/l. Wide crosses between cultivated and wild species of Lens were realized through embryo rescue and bridge techniques to broaden the genetic base of lentil for resistance to fungal diseases. L. nigricans was crossed successfully with cultivated lentil (Lens culinaris) using GA₃. L. ervoides was crossed successfully with L. nigricans to transfer the genes into cultivated lentil using L. nigricans as a bridge parent. Hybrid ovules of cross L. culinaris x L. nigricans were rescued by embryo-ovule culture on standardized media. The realized F₁s were advanced to get F₂ progeny and were backcrossed to cultivated lentil to reconstitute the genotype of cultivated species.

Investigations on molecular basis of disease development by chickpea blight pathogen Ascochyta rabei led to identification of an amphipathic protein ‘hyrophobin’ from culture filtrates of A. rabei growing on plant sap and nitrogen deficient medium. The protein was soluble in trifluoroacetic acid and migrated as 52.5 kDa protein on SDS-PAGE.

Partial genome sequence of maize was annotated for zinc and iron transporter genes for the development of candidate markers for marker assisted selection of zinc and iron content in maize. Several candidate genes belonging to different gene families such as YS, ZIP, FRO, NRAMP, IRT and Ferritin were identified from maize genome and were targeted for developing microsatellite markers for molecular mapping of the target traits.

H. Agricultural Engineering

A self propelled reaper for harvesting wheat crop and petrol engine operated bush cutter for cutting bushes and harvesting maize crop was found 42-48% cost effective as compared to the manual system.

· A hedge trimmer was evaluated for pruning tea and its capacity was observed 84% higher as compared to manual pruning by sickle.

· Power tiller operated NDUAT vertical reaper and PAU maize dehusker-cum-sheller was tested and found suitable for mechanizing hill agriculture.

· The roto-till drill was found suitable equipment for wheat without any tillage operation. The tractor-operated semi-automatic potato planter and elevator type potato digger were tested and found very cost effective as compared to the manual system.

· A bamboo-framed polyhouse was observed to be cost effective and durable for raising nursery of vegetable crops. Its construction technology, cropping sequence and round the year nursery raising plan have been made available to the farmers.

· Soil trench and Polyench type greenhouses were observed to be suitable for cold desert areas. In such polyhouse, cauliflower-tomato sequence gave significantly higher returns followed by capsicum-cabbage sequence.

· An upgraded version of a slurry de-watering, drying and handling system for 85m³ capacity biogas plant and Blower type Burner-II for Community biogas was developed. Five 1m³ plug flow biogas plants were installed in different villages.

I. Geo-informatics Research

Inventory of glaciers and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) affected by global warming in the mountains of Himalayan region was prepared. The spatial distribution of glaciers and glacial lakes was digitized on satellite imageries (IRS-1D, LISS 3) and verified from Survey of India topographic maps. The state of Himachal Pradesh was divided into four major river basins viz., Beas, Ravi, Satluj and Chenab and four sub basins. The study identified the presence of 2554 glaciers covering an area of 4160.58 km² and ice reserves of 387.35 km³. Altogether 156 lakes were identified (of sizeable area) with a cumulative area of 385.22 km². Further, based on different criteria, actively retreating glaciers and potentially dangerous lakes were identified using the developed spatial and attribute database complemented by multi-temporal remote sensing data sets. Sixteen glacial lakes were classified as potentially dangerous lakes from the study of topographic maps, literature, and available satellite images.

J. Seed Production

During the period under report, a total of 15.39 tonnes breeder seed of different crop varieties (cereals and vegetables) was produced during Kharif 2004 whereas during Rabi 2004-05, a total of 28.92 tonnes raw seed of all the crop varieties comprising 28.15 tonnes of cereals, pulses, oilseeds and 770 kg of vegetables was produced. Besides 855 kg nucleus seed of different wheat varieties was also produced.

K. Horticulture

Physico-chemical analysis of fruit and physical analysis of stones and kernel of wild apricot revealed a large variation between samples for all the fruit physico-chemical characters. Fruit weight, length, breadth and thickness varied from 10.13 to 32.53 g, 26.44 to 41.51mm, 26.89 to 43.38 mm and 23.65 to 35.87 mm, respectively. Similarly, TSS, titratable acidity, reducing, non-reducing and total sugars as well as ascorbic acid contents ranged from 11.00 to 16.00⁰brix, 1.37 to 3.85%, 1.27 to 2.95%, 2.57 to 6.40%, 5.06 to 8.01% and 3.92 to 8.40 mg per 100 g pulp, respectively. Among the stone characters, stone weight varied between 1.40 and 3.25 g, stone length varied between 17.60 and 25.55 mm, stone breadth varied from 16.14 to 24.82 mm and stone thickness ranged between 9.75 and 13.23mm. Similarly, a large variation was also observed in kernel characters. Kernel weight, length, breadth and thickness varied from 0.30 to 0.59 g, 12.04 to 16.80 mm, 8.47 to 12.86 mm and 9.75 to 13.23 mm, respectively.

Clonal rootstocks of apple namely M4, M7, M9, M26, MM1106, MM111 and MM793 Alnarp and B 9 have been planted in the stool beds for further multiplication. Apple cvs. Red Chief, Scarlet Gala, Oregon spur, Bright-n-early, Red Fuji, cherry rootstock viz. Giiesela, pomegranate cvs. Kandhari, Hansi, Kabuli, Nectarine cv. Silver King and mango cv Amarpali were introduced in the orchard.

L. Social Sciences

· In a study on pastrolism conducted in Himachal Pradesh, it was revealed that gaddi and gujjar communities were the main users of pasture lands. While the gaddi community reared the sheep and goats, the gujjars owned buffaloes only. Both the communities faced the problems of shortage of grazing lands and fodder in grazing area in plains. Extremely low productivity of animals was noticed because of non-descript breeds and poor management/ feeding practices. The study suggested the need to improve breeds and develop pastures to enhance the income and livelihood status of gaddi and gujjar communities.

· In another study on the common property resources (CPRs), it was observed that the number of animals grazed on the CPR lands was found to be decreasing over the years due to the plantation of pine, infestation of weeds, encroachments of grazing lands and closing of forests for grazing to save the new plantations. The proportion of use of the CPR products was greater in case of marginal farmers compared to small farmers. On an average, the different CPR products contributed Rs. 17,425 per farmer per year to the total income. The maximum contribution (30.76 %) was made by grazing followed by material extracted for mining (29.33 %) and fodder (19.80 %). The study, further showed that the proportion of buffaloes was higher followed by bullocks in different types of livestock in Zone-I, whereas, in Zone-II the proportion of sheep and goats was higher followed by bullocks. The average number of animals increased with increase in land holding size. All the sample households grazed their sheep and goats in CPR lands. The average income per household from all sources varied from Rs. 68,392 to Rs. 1,26,002 for different categories of farms.

The study entitled, “Analysis of growth performance of agriculture in Himachal Pradesh” revealed that the share of agriculture in SDP was declining over the last two decades. Shimla, Solan and Kullu were found to be the leading districts in terms in share in the total area and production of vegetable and fruits. The study suggested suitable strategies for intensification of cereals particularly in Kangra, Mandi, Bilaspur, Una and Hamirpur districts as the yields are quite low and these districts accounted for major proportion in area and production in the state, followed by diversification of areas to vegetable crops.

An academic research study on “Participation of women in agricultural and animal husbandry activities” conducted in the Bhawarna and Baijnath blocks of district Kangra revealed that harvesting/cutting the crop, picking/plucking, transplanting, winnowing, grinding the grain, threshing, grading/packing were the high areas whereas the application of farm chemical inputs, ploughing, purchase/repair of implements etc were the low areas of participation of the rural farm women. The study, further revealed that the hard and sloppy land, lack of physical stamina, lack of irrigation facilities, time consuming nature of job, low price of farm/milk produce, lack of knowledge about application of farm technology as well as marketing, lack of capital and multiple workloads, etc. were their problems while participating in crop husbandry activities.

