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Effect of Different Mulching Materials on Potato in Western Hill of Nepal / Ek M. Bhattarai ; Buddi B. Pant ; Yam R. Pandey
in Proceedings of the fifth National Seminar on Horticulture June 9-10, 2008 / Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) (Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal)
Title : Effect of Different Mulching Materials on Potato in Western Hill of Nepal Material Type: printed text Authors: Ek M. Bhattarai, Author ; Buddi B. Pant, Author ; Yam R. Pandey, Author Pagination: 122-126 p. Languages : English (eng) Keywords: cost benefit, mulching materials, organic matter, potato Abstract: Experiment on different mulching materials was conducted in Phalebas, Mudikuwa,
Devisthan and Khanigaun VDCs of Parbat district during 2006/07-2007/08 to select the
most profitable mulching practice and its effect on potato tuber yield and soil properties.
The plot size for each treatment was 9 rrl with a spacing of 25X60 em. Grass,
newspaper, black and white polythene sheet were used as mulching materials.
Economic analysis for each treatment was carried out to find out the most profitable
and cost effective mulching materials. Among the tested mulching materials, mulching
with grass gave the highest potato tuber yield (31340 kglha). Lowest potato tuber yield
(17260kg/ha) was found in farmers' practice (no mulching). It was observed that
existence of moisture content in the field was better and weed problem was less in all
treatments of mulching. Effect of different mulching practices on potato was found
highly significant on tuber yield. Mulching with newspaper, black and white polythene
sheet was found at par on yield of potato in both years. Non-significant change in soil
chemical properties was found among the treatments while organic matter content in
soil was slightly increased over the time in grass mulching. Experiment revealed that
grass mulching could be the most profitable, sustainable, locally and easily available
way of mulching for potato production in western hills.Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=231 Effect of Different Mulching Materials on Potato in Western Hill of Nepal [printed text] / Ek M. Bhattarai, Author ; Buddi B. Pant, Author ; Yam R. Pandey, Author . - [s.d.] . - 122-126 p.
in Proceedings of the fifth National Seminar on Horticulture June 9-10, 2008 / Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) (Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal)
Languages : English (eng)
Keywords: cost benefit, mulching materials, organic matter, potato Abstract: Experiment on different mulching materials was conducted in Phalebas, Mudikuwa,
Devisthan and Khanigaun VDCs of Parbat district during 2006/07-2007/08 to select the
most profitable mulching practice and its effect on potato tuber yield and soil properties.
The plot size for each treatment was 9 rrl with a spacing of 25X60 em. Grass,
newspaper, black and white polythene sheet were used as mulching materials.
Economic analysis for each treatment was carried out to find out the most profitable
and cost effective mulching materials. Among the tested mulching materials, mulching
with grass gave the highest potato tuber yield (31340 kglha). Lowest potato tuber yield
(17260kg/ha) was found in farmers' practice (no mulching). It was observed that
existence of moisture content in the field was better and weed problem was less in all
treatments of mulching. Effect of different mulching practices on potato was found
highly significant on tuber yield. Mulching with newspaper, black and white polythene
sheet was found at par on yield of potato in both years. Non-significant change in soil
chemical properties was found among the treatments while organic matter content in
soil was slightly increased over the time in grass mulching. Experiment revealed that
grass mulching could be the most profitable, sustainable, locally and easily available
way of mulching for potato production in western hills.Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=231 E-copies
http://nkcs.org.np/narc/dl/?r=231URL Use of Ethephone and Indigenous Plant Materials in ripening Banana in Winter / K.C, Ram Bahadur in Nepal Agriculture Research Journal, Vol. 9 (2009)
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Title : Use of Ethephone and Indigenous Plant Materials in ripening Banana in Winter Material Type: printed text Authors: K.C, Ram Bahadur, Author ; Durga M. Gautam, Author ; Sunder Tiwari, Author Publication Date: 2009 Article on page: 102-105 p General note: Research note Languages : English (eng) Keywords: Banana, ethephone, plant materials, ripening, shelf-life Abstract: Post-harvest handling of banana is a crucial activity to get good quality fruit
to the consumers. A post-harvest study on ripening of banana was carried out
at Regional Agriculture Research Station, Khajura during winter season of
2005 to find out the effect of different materials in ripening of banana and
study about shelf-life period. Dipping fruits in Kripone 2.56 ml per liter of
water (ethephone 1000 ppm) for five minutes was found effective for banana
ripening. Those fruits treated with ethephone 1000 ppm started to soften in
three days and became ready to consume in five days with shelf-life of eight
days. Fruits treated with 'Asuro' (Adhatoda vesica) started to become soft in
five days where as fruits treated with 'Koiralo' (Bahunia veriagata) became
soft in four days. By using these indigenous plant materials, we can prolong
shelf-life of fruit by 2-3 days more than the Kripone-treated fruits. Use of
ripe banana fruit also found effective to hasten ripening the banana with
excellent taste. However, the shelf-life was relatively short (8 days). It is
difficult to ripen the banana in winter without using any ripening materials.
