Kumar Mani Dahal, Moha Dutta Sharma, K. Mishra, A. Srivastava, B. Poudel
{"title":"Evaluation of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) varieties under net house for off season","authors":"Kumar Mani Dahal, Moha Dutta Sharma, K. Mishra, A. Srivastava, B. Poudel","doi":"10.52547/azarinj.045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/azarinj.045","url":null,"abstract":"Accepted: 28 Dec. 2020 Eight varieties of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) were evaluated at the horticultural research farm of Agriculture and Forestry University, Chitwan, Nepal (186 masl) during the spring (February to April 2018) under the net house to identify the suitable variety for off-season radish production. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four replications. Radish varieties, Vedetar Local, Miyasinge, Tokinasi, Pusa Chetki, Mino Early Long White F1, Ivory White F1, MAHY 22 F1 and All Season were seeded in the third week of February. The highest number of leaves per plant (20.54) in MAHY 22 F1, highest plant height (43.69 cm) in Tokinasi, highest leaf area (1357.24 cm) and the highest fresh leaf weight per plant (165.40g) was recorded in Miyasinge. With respect to yield parameters, the highest root length (19.51 cm) was recorded in Ivory White F1 followed by Mino Early Long White F1 (18.86 cm). Significantly highest root diameter (2.90 cm) was recorded in All-Season and fresh root weight (92.60 g) was recorded in Ivory White F1. Maximum biomass yield (73.22 t ha) was recorded in Miyasinge whereas the significantly highest root yield (30.87 t ha) was recorded in Ivory White F1. Minimum biomass yield (29.77 t ha and root yield (11.93 t ha) were recorded in Pusa Chetki. Among the tested varieties, Pusa Chetki was the earliest (55 DAS) to attain the edible root size. The variety Ivory White F1 showed significantly superior growth, yield, and quality attributes.","PeriodicalId":355533,"journal":{"name":"Azarian Journal of Agriculture","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129382735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Soti, R. Regmi, Arjun Kumar Shrestha, Ananta Raj Devkota, Resham Bahadur Thapa
{"title":"Effect of net house and mulching on insect pest incidence of tomato in Rampur, Chitwan","authors":"A. Soti, R. Regmi, Arjun Kumar Shrestha, Ananta Raj Devkota, Resham Bahadur Thapa","doi":"10.52547/azarinj.044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/azarinj.044","url":null,"abstract":"Accepted: 25 Dec. 2020 A field experiment was conducted in a single factor randomized complete block designed to evaluate the effect of net house and mulching on insect pest incidence of tomatoes in Chitwan, Nepal from October 2016 to May 2017. Five different treatments were selected with four replications, included net house with black polythene mulch, black polythene mulching only, reflective polythene mulching only and black polythene mulching with emamectin benzoate 5% SG spray and control (no mulch+ no net + no pesticide spray). The production of crops in the open fields is constrained by major pests like Tuta absoluta and tomato fruit borer. The result revealed that the net house totally restricts the tomato fruit borer and Tuta absoluta whereas black mulching with emamectin benzoate spray plot reduced tomato fruit borer and Tuta absoluta larvae up to 69% and 59%. Total marketable yield was found the highest inside net house 47.74% higher than that of control plot. Damage fruit percent was found the highest in the control plot (28.36%) followed by reflective polythene mulching (21.48%) and black polythene mulching only (18.41%) and the lowest inside the net house (6.04%). Net profit was found maximum inside the net house (Rs1626632.88 ha) followed by black polythene with emamectin benzoate (Rs1141741.56 ha) and the lowest in the control plot (Rs760277.00 ha). Although the investment level found to be the highest in the case of the net houses in long term, higher income can be acquired as it acts as suitable means to control insect pests.","PeriodicalId":355533,"journal":{"name":"Azarian Journal of Agriculture","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131035833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy testing of various categories of pesticides for aphid management in cauliflower crops","authors":"Hom Nath Giri, Moha Dutta Sharma, Resham Bahadur Thapa, Keshab Raj Pande, Bhim Bahadur Khatri, Pramod Kumar Jha","doi":"10.52547/azarinj.043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/azarinj.043","url":null,"abstract":"Accepted: 5 Dec. 2020 Aphids are the important insect pest of winter season vegetable crops such as cabbage, cauliflower, mustard in Nepal. Their damage in these crops not only reduces the potential yields but also affects the market quality of those crops. Pesticides management practices are the common to reduce their infestation and crop damage. Judicious use of soft chemicals not only improve the farmers' health but also protect pollinator and beneficial soil arthropods. Therefore, a field study was conducted to test the commonly used alternative safe measures (bio-pesticides, home-made and chemical) in RCBD in a four replicates design in cauliflower crop