II. Home Science

Food Science and Nutrition

· The locally grown legumes, soybean and horsegram can be utilized to enhance the nutritive value of common food products without affecting the cost of the products. Blending with legume flours viz., blackgram, soybean and horsegram resulted further increase in protein, fat fibre and other nutrients and the products prepared were acceptable upto 20 per cent incorporation.

· Among the food mixtures, maize based food mixture had higher consumers’ acceptability. The acceptability of probiotic curd was higher followed by probiotic yoghurt and cultured curds. Similarly, the probiotic ice-cream inoculated with Bifidobacterium bifidum had higher acceptability when prepared at 5.5 pH. The probiotic food products prepared were economically feasible and had better industrial potential.

· Blending of seabuckthorn and mango pulp for the preparation of squash and leathers; seabuckthorn and plum pulp for jam and seabuckthorn and aonla pulps for chutneys and toffees in the ratio of 1:1 improved the overall acceptability ratings of the products over the pure seabuckthorn products.

Human Development and Family Resource Management

· Post testing II and III of scales viz: General awareness, legal status, communication skills and Raven’s Progressive Matrices was done on 112 girls of age 12 to 18 years from the Government Schools in the five villages of Distt. Kangra. During the phase of intervention, girls were made aware mainly of the different fundamental rights laid in the constitution and matters related to Hindu Law and Muslim Laws. Highly significant differences in the mean scores of legal status were obtained during the third post testing.

· During post testing III significant results of general awareness were found. Girls were clear about the general health problems faced by them from fever, stomach related problems and headache. They related these problems to the causes like winter season, over eating and other cause like stale foods or mosquito bite. Aspects of general knowledge like name of the village, district and country were known to most of the girls.

· Studies on assessment of health status of adolescent girls belonging to Gaddi tribe of Himachal Pradesh revealed that the data on height and weight of adolescent Gaddi girls were comparatively less than the standard set for each age group by ICMR/NCHS. Results reflect that the nutritional status and other socio – economic factors of the Gaddi girls might affect their height and weight.

· About 16.5 per cent Gaddi girls were having 10-12 g/dl haemoglobin level, 11.5 per cent of girls were in severe category of haemoglobin level i.e. less than 7. It was found that Gaddi girls were suffering from varying degree of anaemia. No single girl had normal haemoglobin level due to inadequate intake of all necessary food groups. Green leafy vegetables and other iron rich food sources were not consumed in adequate quantities, which are necessary for haemoglobin formation.

· Gaddi girls suffered from chronic energy deficiency grade III, grade II and grade I due to less intake of energy rich foods like ghee, butter, oil and more expenditure of energy in heavy work load than consumed.

· The clinical symptoms of vitamin A deficiency among adolescent girls of Kangra and Chamba district on an average were 21.86±1.54 and 20.21±1.43, respectively, which was significant. Protein deficiency and iron were also observed in girls belonging to district Chamba as they were not consuming legumes and dhal and green leafy vegetables that were rich in protein and iron.

· The study of menopausal health status of women in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh indicated that most of the respondents had the onset of menstruation between the ages of 12-14 years. Women believed that menopause affects their physical and emotional health. Women also experienced physical symptoms like hot flushes, night sweats, back pain, mood swing and tension.

· Under AICRP on Home Science, in the families of adopted village a positive change in anthropometry and haemoglobin level has been observed. Improvement in nutrient intake has been reported with special reference to calcium and iron. Nutrition education has brought beneficial effects. A change in dietary practices and food consumption pattern has been observed

Textiles & Apparel Designing

The recipes for printing of cotton, woollen and silken fabrics were standardized with two natural dyes viz. Litchi chinensis and Eupatorium adenophorum. Farm women of AICRP adopted village Badhiarkhar were trained for the preparation of Holi Gulals and the women actively participated in the process of making of Holi Gulals. Eco Holi gulals prepared by them were sold in and around Palampur.

The dyeing procedures for dyeing of silk yarns with pecanut rind dye and cotton yarns with silver oak bloom dye were optimized and standardized. The colour fastness tests for all the dyed samples were conducted and all the samples were found to be colour fast for all the agencies for colour fastness viz. washing, light, perspiration and crocking.

The woollen stoles were prepared by dyeing them with natural dyes in various shades obtained by natural dyes used singly or in combination with each other. The main techniques used for dyeing the stoles were plain dyeing, marbling, pick and tie and pulse tying etc.

The health problems of the weaver women of district Kangra were studied and it was observed that the health status of the women was found to be poor. The women weavers mainly suffered from pain in back, pain in joints and allergy during various wool processing and weaving operations.

Home Science Extension Education

Two weeders were designed keeping in mind the activity profile and the anthropometric measurements of the women.

Vermicomposting is widely adopted as an income generation avenue by the families of adopted village under AICRP. After observing the overwhelming response, more families were called upon to adopt this activity. Since, vermi compost produce is of good quality and fetches good money, it is recommended to cover more families under this avenue.

· A multimedia package comprising slide sequence, video cassette and print media on “sun drying of vegetables”, was tested in the field situation in five villages surrounding Palampur to evaluate its efficacy. Utilization-focussed evaluation of different media in terms of gain in knowledge by rural women depicted that the respondents of experimental group has gained maximum knowledge from lecture + demonstration followed by electronic media. Print media was found to be least effective in imparting knowledge to the respondents.

A group of 15 farm women of Badhiarkhar village was motivated for dhingri cultivation on small scale. The results revealed that on an average the families were consuming 166-400 g mushroom after a gap of 5-12 days.

III. Basic Sciences

Studies on biochemical evaluation and nutritional characterization of rajmash germplasm revealed that amongst determinate type AK-62 and SBG-233 were promising with respect to seed yield. AK-11was found most promising among the indeterminate types.

In gobhi sarson, ten genotypes were evaluated for oil content. Oil content varied from 39.9-43.9%. Maximum oil content was observed in HPN-3 (43.9%) followed by HPN-1(43.6%), NCN-20A (43.2%), ONK-1 (41.9%), NCN-19 (41.8%), NCN-20 (41.8%) and NCN-18 (41.7%).

In karan rai, twelve genotypes were evaluated for oil content. Oil content ranged from 36.7-44.3%. Maximum oil content was observed in CCN-8 (44.3%) followed by CCN-3 (44.2%), CCN-6 (44.1%), CCN-10 (43.9%), CCN-4 (43.8%), CCN-11 (43.7%) and CCN-7 (42.4%).

· The tannase-producing efficiency of liquid-surface fermentation (LSF) and solid-state fermentation (SSF) vis-à-vis submerged fermentation (SmF) was investigated in a strain of Aspergillus niger, besides finding out if there was a change in the activity pattern of tannase in these fermentation processes. In LSF and SmF, the maximum production of tannase was observed by 120h, whereas in SSF its activity peaked at 96h of growth. SSF had the maximum efficiency of enzyme production. Tannase produced by the SmF, LSF and SSF process had similar properties except that the one produced during SSF had a broader pH stability of 4.5-6.5 and thermostability of 20-60^oC.

· Biotransformation of gallic acid (GA) using Aspergillus niger van Tiegham using 0.2% tannic acid (TA) as sole carbon source and 0.5% glucose in addition to TA showed that 0.2% TA was converted to GA up to 48h after which there was fast degradation of GA. However, with 0.5% glucose the conversion of TA to GA was observed up to 96h followed by very fast degradation of GA. 1 mM of NaN₃, EDTA and CuSO₄.H₂O were potent inhibitors of GA biotransformation.

