Ma.i~ is one of the most iiiiPQl"taot re:&M* ~~ of
NePa.lT renked seCOftd a.ft~r ri-ce iu ~--of area.~
ha)· aild production ( 1302116 t) .with & produci:ivity of
1688 · kg/ha (MOA, 1995} • In -tbe -'ee&t'ft'll hills .this crop
stlirids number one ~1 int. It-erms of -ctfi with a
productivity of only 1641 kglltl:l. ~ ~ proble.s
associ.a.ted f.or the cultivation .af maize in the eas..tera
hills are, dise&6es (Helmi1Tt.hospol'iu tlH'-cj_~ z:ar
rot), poor soil fertility,. low yield of the· existing
ymotypes puticularly in the f~ fMtld ~ ~
harvest loss .
In order to tackle SOfie of those reBUrcfteble problems.
a total of six research activities {~dinated
Varietal Trial, Observation Nursery (splited into two),
Population Impr<)¥'ement of Pool 9A and Popil..La.tion-2.2,
Tlal tizapan-8644, BA 93-2126 # 2 and Pool-21 were
carried out at on-station during 1995/96, summer. In
addition to this some sets of minikits for low, mid and
1dgh altitude areas as per ADOs Prrisramme ·and Informal
Research kits we~e distributed in the eastern hills. A
tremendous improv~nt have been achieved in Pool 9A .
with respect to' maturity and husk cover~ It is now
I·
'
' i
. proposed for commercial release as Ganesh-1 for upper .
mid (above 1600 m) to higher hills of the Central and
Eastern Developnient region. Po!'ulA~ion 22, fi.ill ~.l .
yellow and Upahar wen~ the top y1eld1ng genotypes at, ~1~
altitude CVf". -They· produced 48, 41 and 36 pe~r·'n t
higher grain Yield than standard check Manak ·! -1
p160 kg/ha) at PA_C ' conditipn. From the populationion
lmprov~~ent, 395 .ears and 367 ell!S of. Pool n· i · .~d · ; ~- .- ~y: · . i
Populat~on-22 have been selected respectlvely. . J-:-2J . · ·~ ·
and BA-93-2136 have been maintained in bulk. Nem ~\the , '
. entry showed · better yield . p~rf6rmance o· v1!~ ~)· 
respective standard checks (Pool. 9A and BA-93 J/ · 6· at
. .....
Majuwa and Manak.amana-1 except TZMI 201 at th . tre)
._in observation nur~ery conducted at Majuwa (22Cl: )n)·and 
PAC ~1700 m).

Ma.i~ is one of the most iiiiPQl"taot re:&M* ~~ of
NePa.lT renked seCOftd a.ft~r ri-ce iu ~--of area.~
ha)· aild production ( 1302116 t) .with & produci:ivity of
1688 · kg/ha (MOA, 1995} • In -tbe -'ee&t'ft'll hills .this crop
stlirids number one ~1 int. It-erms of -ctfi with a
productivity of only 1641 kglltl:l. ~ ~ proble.s
associ.a.ted f.or the cultivation .af maize in the eas..tera
hills are, dise&6es (Helmi1Tt.hospol'iu tlH'-cj_~ z:ar
rot), poor soil fertility,. low yield of the· existing
ymotypes puticularly in the f~ fMtld ~ ~
harvest loss .
In order to tackle SOfie of those reBUrcfteble problems.
a total of six research activities {~dinated
Varietal Trial, Observation Nursery (splited into two),
Population Impr<)¥'ement of Pool 9A and Popil..La.tion-2.2,
Tlal tizapan-8644, BA 93-2126 # 2 and Pool-21 were
carried out at on-station during 1995/96, summer. In
addition to this some sets of minikits for low, mid and
1dgh altitude areas as per ADOs Prrisramme ·and Informal
Research kits we~e distributed in the eastern hills. A
tremendous improv~nt have been achieved in Pool 9A .
with respect to' maturity and husk cover~ It is now
I·
'
' i
. proposed for commercial release as Ganesh-1 for upper .
mid (above 1600 m) to higher hills of the Central and
Eastern Developnient region. Po!'ulA~ion 22, fi.ill ~.l .
yellow and Upahar wen~ the top y1eld1ng genotypes at, ~1~
altitude CVf". -They· produced 48, 41 and 36 pe~r·'n t
higher grain Yield than standard check Manak ·! -1
p160 kg/ha) at PA_C ' conditipn. From the populationion
lmprov~~ent, 395 .ears and 367 ell!S of. Pool n· i · .~d · ; ~- .- ~y: · . i
Populat~on-22 have been selected respectlvely. . J-:-2J . · ·~ ·
and BA-93-2136 have been maintained in bulk. Nem ~\the , '
. entry showed · better yield . p~rf6rmance o· v1!~ ~)· 
respective standard checks (Pool. 9A and BA-93 J/ · 6· at
. .....
Majuwa and Manak.amana-1 except TZMI 201 at th . tre)
._in observation nur~ery conducted at Majuwa (22Cl: )n)·and 
PAC ~1700 m).