cv. Snow Mystique. These were Mahashakti (Bt.), Neemix (Azadirachtin), Spinosad (bacteria-based), Liquid manure (a mixture of succulent plants, cow urine, fresh cow dung and ash) and Cypermethrin-10 (Superkiller-10). The study suggested that Cypermethrin-10 treated plots followed by Liquid manure and Spinosad was more effective to keep the aphid population below the threshold level than the control. The highest cauliflower curd yield was recorded in Cypermethrin treated plot (42.3 mt ha) followed by Spinosad. This study suggests that chemicals are superior in terms of population reduction and crop yield but these were not eco-friendly and sustainable. Hence, integrating these chemicals to other bio-pesticides could be an alternative to aphid as well as other pest management.","PeriodicalId":355533,"journal":{"name":"Azarian Journal of Agriculture","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130621001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mustapha Bencherik, H. Mouissa, Daouda Sylla, M. Khader
{"title":"Contribution of the prophylactic campaigns of sheep flocks in preserving animal health in the Wilaya of Djelfa","authors":"Mustapha Bencherik, H. Mouissa, Daouda Sylla, M. Khader","doi":"10.52547/azarinj.046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/azarinj.046","url":null,"abstract":"Accepted: 29 Dec. 2020 Sheep pox is the main infectious disease that worries sheep farmers in Algeria; because of its significant economic cost. Despite this, prophylactic campaigns through vaccination remain the only way to preserve animal health. In this study, the methodology consists of analyzing the data collected from reports of vaccination operations, which has very particular importance due to the massive adhesion of breeders to these campaigns. This analysis is directly related to the sheep vaccinated compared to the numbers of adhered breeders, which enabled us to highlight an upward trend. This leads to a conclusion that every year new breeders are taking the vaccination programs against sheep pox. The climatic factor, in particular the precipitation, of which the strong averages generate important grasses pushes in favor of regrouping herds, which increases the possibility of propagation of the sheep pox virus. This analysis has given a negative correlation between the ratio and the precipitation. The latter is weaker when the precipitation tends to increase, thus pushing breeders to seek veterinary services for the vaccination of their herds. From the above, it clearly emerges that the innovative study of the precipitation effect on the importance of the farmers' adhesion flow to vaccination programs is an essential element, which conditions the movements and regrouping of herds in Algeria.","PeriodicalId":355533,"journal":{"name":"Azarian Journal of Agriculture","volume":"129 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131957399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Bastola, Saurav Luitel, Arun Acharya, B. Gurung, M. Kandel
{"title":"Evaluation of Different Hybrid Maize Varieties on Yield and Agronomic Traits at Udayapur, Nepal","authors":"A. Bastola, Saurav Luitel, Arun Acharya, B. Gurung, M. Kandel","doi":"10.52547/azarinj.039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/azarinj.039","url":null,"abstract":"Accepted: 16 Dec. 2020 A field experiment was set-up in the farmer field of Belaka Municipality, Udayapur to evaluate the growth, yield, and yield attributes of five maize varieties in a randomized complete block design which was replicated four times during the summer season of 2019. The soil texture of the experiment site was sandy loam and pH was moderately acidic in nature. Data on phenology, yield, and yield attributes of all maize varieties were recorded. The plant height of CP-858 was significantly taller and CP-808 had a smaller plant height than other varieties. CP-666 took longer days for tasseling but TX369 is earlier in tasseling than other varieties. Statistically, there is no difference of varieties on-ear height and number of leaf below and above the main cob. Cob length and length diameter ratio were seen significantly more in CP-666 than other varieties. All the varieties had statistically similar cob diameter, number of rows per cob, thousand-grain weight, and shelling percentage but CP-666 produced significantly higher grain yield (11 t ha ) but TX-369, CP-808 N, CP-808 and CP-858 had statistically similar and lower grain yield than CP-666. Cluster analysis showed that the first cluster consists of four maize varieties; TX-369, CP-808, CP-666, CP-808 which represent 80% of the total varieties. So, CP-666 variety of maize was found better in many traits and grain yield based on these research findings.","PeriodicalId":355533,"journal":{"name":"Azarian Journal of Agriculture","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132641267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative efficacy of two fruit juice products as attractants for trapping oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae)","authors":"Juliana Amaka Ugwu, Akindele Oluwole Ogunfumilayo","doi":"10.52547/azarinj.041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/azarinj.041","url":null,"abstract":"Accepted: 