· Microbiological parameters of primary productivity of planktons such as algae and blue green algae and the decomposer bacteria Bacillus of the aquaculture ecosystem for the same period have been studied. From the studies, it is revealed that the physical, chemical and microbiological parameters of primary productivity are suboptimal for aquaculture production under the prevailing ecological conditions. The aquaculture ecosystem located in the temperate region of North-West Himalayas is low to medium in primary productivity which is indirectly reflected on the fish production of the aquaculture ecosystems. Based upon these studies, it is recommended that for the optimum utilization of resources of aquaculture ecosystems they required artifical supplementation in terms of the fish food to maintain optimum fish production.

· Studies to assess the microbial population and chemical parameters in the soils under Long Term Fertilizer Experiment which is in operation for the last 31years revealed that bacterial population was significantly higher in case of all the treatments except 100% N. Maximum population of bacteria was noticed in case of 100% NPK+FYM treated plots. An increase in fungal population with increased levels of NPK was observed. Maximum population of actinomycetes was observed in case of lime treated plots. Highest Azotobacter population (226.16 x 10³/g soil) was noticed in FYM treated plots. Population of Azotobacter was significantly higher in those plots where hand weeding was applied as compared to weedicides.

· Out of 43 PSB isolates screened for phosphate solubilizing activity, 26 were found to be efficient (qualitatively) in P solubilization. The inhibition efficiency of these strains ranged between 18.8 to 107.7 per cent against some of the tested fungal pathogens. Isolates, TM1-PB1 and D1-PB1 which were good P solubilizers, were also found to be quite efficient in depicting the antifungal activity against majority of the selected pathogens. In a study on the effect of growth regulators in bamboo, it was observed that application of IAA (150 ppm), IAA (300 ppm), IAA+IBA (1500 ppm) and IAA+IBA (300 ppm) increased the plant height, sprouting of culms and number of branches, respectively. However, the rhizome weight, length and number of nodes on rhizome were attained higher than the control with the application of IAA+IBA (150 ppm each), IAA (300 ppm) and IAA+IBA (300 ppm), respectively. The root length was enhanced by IBA (300 ppm) treatment and the dry matter accumulation was achieved more with IAA+IBA (150 ppm each) treatment. Application of IAA (300 ppm) produced higher partitioning coefficient of leaves while partitioning of shoot and rhizome was higher than the control with IAA+IBA (150 ppm each) treatment.

IV. Veterinary and Animal Sciences

A. Animal Nutrition

Supplementation of the diet of broilers with promising microbes, Lactobacillus acidophilus (bottle gourd), Lactococcus uberis (bitter gourd), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (bitter gourd) improved growth rates by 30 per cent over control group along with better feed efficiency.

Studies to assess the mineral status of dairy cattle, feeds and fodder in district Kangra of Himachal Pradesh revealed that among macro minerals, chloride deficiency was most prevalent with 11 and 13% animals deficient in chloride in Panchrukhi and Baijnath blocks, respectively. Corresponding figures for calcium deficiency were 10 and 11%, phosphorus deficiency 6 and 9%, sodium 6 and 9% and Potasium 5 and 4% in the two blocks. Among microminerals, copper was most deficient and 48 and 49% animals were observed Cu deficient in Panchrukhi and Baijnath blocks, respectively. zinc deficiency was found in 25 and 31% animals in Panchrukhi and Baijnath blocks, respectively; while none of the animals were deficient in iron in Panchrukhi block and only 1% of the animals were observed deficient in Baijnath block.

Among feed concentrate samples, an overall deficiency of Ca, Mg, sodium, potassium, copper, zinc and iron was 10.71, 16.07, 19.64, 28.57, 64.29, 21.43 and 5.36 per cent, respectively. The green fodder samples showed 14, 20.63, 28.57, 03.17, 63.01 and 38.09% deficiency in Ca, Mg, sodium, potassium, copper and zinc. Roughages were 66.0, 73.68, 34.21, 21.05, 91.67 and 97.37 % deficient in Ca, Mg, sodium, potassium, copper and zinc, respectively. While none of the fodder as well as roughage samples was deficient in iron.

A significant increase in total plasma globulin concentration indicated as improvement in the immunity of animals following mineral supplementation.

B. Animal Breeding

Spiti (Chamurthi) is one of the six recognized breeds of Indian horses. The main breeding tract of these horses is confined to the Pin Valley of the Spiti sub-division of Himachal Pradesh. A total of, 31 elite Spiti mares from seven villages (Mud-6, Sagnum-9, Guiling-6, Selling-2, Upper Guiling-2, Bhar-5 and Kungri-1) were identified, selected and registered. Besides, the progress of the 29 broodmares who were registered last year, was also observed and six male foals born out of these elite female animals were selected and were incentives to maintain the animals of this rare breed.
To overcome the problem of high mortality of newly born lambs among the migratory flocks of sheep and goats, the lambing should be restricted to the period during downward migration only.

Improper breeding practices, inbred migration stress, mineral-cum-vitamin deficiencies and insufficient veterinary aid and health coverage were identified as the factors responsible for lower productivity of migratory flocks in H.P.

The studies on the effect of castration on the testis of Gaddi goats revealed that in the castrated animals the overall testicular parameters reduced in prepubertal and further more in the pubertal stages, when compared to the entire group, thus indicating a profound effect of circulating testosterone on the overall morphometrical parameters of the testis in Gaddi goats. Similar studies on the accessory glands in the same animals revealed that the castration however affect more markedly the volume of bulbourethral glands than that of the vesicular glands, although the weight of both the glands increased due to connective tissue growth during prepubertal and pubertal stages.

Addition of either membrane stabilizer (Chloroquine phosphate) or antioxidants (Ascorbic acid) improve post-thaw semen quality and even improve conception following artificial insemination with frozen semen.

· Amongst other causes of infertility, endometritis is one of the major maladies being observed under field conditions leading to fertilization failure or early embryonic mortality in cross bred cows. The use of appropriate antibiotic therapy is important for its successful treatment.

· The Jersey x Red Sindhi crossbreds have performed consistently better than purebred Jersey cows both for the milk production and reproduction and reproduction parameters at the farm. The first insemination as well as first three insemination conception rates were lower in Jersey (38.5 and 61.5%) cows than crossbred (55.5 and 77.8%) cows. with deterioration over the previous year in Jersey cows.

C. Animal Health

· Studies on the pattern and practices of endoparasitism in dogs of Palam Valley revealed that overall prevalence of endoparasitism was 50 per cent with nematode infection in 13.3 % cases and 36.6 % cestode infection. Among 22 positive cases of cestode infection, 12 were of Dipilidium spp and 10 dogs were infected with Spirometra spp whereas all the eight dogs with nematode infection were of Ancylostoma spp.

· Comparison of breed susceptibility for parasitism between cross bred goats and native Gaddi goats was made that Eight animals of each group were dewormed before rains and examined for parasitic stages, if any. Subsequently, all animals of both groups were allowed to graze for one month on same pastures. After one month, the faecal examination of all sixteen animals was carried out thrice at an interval of one week to observe the gastro intestinal tract parasitism. The faecal egg output was higher in cross bred animals as compared to Gaddi goats.

· In all 44 water samples were analyzed, viz. tap (22), hand pump (9) and surface water (Khud/Kuhl/Bowri-9) and filter (UV-4). The coliform count of more than acceptable limits, was found in 13 samples of tap water, 7 samples of surface water, 2 samples of Bowri water, 5 samples of hand pump water (10 to > 2400) and 2 samples of filter water. Thus, a majority (>60%) of water sources were found unsafe. Escherichia coli was absent in water samples of UV filter, 5 samples of hand pump and 12 samples of tap water.

Sources of various disease causal organisms were identified. S. gallinarum, a causal organism of fowl typhoid, was isolated from poultry samples. Klebsiella pneumoniae, E. coli, Candida spp were recovered from milk samples of animals. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was recovered from urine sample of caprine. Klebsiella pneumoniae was isolated from nasal sample of equine. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from faecal samples of cattle. Citrobacter freundii was revealed in the lung tissues of a goat. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Corynebacterium spp. were recovered from pus samples of humans. E. coli. Corynebacterium spp, Streptococcus spp, Pseudomonas spp, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Citrobacter spp were recovered from urine samples of humans.

