ISSN: 2661-6270 (Print), 2661-6289 (Online)
Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Volume 1(1), December 2018
Tribhuvan University Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science
Prithu Technical College, Dang, Nepal
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Frequency of Publication: Annual Official Language: English ISSN: 2661-6270 (Print), 2661-6289 (Online)
DOI Prefix: 10.3126/janr
Subject of Interest: Agricultural Ecology, Agricultural economics, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural extension, Agronomy, Animal Science and Veterinary, Aquaculture and fisheries, Conservation agriculture, Entomology, Environment Science, Food Science, Forestry Science, Genetic engineering, Horticulture, Irrigation Science, Land use and waste management in agriculture, Microbiology, Plant Biotechnology, Plant Breeding and genetics, Plant Pathology, Production Ecology, Sociology of agriculture, Soil Science, Scientific publication, Scientific writing and communication in agriculture and natural resources.
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Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Volume 1(1), December 2018
Patron
Pradip Raj Sharma (Chairman & Campus Chief)
Tribhuvan University IAAS, Prithu Technical College
Lamahi, Dang, Email:[email protected] The Editorial Board
Editor-In-Chief Jiban Shrestha Scientist (Plant Breeding and Genetics) Nepal Agricultural Research Council, National Commercial Agriculture Research Program, Pakhribas, Dhankuta, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Managing Editor
Subash Subedi, Ph.D Managing Editor Senior Scientist (Plant Pathology) Nepal Agricultural Research Council National Maize Research Program, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Basistha Acharya Nepal Agricultural Research Council Regional Agricultural Research Station Khajur, Banke, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Editorial Members
Krishna Prasad Timsina, Ph.D Senior Scientist (Agricultural Economics) Nepal Agricultural Research Council SARPOD, Khumaltar, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Pradip Raj Poudel Asst. Campus Chief Tribhuvan University IAAS, Prithu Technical College Lamahi, Dang Email: [email protected]
Saraswati Neupane, Ph.D Senior Scientist (Entomology) Nepal Agricultural Research Council National Maize Research Program, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: [email protected]
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Subarna Sharma, PhD Scholar Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Breeding, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science Lamjung Campus, Lamjung, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Rameshwor Pudasaini Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science Kathmandu, Nepal Email: [email protected]
The Reviewer Board (2018)
Avinash Chandra Pandey, PhD (Plant Breeding and Genetics) Scientist-Product Selection Lead (Rice R & D) Syngenta India Limited, Hyderabad, India Email: [email protected]
Shanker Raj Barsila, PhD Assistant Professor Agriculture and Forestry University Faculty of Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Fisheries Department of Animal Nutrition and Fodder Production Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Umesh Kumar Acharya, PhD Senior Scientist (S-3) National Citrus Research Program, Dhankuta Nepal Agricultural Research Council Post Box No: 5459, Kathmandu Cell: 00977 – 9851174457 Email: [email protected]
Shrawan K. Sah, PhD Professor (Agronomy) Agriculture and Forestry University Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Bal Krishna Joshi, PhD Senior Scientist National Genebank, Nepal Agricultural Research Council Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Santosh Subedi, PhD
Biometrician at Forest Resource Consultants, Inc.
Macon, Georgia, USA Email: [email protected]
Mahesh Sapkota Agriculture Economist Agri-Economics, Marketing and Statistics Department of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperative Email: [email protected]
Shiva Chandra Dhakal, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Ujjawal Kr. S. Kushwaha, PhD Scholar Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Agricultural Botany Division, Nepal Email:[email protected]
Dinesh Adhikari, PhD Kansas City, Missouri Area, USA Email: [email protected]
Bijesh Misra PhD Scholar and Graduate Research Associate (Forest Economics) Dept. of Nat. Res. Eco. & Mgmt. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA Email: [email protected]
Dr Amir Sadaula Veterinary Doctor National Trust for Nature Conservation Biodiversity Conservation Center, Kathmandu, Nepal Email: [email protected]
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Devendra Gauchan, PhD National Project Manager Biodiversity International, Kathmandu Former Senior Scientist (Agricultural Economist), NARC, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Dr. Krishna Prasad Acharya Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Co-operatives, State 4, Pokhara Nepal Email: [email protected]
Purushottam Subedi Crop Development Officer Center for Crop Development and AgroBiodiversity Conservation Pulchok, Lalitpur, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Jiban Shrestha Scientist (Plant Breeding and Genetics) Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Krishna Prasad Timsina, PhD Senior Scientist (Agricultural Economics) Nepal Agricultural Research Council SARPOD, Khumaltar, Nepal Email:[email protected]