In untreated control, only 33% fruits started to become soft after 7-9 days of
storage and were ready to consume in nine days. Rest 66% fruits were
remain as such up to 11 days then after fruit started uneven softening ie some
portion became soft and other portion remained hard. After 14 days fruits
became black without softening and got spoiled. Overall percent weight loss
was found 6.0 to 10.7 from initial to end of shelf-life period.Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=15
in Nepal Agriculture Research Journal > Vol. 9 (2009) . - 102-105 p[article] Use of Ethephone and Indigenous Plant Materials in ripening Banana in Winter [printed text] / K.C, Ram Bahadur, Author ; Durga M. Gautam, Author ; Sunder Tiwari, Author . - 2009 . - 102-105 p.
Research note
Languages : English (eng)
in Nepal Agriculture Research Journal > Vol. 9 (2009) . - 102-105 p
Keywords: Banana, ethephone, plant materials, ripening, shelf-life Abstract: Post-harvest handling of banana is a crucial activity to get good quality fruit
to the consumers. A post-harvest study on ripening of banana was carried out
at Regional Agriculture Research Station, Khajura during winter season of
2005 to find out the effect of different materials in ripening of banana and
study about shelf-life period. Dipping fruits in Kripone 2.56 ml per liter of
water (ethephone 1000 ppm) for five minutes was found effective for banana
ripening. Those fruits treated with ethephone 1000 ppm started to soften in
three days and became ready to consume in five days with shelf-life of eight
days. Fruits treated with 'Asuro' (Adhatoda vesica) started to become soft in
five days where as fruits treated with 'Koiralo' (Bahunia veriagata) became
soft in four days. By using these indigenous plant materials, we can prolong
shelf-life of fruit by 2-3 days more than the Kripone-treated fruits. Use of
ripe banana fruit also found effective to hasten ripening the banana with
excellent taste. However, the shelf-life was relatively short (8 days). It is
difficult to ripen the banana in winter without using any ripening materials.
In untreated control, only 33% fruits started to become soft after 7-9 days of
storage and were ready to consume in nine days. Rest 66% fruits were
remain as such up to 11 days then after fruit started uneven softening ie some
portion became soft and other portion remained hard. After 14 days fruits
became black without softening and got spoiled. Overall percent weight loss
was found 6.0 to 10.7 from initial to end of shelf-life period.Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=15 Assessment of Storage Losses of Apples Under Normal Room Condition of Jumla / Chaudhary, B.N. ; Pandey, Y.R. ; B. B. Mahat ; Yadav, Y.P.
Title : Assessment of Storage Losses of Apples Under Normal Room Condition of Jumla Material Type: printed text Authors: Chaudhary, B.N., Author ; Pandey, Y.R., Author ; B. B. Mahat, Author ; Yadav, Y.P., Author Pagination: 26-28 p. Languages : English (eng) Keywords: Cushion materials, Delicious group, shelr lire, storage losses and room Abstract: This experiment was conducted during /998199 to 2000/001 at ARS (Hort), Junzla to evaluate
locally available cushion materials and shelf life of Delicious group of apples for minimum
storage losses under normal room condition. For this purpose three cushion materials i.e.
paper, moss and pidal (leaves of Pine wood) including wit/rout cushion in wooden box and
on-floor storage (farmer's practice) were tested in Red, Royal and Go/de11 Delicious apples.