A field study on the bacterial etiology of abortions among migratory sheep and goats in the northwest hilly states of India revealed that bacteria known to cause abortions were identified in 30 flocks with abortion outbreaks including Chlamydia psittaci (17 flocks), Brucella melitensis (4 flocks), Listeria monocytogenes (8 flocks) and one Salmonella dublin. L. ivonovii was also isolated from sheep in one of the flocks with L. monocytogenes. No specific causes of abortion were identified in flocks having sporadic abortions. The results also showed that chlamydial abortions are more likely to occur in goats than in sheep and that Brucella abortions occur more often in sheep.

The preliminary studies in Gaddi goats revealed that the thyroid gland weighed highest during the summer season, and the lowest in the autumn season. The adrenal gland weighed highest in spring season and lowest in the winter season.

Studies on the efficacy of ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula) on cutaneous wound healing in animals revealed that the use of its extract is safe for topical application on cutaneous wounds in animals and hastens the wound-healing process.

Studies on the efficacy of Harjore (Cissus quadrangularis) on the fracture healing in animals revealed that the application of “Harjore” paste increases the local blood vascularity which in turn brings in more nutrients, phagocytes and osteoblasts at the fracture site and thereby results in greater osteogenic turnover. This facilitates the fracture healing process by way of early bridging of fracture gap.

Oral feeding of seabuckthorn seed oil has prophylactic value in the development of gastric erosions/ulcerations and also has therapeutic potential to aid in their healing. Seabuckthorn oil is safe for application on aseptic incisional cutaneous wounds in bovines as there was no adverse effect on any clinical and haematological parameters of the animals and at their wound site. Seabuckthorn oil is superior to 5% Providone-iodine and liquid paraffin as evidenced by earliest disappearance of inflammation and highest gain in tensile strength of healing tissue but is comparable to 5% Povidone-iodine and better than paraffin group.

The methanolic extract of Hippophae rhamnoides leaves showed the highest free radical scavenging capacity (FRSC) of 78.9% which was far superior to Tagetes patula leaves which gave an activity of 11.6% only.

The cervico-vaginal mucus samples collected from cows showing turbid discharge were subject to isolation and cultures of microbes. The culture sensitivity tests revealed that the isolated organism were highly sensitive to Ciprofloxin and Gentamycin. These animals were treated with 1322 mg of Ciprofloxin (C. Flox, Intas) administered intra-uterine for three consecutive days. The conception rates in the cows (n=17) inseminated during subsequent cycle were 47% establishing the treatment to be quite effective.

· A total of 376 necropsies conducted on livestock and poultry including wild life revealed the important conditions diagnosed as Hemolytic Anaemia, Lymphadenitis (Bronchial lymphnode), tuberculosis, hypostatic pneumonia ascites (suggestive of malnutrition), septicaemia/toxaemia, enteritis, purulent arthritis (knee joints), emaciation and debility, acute pneumonia suspected for tuberculosis, acute catarrhal gastroenteritis, ascites (inflammatory)chronic metritis, antemortem bloat, hydropericardium, cystic spleen, overdistention of rumen and hepatopathy, hydrothorax, hydropericardium possibily due to malnutrition, pulmonary, pleural and cardiac tuberculosis.

D. Fisheries

The growth performance of fish fingerlings fed on various diets depict that gain in average weight was high in fish meal + groundnut oil cake based diet in common carp and grass carp followed by soybean + mustard oil cake based diets. Whereas, silver carp showed maximum gain in average weight when fed on soybean + linseed oil cake based diet. The feed conversion ratio was found better in soybean and mustard oil cake. The cost analysis of the feed showed that in terms of cost of feed the controlled diet was found to be most expensive and mustard oil cake was the cheapest.

The adult Mahseer of average weight 204 g showed better growth performance on 44% protein rich diet comprising of fish meal + soybean + mustard oil cake which resulted in 26 g per month average growth.

Comparative evaluation of exotic carps i.e. mirror, grass and silver carps in semi intensive culture with 3:2:1 and 2:3:1 stocking ratios at the stocking rate of 15,000/ha/year showed the net yield of 5.2 and 5.8 t/ha/year, respectively. The maximum yield of (4.7 t/ha/year) was obtained in the monoculture of grass carp followed by silver carp (4.1 t/ha/year) and mirror carp (3.1 t/ha/year) at Bajaura.

E. Livestock Products

The chevon meat patties prepared by incorporating textured soy protein (T₁) soy protein concentrate (T₂) and soy protein isolate (T₃) revealed that the cooking yield of patties was 70.0, 80.0, 81.6 and 73.3 per cent in control, T₁, T₂, and T₃, respectively. Overall acceptability also increased in chevon meat patties with soy extenders.

Extension Activities

The Directorate of Extension Education shares the responsibility for planning, implementation and coordination of various types of extension education programmes. All possible efforts were made to transfer the latest know-how based on feedback from the farmers and findings evolved by undertaking need based research programmes. This responsibility, during the year 2004-05 was shared by the Directorate through co-ordination at its headquarter, eight Krishi Vigyan Kendras located at Dhaulakuan (Sirmaur), Bajaura (Kullu), Bara (Hamirpur), Rampur (Una), Sundernagar (Mandi) Chheb (Kangra), Kukumseri (L&S) and Berthin (Bilaspur). Besides, a close co-ordination was also maintained with different Research Stations and different departments of various Colleges of the University and State Departments of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Rural Development, various NGOs and other extension agencies concerned with upliftment of the farming community.

A brief resume of major achievements and work done during the year 2004-05 is given as below:

1. Farm Advisory Service and Trainings

The main objectives of this scheme is to disseminate the latest technology to the farming community by holding farmers training programmes, laying out field demonstrations, arranging exhibitions, field days and Kisan Mela/Diwas etc. The various activities carried out under these schemes are given in Table - I.

Table 1: Farm Advisory Service activities undertaken during the year 2004-05

Sr. No.	Activities	Number
1.	Training programmes (on campus and off-campus)	799
	Participation in training programmes organized by other development agencies	127
	Demonstrations on farmers’ fields in agriculture and allied fields	5602
	On farm trials/Minikit trials	999
	Kisan Mela/ Kisan Gosthees/ Workshops	52
	Field days and other important days	51
	Exhibitions	10
	Visits of farmers’ groups to main campus & outstations	128
	Extension literature (Pamphlets, Magazines, Manuals etc. published)	66
	News published in various news papers about extension activities	59
	Radio talks and telecasts	36
	Popular articles published in magazines, news papers, manuals etc.	85

2. Training Programmes

To cater the needs of farmers, farm women, field functionaries, unemployed youth and school dropouts for their effective contribution towards increasing production in the fields of agriculture, livestock and family welfare, as many as 799 training programmes were organised during 2004-05. In these training camps, about 24938 farmers participated. Out of these trainings, 69 were held at the Directorate and 730 at various KVKs, throughout the Pradesh. Besides, scientists of the Directorate (including KVKs) acted as resource personnels for 127 training programmes organised by other development agencies where 11046 farmers attended the programmes.

3. Agricultural Officers’ Workshop

Two Agricultural Officers’ Workshop were organized on Rabi crops and Vegetables (29^th -30^th September, 2004) and on Kharif Crops (23^rd April,2005) in which approximately 500 Agricultural Officers/Scientists of the University and farmers interacted to finalize the package of practices for Rabi and Kharif crops and Vegetables.

