Faculty Name : Dr J S Chandel Designation: Senior Scientist Qualification: Ph. D Fellowship/Awards: Recipient of University Gold Medal in Ph. D Programme. Recipient of University merit scholarship in under-graduate and Ph. D programmes and UNDP fellowship in M.Sc. Academic Roll of Honour for highest scores in Doctoral programme in the college of Horticulture during 1989. Phone -094181-17454 Fax - E Mail chandeljs@yahoo.co.in Discipline : Fruit Science Specialization: Plant propagation and Orchard management Mission: 1. To develop technologies for quality nursery production and sustainable fruit production of temperate fruits. 2. To impart quality education in the field of Fruit Science Work Experience: More than 26 years
Teaching Activities: Under Graduate and Post Graduate classes Number of students guided: M Sc 12 Ph.D. 6 Advance Trainings Acquired: Training on e-content development International exposure: Research Activities: Projects in hand (as PI in externally funded projects and PG students) 1. Strengthening of bud-wood bank and nursery production of temperate fruits 2. Revolving fund scheme on production of quality planting materials of fruit crops 3. Horticulture development project (World Bank) Completed projects (as PI) 1 Integrated water and nutrient management in Kiwifruit (ICAR) 2. Nursery production of fruit crops (ICAR) 3. Production of quality nursery plants of walnut and its popularization in Himachal Pradesh (ICAR Mini-Mission) 4. Net-work project on production of planting material of fruit crops (ICAR -HTM) LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Chandel, J.S. and J.S. Chauhan. 1990. Effect of rootstocks and water stress on foliar nutrient (Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu) composition of Starking Delicious apple. The Hort. J. 3 (1&2): 10-14. Chandel, J.S. and J.S. Chauhan. 1990. Effect of rootstocks and soil moisture stress on growth and vigour of apple cv. Starking Delicious. The Punjab Hort. J. 30 (1-4): 162-170. Chandel, J.S. 1991. Effect of triacontanol (TRIA) in combination with paclobutrazol (PP333) on fruit size, firmness and quality of Japanese plum. New Agriculturist 1(2): 165-168. Chandel, J.S. and K.K. Jindal. 1991. Effect of triacontanol (TRIA) and paclobutrazol (PP333) on fruit set, yield and quality of Japanese plum. The Hort. J. 4(1): 21-25. Chandel, J.S. and J.S. Chauhan. 1991. Effect of soil moisture stress on growth, photosynthetic activity, water relations and leaf nutrients composition of apple. Punjab Hort. J. 31(1-4): 122-129. Chandel, J.S. and J.S. Chauhan. 1991. Accumulation of proline, ABA and carbohydrates contents in Starking Delicious apple on clonal rootstocks and their correlation with drought resistance. Prog. Hort. 23 (1-4): 5-11. Chandel, J.S. and J.S. Chauhan. 1992. Drought resistance of Starking Delicious apple plants on different rootstocks. Indian J. Hort. 49(4): 294-299..