16 Dec. 2020 Adult Female tephritid fruit flies require a protein food source for the development of reproductive organ and egg production. Catches of Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) in Lynfied trap bated with locally made orange juice and pineapple juice were compared in two different bush mango plantations in Nigeria for two years. Methyl eugenol a commercial parapheromone was used as a standard adult fruit fly attractant. Orange juice was a more effective attractant than pineapple juice in trapping adult B.dorsalis for the two years of study at both sites. However, there was no significant difference (p<0.05) in the number of trapped flies by orange and pineapple juices. Orange juice captured 10.69 % 20.82 % of total adult flies for 2016 and 2017 respectively while Pineapple juice trapped 6.37% 16.29% of total adult flies for 2016 and 2017 respectively. Methyl eugenol caught the highest numbers of flies ranging 63.67% to 84.17% for 2017 and 2017 respectively at both sites. Methyl eugenol trapped only male adult flies while fruit juices trapped both male and female adult flies. Orange juice and pineapple juices significantly (p<0.05) captured a higher number of flies than the control for the two years at both locations. The density of flies trapped by all the attractants in 2016 was higher than that of 2017 at both locations.","PeriodicalId":355533,"journal":{"name":"Azarian Journal of Agriculture","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132976395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shree Ram Acharya, A. Shrestha, S. Bhandari, Bhishma Raj Dahal, Jaya Prakash Dutta
{"title":"Analysis of factors and major problems of production of paddy farming in Sunsari district, Nepal","authors":"Shree Ram Acharya, A. Shrestha, S. Bhandari, Bhishma Raj Dahal, Jaya Prakash Dutta","doi":"10.52547/azarinj.042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/azarinj.042","url":null,"abstract":"Accepted: 19 Dec. 2020 Despite all its potential for paddy farming, productivity in Sunsari is still below the productivity of nearby districts like Jhapa, Morang, and Udayapur having similar climatic conditions as Sunsari. So, this research was carried out in the month of MayJune in 2020 to identify the factors affecting paddy production and problems of paddy production in Sunsari district. Sunsari district was purposively selected due to the high potential of paddy production in the region. Total one hundred of farmer’s households were selected by simple random sampling and primary data was collected with the help of a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire by interview schedule and secondary data were collected from relevant journals. A multiple regression model was applied to identify the factors of paddy production. This study identified that paddy cultivated land with irrigation facility, the experience of farmers in the field of paddy farming (years), and use of modern rice varieties had a significant positive impact on paddy production in the study area. About 85% variation in paddy production was explained by the independent variable considered under the study. Indexing was applied to identify major problems of paddy production. This study revealed that lack of fertilizer in peak plantation time, lack of sufficient measure and knowledge for disease and pest management, lack of training about improved paddy farming practices, lack of government support in agricultural inputs, etc. were major constraints of paddy production in the study area. The irrigation facility should be further improved to bolster paddy production.","PeriodicalId":355533,"journal":{"name":"Azarian Journal of Agriculture","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116674793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Field efficacy of eco-friendly management practices against maize stem borers in spring maize at Rampur, Chitwan","authors":"G. Bhandari, Resham Bahadur Thapa, Yagya Prasad Giri, Hira Kaji Manandhar, Pramod Kumar Jha","doi":"10.52547/azarinj.040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/azarinj.040","url":null,"abstract":"Accepted: 17 Dec. 2020 A field experiment was conducted to determine the comparative efficacy of different eco-friendly management practices against maize stem borers, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) and Sesamia inferens (Walker) in maize under field condition during spring season for two consecutive years, 2017 and 2018. The experiment was laid out in a randomized complete block design with four replications and seven treatments, namely: i) Trichogramma chilonis (Ishii) (egg parasitoids) @100000 eggs ha, ii) Nimbicidine 0.03% (Neemax)-commercial product of neem @ 3.0 mL L of water, iii) Spinosad 45% SC (Tracer) -bio-insecticide @ 0.5 mL L of water, iv) Bacillus thuringiensis10cfu mL (Mahashakti)-bio-insecticide @ 2 mL L of water, v) maize intercropping with cowpea (1:1 ratio), vi) Chlorpyrifos 20% EC (Dursban)chemical insecticide @ 2 mL L of water, and vii) Untreated control (without application) at the National Maize Research Program, Chitwan, Nepal. The efficacy study revealed that all the treatments significantly reduced leaf and stem injuries