4. Farmer-Scientist Interaction Sessions

During the year, 20 farmer-scientist interaction sessions were organised at Mandi, Dhaulakuan and Kangra where 2148 farmers had interaction on different aspects of agriculture and allied fields with scientists of different disciplines. The problems on various aspects were listed and solutions to such problems were suggested.

5. Demonstrations on Various Aspects of Farming

During the year, 5602 demonstrations covering cereals, livestock, vegetables, oilseeds and pulses were laid out on farmers’ fields.

5.1 Front-line Demonstrations on Oilseeds

During the year under report, 655 demonstrations, covering an area of 120 hectares in different districts of H.P., were laid out by the Directorate along with different KVKs. These demonstrations comprised on Sesamum, Soybean, Toria, Gobhi Sarson. The station-wise detail is given in Table 2; whereas, average production with reference to different crops is given in Table 3.

Table 2: Front line demonstrations on oilseeds

Sr. No.	Station/KVK	No. of demonstrations	Area (ha)
1.	Una	79	16.8
2.	Kangra	140	23.2
3.	Hamirpur	78	20.0
4.	Kullu	57	12.0
5.	Mandi	40	7.0
7.	Berthin(Bilaspur)	138	19.0
8.	Dte. of Extn. Education	123	16.0
	Total	655	114.0

Table 3: Average yield (q/ha) of different oilseed crops under Front line demonstrations

S No	Crop	Variety	Centre	Av. Yield(q/ha)
1	Sesamum	LTK-4	Berthin	4.30
		LTK-4	Bara	6.80
		LTK-4	Una	5.25
		LTK-4	Kangra	4.32
		Pb til No 1	DEE	5.23

2	Toria	DK-1	Una	10.50(IR) 8.00(UI)
		DK-1	Berthin	8.60
		Bhawani	Dhaulakuan	9.50
		Bhawani	Kangra	7.27
			DEE	9.56
		T-9	Bara	9.94
3	Gobhi sarson	Sheetal	Bara	10.42
		Sheetal	Palampur	12.06
		Neelam	Kangra	11.24
		Neelam	Berthin	10.30
		Neelam	Una	11.85
4	Brown sarson	KBS-3	Kangra	9.30

5	Soybean	Harit Soya	Bajaura	11.48
		Shivalik	Una	15.75
		Shivalik	Bara	13.99
		Shivalik	Kangra	13.18
		Shivalik	DEE	13.43
		Palam soya	DEE	15.10
		Harit soya	Mandi	17.80
6	Linseed	Nagarkot	Kangra	7.80
		Jeevan	Kangra	7.48
		Him alsi	Kangra	7.26
7.	Raya	RCC-I	Kangra	8.24
			DEE	10.94

UI= Unirrigated; IR=Irrigated

5.2 Front line Demonstration on Pulses

During the year 2004-05, there were 546 demonstrations laid out by different KVKs and the Directorate covering an area of 60.22 hectares on the fields of farmers for judging the performance of new varieties in different areas of the State.

The area and number of demonstrations is given in Table 4, whereas the performance of various pulse crops is given in Table 5.

Table 4: Front line demonstrations on pulse crops

Sr. No.	Station/KVK	No. of demonstration	Area (ha)
1.	Una	101	11.00
2.	Kangra	86	9.00
3.	Hamirpur	36	8.00
4.	Kullu	51	8.00
5.	Mandi	63	6.00
7.	Berthin (Bilaspur)	100	8.00
8.	Kukumseri	28	0.92
9	Directorate	132	9.30
	Total	597	60.22

Table 5: Average yield (q/ha) of different pulse crops under Front Line Demonstrations

S No	Crop	variety	Centre	Av yield
1	Mash	PDU-I	Mandi	9.20
		UG-218	Bajaura	5.41
		UG-218	Berthin	11.23
		UG-218	Palampur	5.75
		UG-218	Dhaulakuan	4.50
		UG-218	Bara	7.79
		UG-218	Una	9.95
		UG-218	Kangra	7.90
		Pant U-19	Mandi	9.85
		Pant U-19	Palampur	5.28
2	Gram	HPG-17	Bara	10.40
		HPG-17	DEE	11.75
		HPG-17	Kangra	8.30
		Channa No 2	DEE	10.05
			Kangra	7.38
		C-235	DEE	8.12
		HC-1	Berthin	9.22
		HC-1	Una	10.98
		HC-1	Bara	10.70
3	Lentil	HPL-5	Berthin	7.10
		HPL-5	Una	8.95
			Bara	8.00
			Kangra	8.10
			DEE	10.83
		Markanday	Palampur	12.45
			Kangra	8.75
4	Rajmash	Kanchan	Mandi	8.25
		Triloki	Kukumseri	20.77
		Him-I	Kullu	9.77
5	Arhar	Sarita	Kangra	9.63
			Palampur	14.29
			Una	13.85
6.	Mungbean	Suketi	Una	5.85
			Mandi	8.25

IR= Irrigated UI=Unirrigated

5.3 Miscellaneous Demonstrations

As many as 4401 various type of demonstrations on cereals, vegetables, napier-bajra hybrid plantation for fodder, control of congress grass, control of lantana, chemical weed control in paddy, wheat and cauliflower were also laid out in farmers’ field.

6. On-Farm Trials/Minikit Trials

During the year 2004-05, the Directorate of Extension Education and different KVKs, under different programmes laid out 999 on farm/minikit trials in different districts. In rice (HPR-2143) 21.81 q/ha, Wheat (PBW-343) 35.00q/ha, Tomato- 480.00 q/ha, Cauliflower- 310.00 q/ha and brinjal (arka keshav) 350.00 q/ha were recorded the best among different varieties of the respective crops.

7. Command Area Development Projects

Nine Command Area Development Projects were undergoing in the directorate. Under the perview of these projects, numbers of demonstrations were laid out at farmer’s field in different IPH Divisions such as Dalhousie, Padhar, Joginder Nagar, Chauntra, Indora, Jawali, Nurpur and Nalagarh. These projects were in operation in areas where kuhls and lift irrigation schemes of the IPH Department exist. 2892 field demonstrations on cereals, pulses, oilseeds and vegetable were conducted during 2004-05. These projects have shown significant increase in production due to improved agricultural technology in integration with judicious use of irrigation water leading to all around development of such areas.

8 Projects funded by the Govt. of India (ICAR & DBT)

In addition to these, two prestigious projects, “TAR-IVLP” and “Dissemination of pulse production technology” sponsored by the NATP (ICAR) and the department of Bio technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi respectively were also undergoing in the Directorate. These projects played an important role in increasing the crop yields at the farmer’s field with the introduction of new improved technology (HYV, INM, IPM etc.). Under DBT project, 139 farmers were imparted training on “Agro-technique for pulse production and post harvest technology”. 307 demonstrations on pulses were also laid out.

9. Kisan Mela/Kisan Diwas/Field Day

During the year, 103 Kisan Melas/specific Diwas concerning agricultural activities such as World Food Day, Women in Agriculture Day, Environment Day and Field Day/Kisan Gosthi were organised at different places through out the state which were attended by 5597 farmers.

10. Exhibitions

The Directorate and KVKs installed 10 exhibitions in different parts of the State during International/State/District level fairs, for the effective transfer of technology to the farming community.

11. Visits of Farmers’ Groups

During the year, 76 groups of farmers comprising 2394 farmers from different parts of the State as well as from other States of the country visited the main campus. Besides, 52 groups of farmers visited different KVKs located at different districts of the State. During the visits, the farmers were able to have insight into the latest technological development in the field of agriculture, animal husbandry, tea-technology, floriculture, museum of the University, vegetable production and home science activities.

12. Publications

The Directorate is regularly publishing Parvatiya Khetibari (quarterly), an university mouth-piece of extension activities, for which 800 farmers are regular subscribers. Besides, University Newsletter (400 copies) and various priced publications such as Package of Practices for Rabi as well as Kharif Crops and Vegetable Crops, Animal Husbandry, Bee-keeping were also published during the year. The Directorate also published free literature in Hindi in the form of pamphlets on various topics on agriculture, animal husbandry, vegetable production, tea-husbandry, floriculture and home science for further distribution among farmers on different occasions through KVKs, Sub-Stations and Regional Research Stations of the University.