Chandel, J.S. and J.S. Chauhan. 1992. Effect of clonal rootstocks and soil moisture stress on water relations of Starking Delicious apple. Bull. Life Sci. 2: 13-18. Chandel, J.S. and R. Singh. 1992. Effect of different irrigation levels on growth, cropping and mineral composition of mango. Acta Hortic. 321: 561-565. Chandel, J.S. and J.S. Chauhan. 1994. Effect of rootstocks and soil moisture stress on biomass, root growth and photosynthetic efficiency of apple. Prog. Hort. 26: 136-140. 3.25 Chandel, J.S. and N.K. Sharma. 1992. Extent of fruit cracking in litchi and its control measures in Kangra valley of Himachal Pradesh. South Indian Hort. 40(2): 74-78. Chandel, J.S. 1994. Influence of different irrigation regimes alone and in combination with spray of growth regulator and nutrients on fruiting and quality of litchi cv. Dehradun. Advances Hort. and Forestry, 4 : 23-27. Awasthi, R.P., V.P. Bhutani, M.S. Mankotia, J.S. Chandel and G. Dev. 1993. Potassium increases yield and quality of Santa Rosa plum. Better Crops International 9 (1): 22-23. Jindal, K.K. and J.S. Chandel. 1996. Effect of triacontanol and paclobutarazol on fruit set, growth and quality of plum. Indian J. Hort. 53(4): 262-268.. Chauhan, J.S., D.D. Sharma and J.S. Chandel. 1997. Performance of different kiwifruit cultivars under mid-hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh. Indian J. Hort. 54 (2): 146-149. Divender Gupta, R. Bhatia, N.K. Sharma, J.S. Chandel and R. Sharma. 1997. Incidence and management of red rust of litchi in lower hills of Himachal Pradesh. Pest Management in Horticultural Eco-system 3(2): 70-74. Sharma, R., J.S. Chandel and N.K. Sharma. 1995. Growth and instability in Horticulture development in Himachal Pradesh. Himachal J. Agric. Res. 21: 70-74. Bhatia, R., D. Gupta, J.S. Chandel and N.K. Sharma. 1995. Relative abundance of insect visitors on flowers of major sub-tropical fruits in Himachal Pradesh and their effect on fruit set. Indian J. Agri. Sci. 65 (2):907-912. Narang, M.L. and J.S. Chandel. 1995. Preliminary studies on brood damage to apple orchards in H.P. Environment and Birds. Biannual Conference of Ornithological Society of India 14--16 Nov. 1995, pp.54-56. Ranbir Singh, J.S. Chandel and A.R. Bhandari. 1998. Effect of soil moisture regime on plant growth, fruiting, fruit quality and nutrient uptake of mango (Magnifera indica). Indian J. Agric. Sci. 68(3): 135-138. Chandel, J.S., K.S. Negi and K.K. Jindal. 1998. Studies on vegetative propagation in kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa Chev.). Indian J. Hort. 55(1): 52-54..
Chandel, J S and S. D. Badiyala. 1996. Performance of some strawberry cultivars in foot-hills of Himachal Pradesh. Ann. Agric. Res. 17 (4): 375-378. Rana, R.K., Chauhan, J.S. and Chandel, J.S. 2000. Effect of different soil moisture regimes on growth, cropping, fruit quality and water relations in Kiwifruit. Indian J. Agri. Sci. 70:546-549. Chandel, J S and Anirudh Thakur 2002. Kiwifruit : Effect of thinning on fruit size, yield and nutrient content. J Plant Sci. Res. 18: 21-23. Chandel, J S and N. Sharma 2003. Effect of soil moisture regimes on tree growth, cropping and fruit size of apricot ( Prunus armeniaca L.) The Hort. J. 16(1) 15-21. Rana, R K and J S Chandel 2003. Effect of biofertilizers and nitrogen on growth, yield and fruit quality of strawberry. Prog. Hort. 35(1 ): 25-29. Kumar, J., A S Rehalia, S S Rana and J S Chandel 2003. Effect of pre and post-bloom sprays of urea and boric acid on growth, fruit-set, yield and fruit quality of apple cv. Starking Delicious. Prog. Hort. 35 (1 ): 14-19. Chandel, J.S., N.K. Sharma, Divender Gupta and S.D. Badiayala. 1993. Rejuvenation studies on declined mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) trees. An abstract in Golden JUBILEE Symposium Horticultural Research Scenario. No.8. 20 p. 172. Gupta, D., J.S. Chandel and N.K. Sharma. 1995. Evaluation of insecticides to control the litchi nut borer. In Proc. Of Symposium on Advances in Research and Development in Horticulture for Export. Pp.114-115. Chandel, J.S., R. Singh and U.U. Khokhar. 1998. Effect of orchard floor management systems on growth, fruiting, quality and nutrient status of mango. Tree Science Conference April 10-13, 124. Chandel, J S and R Rana 2002. Kiwifruit A new fruit crop for mid-hills. In: Proc. National Seminar on changing Scenerio in the production of hill horticultural crops.pp 23-24. Chandel, J.S., R.K. Rana. and A.S. Rehalia. 2003. Comparative performance of chip and surface methods of irrigation in kiwifruit cv. Allison. In: Proc. of 7 th International Symposium on Temperate Zone Fruits in Tropics and Sub-tropics. P 136. Chandel J S and R Rana 2003. Management of soil moisture stress through drip irrigation and mulches in kiwifruit.in: Proc. International congress of Plant Physiology on sustainable plant productivity under changing environment. P 244. Jindal, K.K., J.S.Chandel, V. P. Kanan and P.Sharma. 2002. Effect of hand thinning and plant growth regulators: Thiadiazuron, Carbaryl and Etheral on fruit size, yield and quality of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) cv. Allison. Acta Hortic. 626: 407-413. Kumar, J., A.S. Rehalia, S.S.Rana and J.S.Chandel. 2002. Effect of pre and post bloom sprays of urea and boric acid on growth, fruit set, yield and fruit quality of apple cv. Starking Delicious. Progressive Horticulture, 34(1): 22-26.
