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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.

Submission Email: ptc.iaas@gmail.com Published by: Tribhuvan University, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Prithu Technical College, Lamahi Municipality Ward -3, Bangaun, Deukhuri Dang, Nepal

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Correspondence: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of 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:ptc.iaas@gmail.com 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: jibshrestha@gmail.com

Managing Editor

Subash Subedi, Ph.D Managing Editor Senior Scientist (Plant Pathology) Nepal Agricultural Research Council National Maize Research Program, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: subedi.subash1@gmail.com

Basistha Acharya Nepal Agricultural Research Council Regional Agricultural Research Station Khajur, Banke, Nepal Email: basisthacharya1@gmail.com

Editorial Members

Krishna Prasad Timsina, Ph.D Senior Scientist (Agricultural Economics) Nepal Agricultural Research Council SARPOD, Khumaltar, Nepal Email: krishnatimsina2000@gmail.com

Pradip Raj Poudel Asst. Campus Chief Tribhuvan University IAAS, Prithu Technical College Lamahi, Dang Email: pdp.rajpoudel@gmail.com

Saraswati Neupane, Ph.D Senior Scientist (Entomology) Nepal Agricultural Research Council National Maize Research Program, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: sarusanu2017@gmail.com

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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: subarnaplantbreeding@gmail.com

Rameshwor Pudasaini Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Tribhuvan University, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science Kathmandu, Nepal Email: rameshwor.ent@gmail.com

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: yuvrajavi@gmail.com

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: srbarsila@afu.edu.np

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: umeshach@gmail.com

Shrawan K. Sah, PhD Professor (Agronomy) Agriculture and Forestry University Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: profshrawan@gmail.com

Bal Krishna Joshi, PhD Senior Scientist National Genebank, Nepal Agricultural Research Council Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal Email: joshibalak@yahoo.com

Santosh Subedi, PhD

Biometrician at Forest Resource Consultants, Inc.

Macon, Georgia, USA Email: santoshsubedi15@gmail.com

Mahesh Sapkota Agriculture Economist Agri-Economics, Marketing and Statistics Department of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture, Land Management and Cooperative Email: sapkotamahes@gmail.com

Shiva Chandra Dhakal, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: scdhakal@afu.edu.np

Ujjawal Kr. S. Kushwaha, PhD Scholar Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Agricultural Botany Division, Nepal Email:ujjawalplantbreeder@narc.gov.np

Dinesh Adhikari, PhD Kansas City, Missouri Area, USA Email: dinesh39j@gmail.com

Bijesh Misra PhD Scholar and Graduate Research Associate (Forest Economics) Dept. of Nat. Res. Eco. & Mgmt. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA Email: bijesh.mishra@okstate.edu

Dr Amir Sadaula Veterinary Doctor National Trust for Nature Conservation Biodiversity Conservation Center, Kathmandu, Nepal Email: naturalamir@gmail.com

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Devendra Gauchan, PhD National Project Manager Biodiversity International, Kathmandu Former Senior Scientist (Agricultural Economist), NARC, Nepal Email: d.gauchan@cgiar.org

Dr. Krishna Prasad Acharya Ministry of Land Management, Agriculture and Co-operatives, State 4, Pokhara Nepal Email: kriaasedu@gmail.com

Purushottam Subedi Crop Development Officer Center for Crop Development and AgroBiodiversity Conservation Pulchok, Lalitpur, Nepal Email: psubedi.agr@gmail.com

Jiban Shrestha Scientist (Plant Breeding and Genetics) Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Nepal Email: jibshrestha@gmail.com

Krishna Prasad Timsina, PhD Senior Scientist (Agricultural Economics) Nepal Agricultural Research Council SARPOD, Khumaltar, Nepal Email:krishnatimsina2000@gmail.com

Subash Subedi, PhD Managing Editor Senior Scientist (Plant Pathology) Nepal Agricultural Research Council National Maize Research Program, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: subedi.subash1@gmail.com

Yug Nath Ghimire, PhD Senior Scientist & Chief, Nepal Agricultural Research Council SARPOD, Khumaltar, Nepal Email: ynghimire@gmail.com

Kashinath Chiluwal, PhD Institute of Agriculture and Life Science Gyeongsang National University Jinju 52828, Republic of Korea Email: chilukn@gmail.com

Mahesh Subedi Scientist (Plant Breeding and Genetics) Nepal Agricultural Research Council Agricultural Botany Division, Khumaltar, lalitpur, Nepal Email: m.subedig@gmail.com

Resham Bahadur Thapa, PhD Professor (Entomology) Agriculture and Forestry University Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal Email: profrbthapa@gmail.com

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 ptc.iaas@gmail.com or jibshrestha@gmail.com

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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

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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