13. Training of Scientists for updating competency

During this year, 7 scientists from the Directorate and 22 from different KVKs acquired training on different aspects of advanced learning in extension methodologies, in different institutes.

Agricultural Technology Information Centre

During the year under report, the activities of the Agricultural Technology Information Centre were as under:-

Diagnostic Services:

Sr.No.	Particulars	No. of Beneficiaries
1.	Soil Samples	49
2.	Plant Clinic Samples	103
3.	Animals	98
4.	Vermicompost	25
	Total	275

Diagnostic and Advisory Services

Sr. No.	Particulars	No. of Beneficiaries
1.	No. of farmers visited the Centre	1347
2.	No. of farm women visited	1265
3.	Bio fertilizers	95
4.	No. of soil sample tested	7
	Total	2714

Telehelpline

Sr. No.	Particulars	No. of Beneficiaries
1.	Field Crops	45
2.	Vegetable Crops	68
3.	Fruit Crops	30
4.	Mushroom Training	25
5.	Animal Husbandry	35
6.	Bee Keeping/Fisheries	16
7.	Misc.	15
	Total	234

Total Income from all Sources

Sr. No.	Name of Crop/Item	Amount(Rs.)	Beneficiaries (Nos)
1.	Field Crops	24,348.00	1479
2.	Vegetable crops	49,743.00	3147
3.	Processed Products	7450.00	301
4.	Honey	6360.00	100
5.	Animal Nutrition Products	1,59,750.00	5308
6.	Priced Publications	1,34,606.00	2872
7.	Misc. Items	73,585.00	1353
8.	Vermicompost	760.00	95
	Total	4,56,602.00	14655

Awards and Honours

Awards

Dr. Ajay Kumar Sood, Department of Entomology was awarded Anastasios Christodoulou Conferences Fellowship from Association of Commonwealth Universities, London (UK) on 5^th July, 2004.

Dr. D.C.Sharma, Department of Entomology was awarded Dr. Manzoor-Ul-Haq

Shield by Pakistan Entomological Society, Faisalabad (Pakistan) on 26^th September, 2004.

Dr. Kamal Dev Sharma and Dr. Rajeev Rathaur, Advanced Centre for Hill Bioresources and Biotechnology got best research paper award in the National symposium on “Emerging Trends in Plant Disease Management”, organised by Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi held on 9^th November, 2004.

Dr. H.K.Chaudhary, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics was conferred Honorary Professorship by the Isaka Kyoiku University, Japan on 19^th November, 2004.

Dr. N.N.Angiras, Department of Agronomy was awarded the Fellow of Indian Society of Weed Science for the year 2003-2004 on 6^th April, 2005.

Dr. J. Badyal, Department of Horticulture was awarded “Vijay Shree Award” by India International Friendship Society, New Delhi on 4^th May, 2005.

Dr. Virender Pathak, Department of Vety Anatomy & Histology got Best Poster Presentation award for the paper entitled “Seasonal Variation in the Micromorphometry of Preoptic, Paraventricular and Suprachiasmatic Nuclei of Hypothalamus in Gaddi Goats” in the XIX Annual Convention of IAVA and National symposium held at West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Kolkata from 16^th to 18^th November, 2004. The paper was co-authored by Dr. R.L.Bhardwaj and Dr. D.N.Sharma.

Dr. Archana Pathak, Department of Vety Anatomy & Histology got the IAAVR Award, 2005 in recognition of outstanding profile in Veterinary profession and remarkable contribution in the field of veterinary anatomy. The award was conferred by Indian Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Research in Indian Veterinary Congress and XII Annual Convention of IAAVR held at Bikaner (Rajasthan) from 31^st December, 2004 to 1^st January, 2005.

Dr. R.L.Bhardwaj, Department of Vety Anatomy & Histology awarded Best Poster Award on the presentation of paper in the XIX Annual Convention of Indian Association of Veterinary Anatomists and National Symposium held at Kolkatta w.e.f. 16^th to 18^th November, 2004.

Dr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma, Department of Soil Science received Crop Research Award, 2004 from Gaurav Society of Agricultural Research Information Centre, Hisar on 15^th March, 2005.

Dr. A.C.Varshney, Department of Vety. Surgery & Radiology awarded “Vijay Shree Award, 2005” by India International Friendship Society, New Delhi for significant contribution to veterinary profession in general and the field of Vety. Surgery and Radiology in particular on 5^th May, 2005.

Dr. Des Raj, Department of Vety. Clinical Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence was honoured with “Best Review Article Award,2004” from Intas Pharmaceutical, Ahmedabad comprising a Certificate and cash award of Rs. 1000/- for the review article published in Intas Polivet on 23^rd November, 2004.

Dr. B.Pal, Department of Vety. Clinical Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence was honoured with “Best Poster Presentation Award (2^nd prize) during XXII annual conference of Indian Association of Vety. Microbiologist, Immunologist and specialist in Infectious Diseases held from 18^th to 19^th October, 2004.

Palampur Centre of “All India Coordinated Research Project on Home Science” declared as the best centre among nine coordinating units in the Country and received Chaudhary Devi Lal Outstanding AICRP Award from ICAR, New Delhi on 19^th October, 2004.

Honours

Dr. H.R.Sharma, Department of Agril. Economics nominated as member of Executive Council of Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Bombay.

Dr. C.Varshneya, Department of Vety Pharmacology and Toxicology elected to the post of Vice-President in the Indian Society of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology and served as referee for the Indian Veterinary Journal, Indian Journal of Animal Sciences.

Dr. R.S.Telang, Department of Vety Pharmacology and Toxicology held the post of Associate Editor (North Zone-National Panel) for the Journal of Tissue Research and served as Referee for the Indian Journal of Pharmacology and Journal of Tissue Research.

Dr. M.S.Dardi, Department of Vety Pharmacology and Toxicology participated in the all India Inter Veterinary Colleges Sports and Cultural Festival held at College of Veterinary Sciences, Acharya N.Rangarao Agricultural University, Tirupati from 13^th May to 15^th May, 2005 and won two medals in Ball-badminton and Volleyball.

Dr. A.C.Varshney, Department of Vety Surgery and Radiology elected fellow of National Academy of Veterinary Sciences, New Delhi, 2005 for significant contribution to veterinary profession in general and the field of Vety. Surgery and Radiology in particular on 7^th May, 2005.

Dr. S.K.Sharma, Department of Vety. Surgery and Radiology elected Fellow of National Academy of Veterinary Sciences for significant contribution to veterinary profession in general and the field of Vety. Surgery and Radiology in particular on 7^th May, 2005.

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Hamirpur at Bara was adjudged as Third in presentation of work done during the year 2003-2004 in the Zonal Workshop of KVKs in Zone-I held at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology, Kashmir w.e.f. 9^th to 11^th September, 2004.

Dr. H.R.Chaudhary, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics availed Commonwealth Fellowship of Commonwealth Commission & British Council and an Overseas Associateship of the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India in the sphere of Molecular Genetics at Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan w.e.f. 20^th May to 22^nd November, 2004.

Dr. Vasu Punj, Department of Microbiology availed Biotechnology Overseas Fellowship at University of Illinois at Chicago, USA w.e.f. 26^th May, 1999 to 5^th October, 2004.

Visits Abroad

Dr. V.K.Sood, Department of Plant Breeding visited University of Wales, Aberystwyth (UK) for six months w.e.f. 29^th September, 2004 to 2^nd April, 2005 under Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship to acquire training on fluorescent and genomic in situ hybridization.