Chandel, J.S. and S.A. Ananda. 2003. Comparative performance of different methods of budding in pecannut. J. Applied Hort. 4(1): 15-17. Chandel, J.S., O.A. Bharti. and R.K.Rana. 2004. Effect of pruning severity on growth, yield and fruit quality of kiwifruit ( Actinidia deliciosa Chev.). Indian J. Hort. 61 (2): 114-11-17. Chandel, J S and R K Rana. 2004. Standardization of leaf sampling techniques for kiwifruit in mid-hill conditions of Himachal Pradesh. Haryana J Hort Sci. 33 (1&2): 30-33. Chandel, J S ; R K Rana and A S Rehalia. 2004. Comperative performance of drip and surface methods of irrigation in kiwifruit ( Actinidia deliciosa Chev.) cv. Allison. Acta Hortic. 662 : 205-212. Thakur, A and J S Chandel 2004. Effect of thinning on fruit yield, size and quality of kiwifruit cv. Allison. Acta Hortic. 662 :359-364. Kumar, J. and J.S.Chandel. 2004. Effect of different levels of N, P and K on growth and yield of pear cv. Red Bartlett. Prog. Horticulture 36(2): 202-206. Chandel, J.S. and R.K.Rana 2005. Nutritional survey of kiwifruit orchards in Himachal Pradesh. Indian J. Hot. 62(2) : 112-117. J.S. Chandel, S.A.Ananda and R.K.Rana. 2005. Annular budding: an excellent method of propagation for pecan (Carya illinoensis)- An important fruit tree for agroforestry. In: Proceeding of International conference-world Perspective on short rotation forestry for Industrial and Rural development. 411-413 Sharma N C and J S Chandel.2005. Seasonal changes in leaf nutrient contents of kiwifruit. Indian J. Hot. 62(3) : 288-289.. Chauhan, Neena and J S Chandel 2008. Effect of fertigation on growth, yield, fruit quality and fertilizer use efficiency of Kiwifruit ( Actinidia deiciosa) Indian J. Agric. Sci. 78 (5) 389-93. Chandel, J S and Sarita Devi 2010. Effect of CPPU, promalin and hydrogen cynamide on fruit size, yield and quality of kiwifruit cv. Allison. Indian J. Hort. 67:120-123. Chauhan, Neena and J S Chandel. 2010. Growth,productivity, leaf nutrient content and water-use efficiency of kiwifruit ( Actinidia deliciosa) under drip and basin irrigation system. Indian J. Agric. Sci. 80(7):584-587. Kumar,J. and J.S.Chandel.2010. Performance of various cultivars of pear in Kullu valley of Himachal Pradesh. Indian J. Hill Ag. 1(2): 164-167 Chandel, J S and Neena Chauhan. 2011. Effect of soil orchard management practices on growth, yield and fruit quality of kiwifruit. The Hort. J. 23(1): 1-5. Chandel, J.S. and Kalzang Chhukit (2013). Influence of propagation media on rooting of cutting
and vegetative growth of rooted plants of kiwifruit cultivar Hayward. The Hort. J. 26(1 & 2):1-4. Chandel, J. S. (2013). Propagation and quality nursery production of walnut ( Juglans regia L.). In Proceeding of National Seminar on Prospects of walnut in Himalayan States-Impact Environment and sustainable Livelihood. Pp 16-18. Ankita Shau and J S Chandel (2014). Studies on the comparative performance of strawberry cultivars under mid-hill conditions of north-western Himalayas. Indian Journal of Horticulture 71(3): 330-334.. Bandana, J S Chandel, Munmun Joshi and Ashok Yadav (2014) Effects of foliar sprays of GA 3, CPPU and urea on apple nursery production under protected conditions. In Proc.of international symposium on innovations in Horticulture for nutritional security, conserving biodiversity and poverty alleviation. Second position in poster presentation Chandel J.S. and Singh Jagjeevan (2015). Effect of chemical and hand thinning on growth, yield and