and increased grain yield over untreated check (p<0.05). The treatment, chlorpyrifos 20% EC was found effective with minimum percent infestation in both leaf (5.51%) and stem (1.86%) injury followed by spinosad 45% EC and T. chilonis respectively. Similarly, spinosad 45% EC gave significant result with the highest grain yield (4.66 mt ha) followed by Chlorpyrifos 20% EC (4.57 mt ha) and maize + cowpea intercropping (4.23 mt ha) as compared to untreated control (2.91 mt ha). Maize + cowpea (1:1) intercropping and release of T. chilonis were at par statistically and proved safer to natural enemies as compared to the chemical insecticides.","PeriodicalId":355533,"journal":{"name":"Azarian Journal of Agriculture","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122877575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tareque Aziz, Kamrul Hassan, Fakhar Uddin Talukder, S. Rahman
{"title":"Enhancing the postharvest quality attributes of banana (cv. Sabri) fruit by using chitosan, paraffin and coating oils","authors":"Tareque Aziz, Kamrul Hassan, Fakhar Uddin Talukder, S. Rahman","doi":"10.52547/azarinj.037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/azarinj.037","url":null,"abstract":"Accepted: 10 Sep. 2020 The specific purpose of the present study was to explore the nutritional properties of bananas as exposed to various coating treatments. The single factor experiment was accompanied by a completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications. Among the physicochemical parameters; moisture content, total weight loss, and TSS increased with the duration of storage. On the other hand, dry matter, titratable acidity, and vitamin C content reduced during storage in the case of all the treated and untreated fruits. Paraffin coating caused minimal weight loss, whereas, the untreated fruits exhibited maximal weight loss. The peel color turned blackened within 8 days of storage in the untreated fruits, while sesame oil coating helped to keep it slightly green until day 10, but microbial decay was evident at the end of the storage time. Significant variation was found in extending the shelf life of banana. Among the treated and untreated fruits, paraffin coating and sesame oil coating showed the best performance. The fruits coated with paraffin and sesame oil coating showed the longest shelf life (10 days) which followed by olive oil coating (9.33 days). The shortest shelf life was detected in the untreated control fruits (8 days). This is an attempt to extend the shelf life of banana using readily available coating materials.","PeriodicalId":355533,"journal":{"name":"Azarian Journal of Agriculture","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134547469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bimal Chandra Kundu, N. Amin, M. Mostofa, S. Naznin, Mahmoud M. F. Ali, H. Rashid, Mohammad Monirul Hasan Tipu, B. Anwar, Nizam Uddin Ahmed, M. Rahman, K. Alam, Zulfiker Haider Prodhan, Harun or-Rashid
{"title":"Selection of Exotic Potato Genotypes for Export and Processing Purposes in Bangladesh","authors":"Bimal Chandra Kundu, N. Amin, M. Mostofa, S. Naznin, Mahmoud M. F. Ali, H. Rashid, Mohammad Monirul Hasan Tipu, B. Anwar, Nizam Uddin Ahmed, M. Rahman, K. Alam, Zulfiker Haider Prodhan, Harun or-Rashid","doi":"10.52547/azarinj.036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52547/azarinj.036","url":null,"abstract":"Accepted: 15 Sep. 2020 Six exotic potato genotypes named Actrice, Cereza, Margarita, Messi, Picobella, and Sunred, along with four check varieties, were evaluated at different locations (agroecological region) of Bangladesh in three consecutive years, 2016-17 to 2018-19 respectively to find out some stable genotypes for commercial cultivation in Bangladesh. Combined analysis of variance showed a highly significant difference among the genotypes, locations, and GEI for all the characters studied. None of the genotypes were found suitable for early harvesting (65 DAP), but when the full maturity was considered, significant variations were found for different tuber qualities and yield. During the third year, the mean highest yield was observed in Sunred (39.86 t ha), closely followed by Margarita (37.57 t ha). All the tested genotypes yielded more than 30 t ha and were better than the checks. Dry matter content was the highest in the check variety Lady Rosetta (20.09%). None of the tested genotypes were better than the check varieties in dry matter content, quite unsuitable for processing. Sunred produced a very large-sized uniform and smooth tubers with a medium-high dry matter. If its dry matter content can be increased by 2-3% giving intensive agronomic management, this variety may be suitable for French Fry production. All the exotic genotypes were suitable as table potatoes. Picobella was the most stable, but the average yield is low. Considering the yield and other qualities, Sunred, Margarita, Cereza and Actrice may be further evaluated in large plots for commercial cultivation before releasing as variety.","PeriodicalId":355533,"journal":{"name":"Azarian Journal of Agriculture","volume":"450 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123055683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}