Dr. Rajan Katoch, Department of Plant Breeding visited South America (Brazil) for one month w.e.f. 15^th May to 15^th June, 2005 under Group Study Exchange Programme (GSE) as an Indian representative.

Dr. Prikshit Plaha, Advanced Centre for Hill Bioresources & Biotechnology visited Chungnam National University, Daejon, South Korea as Visiting Fellow w.e.f. 7^th September, 2003 to 20^th August, 2005.

Dr. T.R.Sharma, Advanced Centre for Hill Bioresources & Biotechnology visited University College Dublin (Ireland) to attend the XXth International Grassland Congress w.e.f. 25^th June to 1^st July, 2005.

Dr. M.C.Rana, Department of Agronomy visited Pingtung University, Taiwan w.e.f. 28^th June, 2004 to 27^th July, 2004 to attend training programme on Agriculture Technology under NATP.

Dr.R.S.Rana, Department of Agronomy visited ITC, Enschede, Netherlands w.e.f. 23^rd August, 2004 to 24^th September, 2004 and ICIMOD, Kathmandu (Nepal w.e.f. 7^th June to 2^nd July, 2004 to study the application of Geo informations for water resources management in Hindu Kush Himalayas.

Dr. (Mrs.) Neelam Sharma, Department of Agronomy visited Bari, Italy w.e.f. 19^th June 2005 to 22^nd June, 2005 to attend XIII International European Weed Research Society Symposium and presented a paper entitled “Isoproturon persistence in field soils of wheat under North-western Himalayan Conditions.”

Dr. A.K.Sood, Department of Entomology visited Brisbane, Australia w.e.f. 15^th August to 21^st August, 2004 to attend XXII International Congress of Entomology.

Dr. D.C.Sharma, Department of Entomology visited Pakistan w.e.f. 22^nd September to 26^th September, 2004 to attend International Conference of Entomological Sciences and Workshop on Cotton and also attended International Conference of Agricultural Sciences and Alumini meet w.e.f. 27^th to 29^th March, 2005 at Agricultural University, Faisalabad.

Dr. Virender Kumar, Department of Agricultural Economics visited ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal w.e.f. 27^th June, to 9^th July, 2004 in connection with project work.

Dr. Pardeep Kumar Sharma, Department of Soil Science visited Nanjing (China) w.e.f. 12^th to 16^th October, 2004 to attend 3^rd International Nitrogen Conference.

Dr. S.K.Ghabru, Department of Soil Science visited Kathmandu (Nepal) w.e.f. 1^st to 5^th June, 2005 to attend the workshop on Soil and Water Conservation Approaches and Technologies.

Dr. M.S.Kanwar, Department of Vety Surgery & Radiology attended 10^th International Conference on “Human Animal Interaction” w.e.f. 6^th to 9^th October, 2004 at Glasgow, UK and presented a paper entitled “Community Welfare Services by Blue Cross Society of H.P. in north-western region of India”.

Dr. M.S.Kanwar, Department of Vety Surgery & Radiology attended 1^st International Symposium of Veterinary Surgery & Radiology w.e.f. 10^th to 13^th May, 2005 at Shahrekord University, Iran and presented a paper entitled “Clinical evaluation of xylazine and detomidine in ponies-comparative studies.”

Dr. Adarsh Kumar, Department of Vety Surgery & Radiology attended 4^th International Congress on Yak w.e.f. 20^th to 26^th September, 2004 at Chengdu, China and presented two papers on anaesthesia and arthritis treatment in yaks.

Dr. Madhumeet Singh, Department of Animal Reproduction, Gynaecology & Obstetrics attended 15^th International Congress on Animal Reproduction at Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil w.e.f. 8^th to 12^th August, 2004 and presented paper entitled “Pregnancy rate following estrus synchronization in crossbred dairy cows maintained under sub-temperate climate-comparison of two techniques”.

Dr. R.M.Bhagat, Centre for Geo Informatics Research & Training visited ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal to attend United Nations/European Space Agency/Austria/Switzerland workshop on remote sensing in the service of sustainable development in mountain areas, w.e.f. 12^th to 21^st November, 2004.

Dr. R.M.Bhagat, Centre for Geo Informatics Research & Training visited ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal to attend the ICIMOD new headquarter inauguration ceremony and the anniversary symposium w.e.f. 2^nd to 8^th December, 2004.

Dr. R.M.Bhagat, Centre for Geo Informatics Research & Training visited ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal to prepare the final versions of international collaborative project reports with ICIMOD, Kathmandu w.e.f. 25^th February to 9^th March, 2005.

Dr. (Mrs.) Sharda Singh, Centre for Geo Informatics Research & Training visited ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal to work on collaborative Project with ICIMOD, Kathmandu w.e.f. 27^th July to 8^th August, 2004.

Sh. Vaibhav Kalia, Centre for Geo Informatics Research & Training visited ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal to develop interactive CD-ROM for International Collaborative Projects w.e.f. 25^th February to 9^th March, 2005.

Dr. S.K.Guleria, HAREC, Bajaura attended Advanced training programme in Maize breeding held at International Centre for Wheat and Maize Improvement (CIMMYT), Mexico w.e.f. 11^th September to 10^th October, 2004.

Publications

A. College of Agriculture

Sr.No.	College/Department	Research	Extension	Others
1.	Plant Breeding & Genetics	24	4	-
2.	Agronomy	70	-	-
3.	Soil Science	32	40	4
4	Entomology	7	15	4
5.	Plant Pathology	28	-	-
6.	Agricultural Economics	32	9	-
7.	Agricultural Engineering	15	-	-
8.	Agroforestry & Environment	1	5	-
9.	Tea Husbandry & Technology	7	-	4
10	Extension Education	-	3	-
11.	Veg. Science & Floriculture	19	6	-
12.	Horticulture	6	5	-
13	Seed Production Unit	9	-	2
14	Advanced Centre for Hill Bioresources & Biotechnology	19	-	2

B. College of Vety & Animal Sciences

1.	Vety Anatomy & Histology	6	1	-
2.	Animal Nutrition	-	2	-
3.	Animal Breeding, Genetics & Biostatistics	11	-	-
4.	Vety Microbiology	10	-	1
5.	Vety Pathology	4	4	-
6.	Vety Pharmacology & Toxicology	7	3	-
7.	Vety Clinical Medicine, Ethics and Jurisprudence	4	-	-
8.	Vety Surgery & Radiology	10	3	-
9.	Animal Reproduction, Gyn. & Obst.	8	-	-
10.	Fisheries	5	2	-
11.	Vety & Animal Husbandry Extension	-	6	-
12.	Vety Public Health	6	2	-
13.	Vety Parasitology	5	1	-

C. College of Home Science

1.	Food Science & Nutrition	21	12	3
2.	Family Resource Management	9	7	4
3.	Human Development	8	4	2
4.	Textiles & Apparel Designing	16	-	-
5.	Home Science Extension Education	1	2	-

D. College of Basic Sciences

1.	Microbiology	1	-	-
2	Chemistry & Biochemistry	6	-	4
3.	Plant Physiology	3	1	-
4.	Botany & Zoology	1	-	1
5.	Stat. Math. & Physics	1	1	1
6.	Centre for Geo-Informatics Research & Training	4	-	-
E. Directorate of Extension Education		8	16	24

F. Outstations

1.	Hill Agril. Research & Extn. Centre, Dhaulakuan	39	69	18
2.	Hill Agril. Research & Extn. Centre, Bajaura	22	28	4
3.	Highland Agricultural Research & Extn.Centre, Kukumseri	4	5	1
4.	Shivalik Agriculture Research & Extn. Centre, Kangra	3	-	1
5.	MARES, Salooni	1	1	-
6.	Mountain Agril. Research & Extn. Centre, Sangla	12	-	-
7.	BRS, Nagrota Bagwan	1	2	-
8.	RSS, Akrot	9	-	-
9.	KVK, Una	-	5	3
10.	KVK, Sundernagar	-	15	4
11.	KVK, Hamirpur	-	25	22
12.	KVK, Kangra	-	5	4
13.	KVK, Dhaulakuan	-	8	3
14.	KVK, Bajaura	3	19	-

Books Published:

“Land Resources in Indian Agriculture: Policy, Use and Future Strategic Choices” by Dr. G.K.Chadha, Dr. Suchrita Sen and Dr. H.R.Sharma, published by Academic Foundations, New Delhi.