fruit quality of nectarine (Prunus persica Batsch var. nucipersica).indian Journal of Horticulture 72(1): 28-32. Bandana and Chandel J S 2015. Effects of varieties on seed germination, seedling growth and growth of budded plants of apple under protected conditions. International Journal of Farm Sciences 5(2): 74-82, Verma P, Chauhan P S, Chandel J S and Thakur M. 2015. Effect of the size of cuttings (length and diameter) on rooting in cuttings of apple clonal rootstock Merton 793. Journal of Applied and Natural Science. 7(2): 602-605. Kachwaya, DS and Chandel JS 2015. Effect of fertigation on growth, yield, fruit quality and leaf nutrients content of strawberry ( Fragaria x ananassa) cv. Chandler. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 85 (10): 1319-1323. Dilip Singh Kachwaya, J.S.Chandel, Ghumare Vikas & Babita Khachi. 2016. Effect of drip and furrow irrigation on yield and physiological performance of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch.) cv. Chandler. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology 21(2): 1-4 C. BOOK CHAPTER Verma, L.R., K.K. Jindal and J.S. Chandel. 1997. Apple. In: Fruit crops pollination. Eds. L.R. Verma and K.K. Jindal.. Pp. 59-93. Ananda, S.A. and J.S. Chandel. 2001. Apricot. In: Hand Book of Horticulture. Pp. 132-135.
Jindal, K.K. and J.S. Chandel. 2001. Cherry. In: Hand Book of Horticulture. Pp. 161-165. Jindal, K.K. and J.S. Chandel. 2001. Plum. In: Hand Book of Horticulture. Pp. 291-295. Chandel, J.S. and R.K.Rana. 2002. Problems, prospects and future strategies for kiwifruit cultivation in India. In: Enhancement of Temperate fruit production in changing climate. Eds.K.K. Jindal and D.R. Gautam. Pp. 176-186. Chauhan, J.S., J.S. Chandel and K.S. Negi. 1998. Kiwifruit cultivation. P. 54. Ankita shau and J S Chandel (2016). Performance of strawberry cultivars under Himalayan condition. Lambert Academic Publishing p-82
RESEARCH Improvement of fruit size and quality of kiwifruit : 1. Thinning: To improve size and quality of kiwifruit and, to find out the best physiological stage and method of thinning both hand and chemical thinning were used. Hand thinning to 4 to 6 flower buds per fruiting shoots resulted in highest production of A grade fruits of better quality with maximum net benefits over unthinned control. This finding has been included in Package of Practices of the university. 22222222 Flower bud thinning Thinning to 4 flower buds Thinning to 6 flower buds Unthinned Stages of thinning 2.Growth regulators application:- In order to improve size, yield and quality of kiwifruit, CPPU, Promalin at different concentration were applied 14 days after full bloom as fruit dip and hydrogen cynamide at 45 days before expected bud break as spray. The results revealed that dipping of fruits in 5 ppm CPPU produced 25 to 30 per cent bigger size fruits and gave 20 per cent higher yield as compared to control. This finding has been recommended to the farmers for commercial use in kiwifruit orchards. Effect of Promalin on fruit size Fruit size in 5 ppm CPPU dipped fruits C. Fertigation in Kiwifruit orchard:- The comparative performance of fertigation and traditional soil fertilization were studied in kiwifruit orchard. The results reveled that fertigation with 3/4 th of recommended dose of NPK gave 9 to 13 per cent higher yield of better quality fruits with higher fertilizer use efficiency and 25 per cent saving of fertilizer as compared to soil fertilization.
