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Scientists from Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni bagged the Best Poster Presentation award at the International Conference on Climate Change and Agro-ecosystem: Threats, Opportunities, and Solutions held at at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
The paper, titled ‘Phenothermal Response of Traditional and Newly Introduced Apple Cultivars Growing at Different Altitudes in Himachal Pradesh,’ was authored by Dr. SK Bhardwaj, Dr. Hukam Chand, Muskaan Negi, Lekhika Parihar, and Shalini Sharma. Dr. SK Bhardwaj and Dr. Hukam Chand presented the paper during the event.
The conference was organized by DST-Mahamana Centre of Excellence in Climate Change Research, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development and Department of Geophysics, Institute of Science, BHU, in collaboration with the Association of Agro-meteorologists, IMD, and South Asian Forum on Agricultural Meteorology.
The research delved into agro-climatic zone-specific insights, focusing on effective chill unit accumulation, phenophases occurrence, and fruit quality parameters concerning both newly introduced and traditional apple cultivars in Himachal Pradesh in mid-hill sub-humid, high-hills wet temperate, and high-hills dry temperate zones of Himachal due to global warming. The study indicated that due to global warming the effective chill unit hours were noticed to have decreased in mid-hill sub-humid, high-hills wet temperate and high-hills dry temperate zones of the state. The study highlighted variations in the attainment of different phenophases and significant differences in fruit quality parameters among the cultivars in selected zones.
Prof. Rajeshwar Singh Chandel, Vice Chancellor, along with all the scientists, extended heartfelt congratulations to the team for their achievement.