“Migratory Livestock Management Systems in Himachal Pradesh” by Dr. K.K.Chadha, Dr. Manoj Gupta and Dr. K.K.Katoch, published by HAREC, Dhaulakuan.

“Rabbit Wool Industry in India” by Dr. Ashok Sharma, Dr. S.K.Sharma, Dr. R.K.Sharma and Dr. Kamlesh Gupta, published by Daya Publishing House, Delhi.

“Organic Farming in Horticulture” by Dr. S.M.Suri and Dr. Janardan Singh, published by the Directorate of Extension Education, CSKHPKV, Palampur.

“Office Procedures Handbook for day to day office work” by Dr. Atul, published by Centre for Human Resource Development in Mountain Agriculture, CSKHPKV, Palampur.

ßfgekpy izns’k ds fupys ioZrh; {ksrzksa ds fy, lCth mRiknu lEcU/kh flQkfj’ksa” by Dr. D.R.Chaudhary, Dr. Janardan Singh, Dr. B.L.Kapur and Dr. Surjeet Kumar, published by the Directorate of Extension Education, CSKHPKV, Palampur.

ßfgekpy izns’k ds fupys {ksrzksa esa ,dhd`r Qly izcU/k o flapkbZ ty dk lnqi;ksx” by Dr. Janardan Singh, Dr. B.L.Kapur, Dr. Surjeet Kumar and Dr. D.R.Chaudhary, published by the Directorate of Extension Education, CSKHPKV, Palampur.

ßfgekpy izns’k ds fupys {ksrzksa ds fy, d`f"k o ckxokuh izf’k{k.k lkexzh” by Dr. B.L.Kapur, Janardan Singh, Dr. D.R.Chaudhary and Dr. Surjeet Kumar, published by the Directorate of Extension Education, CSKHPKV, Palampur.

ßvkyw” by Dr. Anirudh Manchanda, Dr. Pankaj Mittal, Dr. Ashwani K. Basandrai and Dr. H.L.Thakur, published by Hill Agril. Research & Extension Centre, Dhaulakuan.

“Scientific cultivation of Pulse crops in H.P.” by Dr. Daisy Basandrai, Dr. Ashwani K. Basandrai and Dr. H.L.Thakur, published by Hill Agril. Research & Extension Centre, Dhaulakuan.

ßnyguh Qlyksa dh oSKkfud [ksrhÞ by Dr. Ashwani K. Basandrai, Dr. Daisy Basandrai, and Dr. H.L.Thakur published by Hill Agril. Research & Extension Centre, Dhaulakuan.

ßlfCt;ksa esa ,dhd`r uk’khtho izcU/kuÞ by Dr. Rajesh Garg, Dr. Pankaj Mittal and Dr. Ashwani K. Basandrai, published by Hill Agril. Research & Extension Centre, Dhaulakuan.

ßeDdh ds jksx ,oe dhVÞ by Dr. Akhilesh Singh, Dr. Rajesh Garg, Dr. Vipin Kalia, Dr. Dhanbir Singh and Dr. H.L. Thakur, published by Hill Agril. Research & Extension Centre, Dhaulakuan.

ßxsgwW ds jksx ,oe dhVÞ by Dr. Dhanbir Singh, Dr. Rajesh Garg, Dr. Akhilesh Singh and Dr. H.L. Thakur, published by Hill Agril. Research & Extension Centre, Dhaulakuan.

Distinguished Visitors

His Excellency the President of India Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam accompanied by HE the Governor of H.P. Sh. V.S.Kokeje, Hon’ble Chief Minister Sh. Virbhadra Singh visited the University on 22^nd December, 2004 and interacted with the students and faculty members of the University. All the dignitaries also visited the exhibition of latest farm technologies developed by the University.

Vidhan Sabha Committee on the Assessment of Agriculture Development under chairmanship of Sh. I.D.Dhiman visited the HAREC, Dhaulakuan on 14^th September, 2004 and had a discussion with Associate Director (R&E) and other faculty members of the Research Centre.

Sh. Virbahadra Singh, Hon’ble Chief Minister, H.P., Sh. G.C.Bali, Hon’ble Transport Minister, H.P and Sh. B.B.L.Butail, Hon’ble Revenue Minister, H.P visited the University on 28^th October, 2004 to inaugurate the State Level Kisan Mela.

Sh. Raj Krishan Gaur, Hon’ble Agriculture Minister, H.P. visited the University on 29^th September, 2004 and 23^rd April, 2005 to inaugurate Officers’ Workshop (Rabi Crops) and Officers’ Workshop (Kharif Crops) respectively.

Professor M.K.Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi visited Advanced Centre for Hill Bio resources & Biotechnology on 16^th October, 2004 to inaugurate Bioinformatics Centre.

Sh. Raj Krishan Gaur, Hon’ble Agriculture Minister, Himachal Pradesh visited the University on 4^th June, 2005 to inaugurate Kisan Mela (Engineering). He also visited the Crop Museum, Cytogenetics & Tissue Culture Lab of the Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics on this day.

Sh. T.C.Janartha, Secretary, Animal Husbandry, H.P. visited the department of Animal Breeding, Genetics and Biostatistics on 12^th February, 2005 to discuss the breeding policy and setting of cytogenetics lab in the department.

Dr. Tilak Dhiman, Consultant, American Soybean Association, UTAH State University, USA visited on 21^st May, 2005 in connection with Seminar on “Dairy Cattle Nutrition” sponsored by ASA, New Delhi.

Dr. S.S.Khanna, Ex-Member Planning Commission, Govt. of India delivered the lecture in the University on the topic “Composting of solid urban wastes and its use in Agriculture” on 18^th May, 2005.

Mr. Yonathan Beyene, Director, HRD, MOA, Eritrea visited the fish farm on 14^th December, 2004 with reference to develop the fishery in hilly region of Eritrea.

Prof. Kjell J. Nillsen, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondhem, Norway visited the Department of Fisheries and Farm to discuss the possibility of collaborative project on cold water fish species and their culture in Himachal Pradesh on 22^nd August, 2004.

Mr. R.K.Sharma, Core Expert, SSC of FAO, UN, Ministry of Agriculture, Eritrea visited the College of Vety. & Animal Sciences on 14^th December, 2004.

Dr.M.K.Miglani, Vice-Chancellor alongwith Dr. Satyavir, Director, Extension Education and Dr. M.S.Kuhar, Registrar, CCSHAU, Hisar visited the Bajaura centre on 8^th October, 2004.

Prof. Dr. Bashir Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor, Faisalabad Agriculture University, Pakistan alongwith a team of scientists visited the University on 10^th June, 2005. He also visited HAREC, Bajaura on 11^th June, 2005.

Dr. Sameul Mauser, Asian Coordinator, FIBL, Switzerland visited, MAREC, Sangla on 11^th August , 2004 to know the scope of Organic Agriculture in mountains.

Sh. Rangila Rao, Hon’ble Minister of Excise & Taxation was the Chief Guest in training camp at Bhambla organised by the KVK, Sundernagar on 19^th September, 2004.

Thakur Kaul Singh, Hon’ble Minister of IPH was the Chief Guest in training camp at Thaltukhod and in training camp on World Food Day at Chehtigarh organised by the KVK, Sundernagar on 28^th September, 2004 and 16^th October, 2004, respectively.