Fertigation in Kiwifruit Proportion of different grade fruits D. Orchard Floor management :- Various orchard floor management systems were evaluated in kiwifruit orchard. Grass mulch in combination with post emergence weedicide and black plastic mulch were found most effective in improving yield (36 %) of better quality fruits, If provides better weed management and in situ soil moisture conservation as compared to traditional clean cultivation. Black polythene mulch Grass mulch
Irrigation in Kiwifruit:- Comparative performance of drip irrigation and traditional basin irrigation were studied in kiwifruit. Drip irrigation at 100 % ETc increased yield by 20 per cent, improved fruit quality and saved 32% of irrigation water over basin method of irrigation.
2. Propagation of Walnut and Pecan nut: Steps in performing chip budding Bud take success in Chip budding (95 per cent) 3. Effect of drip irrigation on growth, yield and fruit quality of strawberry cv. Chandler Drip irrigation at 120% ETc significantly increased growth, yield and quality of strawberry fruits as compared to furrow irrigation with V volume of water, yet was at par with drip irrigation at 100% ETc in these growth, yield and quality parameters. Drip irrigation at 100% ETc registered 18 per cent increase in plant height and 30 per cent increase in yield over furrow irrigation with V volume of water and also resulted 16.66 per cent saving of irrigation water with higher water use efficiency than 120% ETc drip irrigation. Fruit size under drip irrigation at 1000 % Etc Fruit size under conventional furrow irrigation 4. Establishment of bud wood bank of fruit crops (A) Walnut: Under the Mini mission project budwood bank of walnut has been established by planting some of exotic cultivars namely Lara, Hartley, Meylannaise, Ronde De Montignel, Mayettee and Franquette and some local selection like Kashmir budded, Wilson Wonder, Govind, Pratap, Kn-5, Kn-9, Sh-23 and Sr-11 at main campus and farmers field
(B). Apple and Peach: Mother orchards of some promising and commercial cultivars of apple (Red Chief, Super Chief, Oregon Spur-II, Vance Delicious, Top Red, Gale Gala and Scarlet Gala) and peach and nectarine (Red Heaven, July Elberta, Silver King, Snow Queen and May Fire) have been established at Department of Fruit Science. Mother tree orchard of spur type and colour strains of Apple Mother tree orchard of peach and Nectarine
4. Establishment of mother stools of clonal rootstocks (A). Apple and Cherry: About 4500 stool beds of clonal rootstocks of apple viz. EMLA 111, Merton 793, EMLA 7, EMLA 106 and 300 stools of Cherry have been established in main campus. Merton 793 EMLA 111 Colt 5. Nursery production of Temperate Fruits: Nursery production of different temperate fruits has been a major component during period under report. The major emphasis was given to mass multiplication of quality nursery plants of promising varieties of apple, pear, stone fruits, kiwifruit, strawberry and nut crops and clonal rootstocks of apple and cherry. About 54 Lakhs grafted plants of temperate fruits were produced and an income of Rs. 80 Lakhs has been generated from the sale of nursery plants during this period of report. Apple Peach Kiwifruit
nsplanting of o apple roootstocks Tran Grafted d plants of apple a Grrafted plantts of Apple nu ursery Peach h Plants in the t hip budded plants of Walnut W Ch Graftted plants of o Pear
Multiplication of Kiwifruit Raising of seedling rootstock Propagation through grafting and budding Propagation through hardwood cutting under mist
Multiplication of rootstocks Apple Peach Apricot Mango Litchi Aonla
