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View article: Crop Establishment Methods Affect Plant Stand and Yield of Lentil under Rice-lentil Cropping at Khumaltar Condition
Crop Establishment Methods Affect Plant Stand and Yield of Lentil under Rice-lentil Cropping at Khumaltar Condition Open
Lentil variety Maheswor Bharati was evaluated in three establishment methods: relay, conventional tillage after rice harvest (post-rice CT), seeding by seed drill where seeds covered by minimum soil disturbance in single pass, and two rice…
View article: Effect of Different Weed Management Practices on growth and yield in Potato at Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal
Effect of Different Weed Management Practices on growth and yield in Potato at Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal Open
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the fifth most important crops in the world in terms of production with an estimate of 375 million metric tons. In Nepal, potato ranks second in terms of production and sixth in terms of area coverage. Pota…
View article: Study on Omission Plot Technique in Popcorn
Study on Omission Plot Technique in Popcorn Open
There are various limiting factors in production of popcorn in Nepal among one of them is lack of limited information on nutrient management particularly the macronutrient nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium. Therefore, a field experiment …
View article: Storability of Different Hermetic Bags on Seed Quality Attributes of Maize in Khumaltar, Lalitpur
Storability of Different Hermetic Bags on Seed Quality Attributes of Maize in Khumaltar, Lalitpur Open
To evaluate the comparative superiority of exotic hermetic seed storage bags versus locally available bags supplemented with or without desiccants for on-farm seed storage of smallholders, an experiment was conducted in the National Seed S…
View article: Residue Management and Nutrient Dynamics in Conservation Agriculture: A Review
Residue Management and Nutrient Dynamics in Conservation Agriculture: A Review Open
Conservation tillage significantly influence the physico-chemical properties of soil that makes microclimate conducive for crop growth and productivity. The use of chemical fertilizers alone to sustain high crop yield has not been successf…
View article: Effect of Different Herbicides in Weed Management in Transplanted Rice
Effect of Different Herbicides in Weed Management in Transplanted Rice Open
Weed is one of the major yield-limiting factors in rice cultivation. It causes yield losses of around 40-90%, depending on the situation. Manual weeding is the dominant weed management method in rice and limited farmers use herbicides in N…
View article: Direct Seeded Rice Might Be One of the Potential Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies in Nepal
Direct Seeded Rice Might Be One of the Potential Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies in Nepal Open
The conventional system of puddled transplanting of rice (PTR) with intensive tillage is common practice of rice growing in Nepal. It has many negative impacts on soil, water, labor, climate change and gender equality. Therefore, an altern…
View article: Performance of Promising Rice Genotypes as Affected by Different Nitrogen Levels in Central Terai of Nepal
Performance of Promising Rice Genotypes as Affected by Different Nitrogen Levels in Central Terai of Nepal Open
Application of appropriate level of nitrogen (N) for rice is a key to increase nitrogen use efficiency thereby yields. Six rice genotypes under six N levels were evaluated in a split plot design with three replications under irrigated cond…
View article: Effect of Different Sowing Dates and Row Spacing on Growth and Yield of Faba Bean under Khumaltar Environment
Effect of Different Sowing Dates and Row Spacing on Growth and Yield of Faba Bean under Khumaltar Environment Open
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is an annual minor grain legume locally known as Bakulla. An experiment on sowing dates and different row spacing was conducted at the National Agronomy Research Centre (NARC) Khumaltar from 2019/20 to 2021/22 to …
View article: Identification of Optimum Plant Population and Nitrogen Dose in Maize for Mid Hills Conditions of Nepal
Identification of Optimum Plant Population and Nitrogen Dose in Maize for Mid Hills Conditions of Nepal Open
An experiment was conducted in the summer seasons of 2021 and 2022 at the National Agronomy Research Centre's Farm Khumaltar to find out the appropriate row spacing and optimum nitrogen dose for maize. The experiment was laid out in a spli…
View article: Regenerative Agriculture and its Prospects in Nepal: A Review
Regenerative Agriculture and its Prospects in Nepal: A Review Open
Modern agriculture is heavily dependent on soil. Soil’s carrying capacity is being decreased these days due to erosion, depletion of soil nutrients and climate change. Regenerative agriculture is a way of farming both plants and animals th…
View article: Conservation Agriculture in Maize-based Cropping System of Nepal: A Review
Conservation Agriculture in Maize-based Cropping System of Nepal: A Review Open
Maize-based cropping system followed by intensive tillage and faulty practices often associated with many negative implications such as the decline of soil organic matter, increase soil erosion by wind/water, lower nutrient-use efficiency,…
View article: Response of Rice Establishment Methods on Different Dates on Yield and Yield Attributing Characteristics of Rice in Mid-hills of Nepal
Response of Rice Establishment Methods on Different Dates on Yield and Yield Attributing Characteristics of Rice in Mid-hills of Nepal Open
An experiment was conducted in the summer season of 2019 and 2020 at the National Agronomy Research Centre to find out the response of various establishment methods and dates on the performance of rice. The experiment was carried out in 2 …
View article: The Systems Productivity, Profitability and Soil Properties are Altered by Tillage Methods and Cropping Systems in the Mid-hills of Nepal
The Systems Productivity, Profitability and Soil Properties are Altered by Tillage Methods and Cropping Systems in the Mid-hills of Nepal Open
With the aim of identifying appropriate crop establishment methods in cereals-cereals, cereals-legumes, legumes-cereals and legumes-legumes cropping patterns, an experiment was carried out during 2019/20 to 2020/21 in National Agronomy Res…
View article: Integrated Weed Management in Summer Maize in Mid-Hills of Nepal
Integrated Weed Management in Summer Maize in Mid-Hills of Nepal Open
Weed is one of the major problems in maize production. To develop an appropriate weed management practice, a field experiment was carried out during 2017 and 2018 at Khumaltar. Twelve different treatments, Pendimethalin as pre @ 1.0 kg a.i…
View article: Bridging the Yield Gaps of Major Cereals through Agronomic Interventions in Nepal
Bridging the Yield Gaps of Major Cereals through Agronomic Interventions in Nepal Open
Agricultural production is due to the exploitation of soil, water and energy. The objective of this review work was to identify the yield gap of major crops viz. rice, maize, wheat, and finger millet and their causes. An attempt has been m…
View article: Effects of storage structures and moisture contents on seed quality attributes of quality protein maize
Effects of storage structures and moisture contents on seed quality attributes of quality protein maize Open
The study was aimed to examine the effects of various storage structures and moisture contents on seed quality attributes of quality protein maize seed. The quality protein maize (QPM-1) seed was tested in conventional seed storage contain…