Subash Subedi, PhD Managing Editor Senior Scientist (Plant Pathology) Nepal Agricultural Research Council National Maize Research Program, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Yug Nath Ghimire, PhD Senior Scientist & Chief, Nepal Agricultural Research Council SARPOD, Khumaltar, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Kashinath Chiluwal, PhD Institute of Agriculture and Life Science Gyeongsang National University Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea Email: [email protected]
Mahesh Subedi Scientist (Plant Breeding and Genetics) Nepal Agricultural Research Council Agricultural Botany Division, Khumaltar, lalitpur, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Resham Bahadur Thapa, PhD Professor (Entomology) Agriculture and Forestry University Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: [email protected]
Call for Reviewers The journal is always seeking conscientious reviewers and extends an invitation to agricultural researchers to join the Review Team of the Journal of Agriculture and Natural Resources. We believe the best reviewers are persons who have published themselves. Ideally, we prefer persons who have published at least 6 manuscripts and hold a doctoral degree; however, will consider persons holding less than a doctoral degree, if they have more than 10 publications. If you want to join as reviewer of this journal, send your cv to [email protected] or [email protected]
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Contents
1 Risk of publication in worthless journals Jiban Shrestha, Subash Subedi, Krishna P. Timsina and Mahendra P. Tripathi
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2 Does program linking with insurance makes agriculture insurance sustainable? Krishna P. Timsina, Yuga N. Ghimire, Ghanshyam Kandel and Deepa Devkota
6-20
3 Economics of fish production at Chitwan district, Nepal Tara Sharma, Shiva Chandra Dhakal, Rishi Ram Kattel, Kamala Gharti and Jeevan Lamichhane
21-31
4 Assessment of soil quality for different land uses in the Chure region of Central Nepal Pramod Ghimire, Balram Bhatta, Basudev Pokhrel, Balram Sharma and Ishu Shrestha
32-42
5 Effects of planting time on growth, development and productivity of maize (Zea mays L.) Jiban Shrestha, Manoj Kandel and Amit Chaudhary
43-50
6 Verification of disease management technology on lentil against Stemphylium blight at farmer’s field in Nepal Subash Subedi and Sarswati Neupane
51-61
7 Effect of climate change in paddy production and adaptation strategies in Tharu communities of Dang district, Nepal Pradip Raj Poudel and Shanta Pokhrel
62-75
8 Profitability of large cardamom enterprise in Nepal ?: Evidence from financial analysis
Keshav Prasad Shrestha
76-89
9 A glimpse on post-graduate thesis researches of Agronomy Department of IAAS and prioritized future research directions Lal Prasad Amgain, Sudeep Marasini and Buddha B.K
90-113
10 Impacts of climate change on rice production and strategies for adaptation in Chitwan, Nepal Sachin Gahatraj, Ritesh Kumar Jha and Om Prakash Singh
114-121
11 Assessment of present status and action plan development of vegetable seed enterprise in Rukum, Nepal Amar Bahadur Pun and Damodar Poudyal
122-132
12 Study on nutrient supply in relation to feeding system of buffalo in Chitwan, Nepal Manoj Kumar Shah, Yusuke Tabata, Hajime Kumagai and Yoshiaki Hayashi
133-141
13 Fruit characterization of different avocado (Persea americana Mill.) genotypes in eastern mid-hills of Nepal Krishna Poudel, Manoj Kumar Sah, Jawahar Lal Mandal and Jiban Shrestha
142-148
14 Genetic variability, heritability, genetic advance and correlation among yield and yield
components of rice (Oriza sativa L.)
Bhim Nath Adhikari, Bishnu Prasad Joshi, Jiban Shrestha and Naba Raj Bhatta
149-160
15 Effect of different freezing methods on drip, texture, microstructure in fresh cheese (Paneer) Rajib Lochan Poudyal, Manabu Watanabe and Toru Suzuki
161-167
16 Effect of different spacing and mulching on growth and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentusL.) in Chitwan, Nepal Ritesh Kumar Jha, Ram Babu Neupane,
Abishkar Khatiwada, Shailesh Pandit and
Bhishma Raj
Dahal
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17 Effect of intercropping on the incidence of Jassid (Amrasca biguttula biguttula Ish.) and whitefly (Bemesia tabaci Guen.) in Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L. Moench) Aasma Sharma, Khem Raj Neupane, Rajendra Regmi and Ram Chandra Neupane
179-188
18 Technical efficiency of hybrid maize production in eastern Terai Nepal: A stochastic frontier approach Surya P. Adhikari, Krishna P. Timsina, Peter R. Brown, Yuga N. Ghimire and Jeevan Lamichhane
189-196
19 Distribution of the cattle ticks from mid hills to plains of Nepal
Bigya Dhital, Sulav Shrestha, Krishna Kaphle and Rameshwor Pudasaini
197-205
20 The fodder oat (Avena sativa) mixed legume forages farming: Nutritional and ecological
benefits
Shanker Raj Barsila
206-222
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Effect of heat stress on crossbred dairy cattle in tropical Nepal: Impact on blood
parameters Tulasi Prasad Paudel, Buddhi Ram Acharya, Dainik Bahadur Karki and Bhola Shankar Shrestha
223-230