Field demonstration given on nursery production and multiplication of clonal rootstocks of apple to the farmers
Success Storey: Generally it takes 2 to 3 years to produce grafted/ budded plants of apple, however under poly house with chip budding in July the apple nursery plants were produced in one year. Preparation of beds Sowing of seed in January Chip budding in July Chip budded plants
LAB MEMBERS Name : Pramod Verma Desigination: P G Student (Ph.D.) Fellowship/Award/Stipend:- Merit Scholarship Academic Qualifications:- Examination University Passed B. Sc. Dr. Y S Parmar UHF Nauni, Solan. (H.P.) M. Sc. Dr. Y S Parmar UHF Nauni, Solan. (H.P.) Ph. D. Dr. Y S Parmar UHF Nauni, Solan. (H.P.) Phone No 9817361154 E-mail :- verma.pramod92@gmail.com Year of Division/O Subject Passing GPA 2011 First/7.53 Horticulture 2013 First/8.06 Major: Fruit Science Minor: Plant Physiology Cont.. Major: Fruit Science Minor: Plant Physiology Title of Research project/ Thesis: M. Sc. Effect of preconditioning treatments, size of cuttings, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and IBA on rooting in cuttings of apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) clonal rootstock Merton 793. Research publications: 1. Verma P, Chauhan P S, Chandel J S and Thakur M. 2015. Effect of size of cuttings (length and diameter) on rooting in cuttings of apple clonal rootstock Merton 793. Journal of Applied and Natural Science 7(2): 602-605. 2. Verma P and Chauhan P S. 2015. Effect of storage conditions (growth chamber) and IBA treatments on rooting of cuttings of apple clonal rootstock Merton 793 in net house conditions. The Bioscan 10(3): 1049-1052. Title of Research project/ Thesis: Ph. D. Studies on the effect of drip irrigation and fertigation in peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. ) cv. Redhaven.
LAB MEMBERS Name : Tanzin Ladon Desigination: PG Student (M.Sc.) Fellowship/Award/Stipend:- Merit Scholarship Phone No 9459563696 E-mail :- tanzinldn92@gmail.com Academic Qualifications:- Examination University Passed B. Sc. Sardar Krushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University (Gujarat) M. Sc. Dr. Y S Parmar UHF Nauni, Solan. (H.P.) Year of Division/O Subject Passing GPA 2015 First/8.24 Horticulture Cont.. Major: Fruit Science Minor: Plant Physiology Title of Research project/ Thesis: M. Sc. Studies on the epicotyl grafting in walnut (Juglans regia L.). Research publications: Title of Research project/ Thesis: Ph. D.
LAB MEMBERS Name : Neha Dhiman Desigination: PG Student (M.Sc.) Fellowship/Award/Stipend:- Merit Scholarship Phone No -8988305181 E-mail :- nehadhiman9101995@gmail.com Academic Qualifications:- Examination University Passed B. Sc. College of Horticulture and Forestry Neri,Hamirpur(H.P.) Year of Division/O Subject Passing GPA 2016 First 7.94 Horticulture Dr. Y S Parmar UHF Nauni, Solan. (H.P.) M. Sc. Dr. Y S Parmar UHF Nauni, Solan. (H.P.) Title of Research project/ Thesis: M. Sc. Cont Major: Fruit Science Minor: Research publications: Title of Research project/ Thesis: Ph. D.
LAB MEMBER Name : Sahil Patial Desigination: PG Student (M.Sc) Fellowship/Award/Stipend:- Merit Scholarship Phone No :9459189459 E-mail :- Sahilpatial777@gmail.com Academic Qualifications:- Examination University Passed B. Sc. College of Horticulture and Forestry Neri,Hamirpur(H.P) Year of Division/O Subject Passing GPA 2016 First 7.94 Horticulture Dr. Y S Parmar UHF Nauni, Solan. (H.P.) M. Sc. Dr. Y S Parmar UHF Nauni, Solan. (H.P.) Title of Research project/ Thesis: M. Sc. Cont Major : Fruit Science Minor: Research publications: Title of Research project/ Thesis: Ph. D.