This experi!Jtent was laid out i11 RCBD with four replications. Apple frttits were stored from
September to March and percentage physiological loss i11 weight and number of fruit loss,
total soluble solid and temperature and humidity were recorded. The lowest storage losses
were obsen•ed in paper cushion and the highest in on-floor storage during storage period.
The paper cushion was found statistically superiors over others. /11 Red Delicious apples the
lowest physiological loss in weight 4.1, 9.5, 14.0. 21.1. 33.0 and 47.6 % was obsetved in
paper cushion i11 September to March respectively. The percentage of 11umber of fruit loss
( 1.6. 4.6. 7.8, 1 3.1, 23.7 and 38.5) was also recorded minimum in paper cushion. The highest
physiological loss in weight 10.0, 26.6, 40.3, 55.0, 72.3, and 88.0 % was obsetved in on-floor
storage. The percentage of fruit losses was also high (8.4, 30.4, 41.6, 56.8, 68.0 and 88.0 %)
during storage period in on-floor storage. The similar results were also observed for storage
losses in Royal and Gol{ien Delicious apples in all treatments employed. Among the apple
varieties tested for shelf life none of them showed co11stant and highly significant results
during storage period in any treatment however, .Red and Golden Delicious apples fwd
comparatively better storage life than Royal Delicious apples. Tire results of this study also
indicated that though paper cushion is the best cushion material for minimum storage losses
u11der room storage however, locally available moss and pidal are also recommended to use
as a cushion materials for apple storage of Jumla.Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=446 Assessment of Storage Losses of Apples Under Normal Room Condition of Jumla [printed text] / Chaudhary, B.N., Author ; Pandey, Y.R., Author ; B. B. Mahat, Author ; Yadav, Y.P., Author . - [s.d.] . - 26-28 p.
Languages : English (eng)
Keywords: Cushion materials, Delicious group, shelr lire, storage losses and room Abstract: This experiment was conducted during /998199 to 2000/001 at ARS (Hort), Junzla to evaluate
locally available cushion materials and shelf life of Delicious group of apples for minimum
storage losses under normal room condition. For this purpose three cushion materials i.e.
paper, moss and pidal (leaves of Pine wood) including wit/rout cushion in wooden box and
on-floor storage (farmer's practice) were tested in Red, Royal and Go/de11 Delicious apples.
This experi!Jtent was laid out i11 RCBD with four replications. Apple frttits were stored from
September to March and percentage physiological loss i11 weight and number of fruit loss,
total soluble solid and temperature and humidity were recorded. The lowest storage losses
were obsen•ed in paper cushion and the highest in on-floor storage during storage period.
The paper cushion was found statistically superiors over others. /11 Red Delicious apples the
lowest physiological loss in weight 4.1, 9.5, 14.0. 21.1. 33.0 and 47.6 % was obsetved in
paper cushion i11 September to March respectively. The percentage of 11umber of fruit loss
( 1.6. 4.6. 7.8, 1 3.1, 23.7 and 38.5) was also recorded minimum in paper cushion. The highest
physiological loss in weight 10.0, 26.6, 40.3, 55.0, 72.3, and 88.0 % was obsetved in on-floor
storage. The percentage of fruit losses was also high (8.4, 30.4, 41.6, 56.8, 68.0 and 88.0 %)
during storage period in on-floor storage. The similar results were also observed for storage
losses in Royal and Gol{ien Delicious apples in all treatments employed. Among the apple
varieties tested for shelf life none of them showed co11stant and highly significant results
during storage period in any treatment however, .Red and Golden Delicious apples fwd
comparatively better storage life than Royal Delicious apples. Tire results of this study also
indicated that though paper cushion is the best cushion material for minimum storage losses
u11der room storage however, locally available moss and pidal are also recommended to use
as a cushion materials for apple storage of Jumla.Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=446 E-copies
http://nkcs.org.np/narc/dl/?r=446URL Sustaining Wheat Productivity and Maintaining Soil Fertility in Maize- Wheat System / Tripathi, B.P. in Nepal Agriculture Research Journal, Vol. 4 (2000/2001)
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Title : Sustaining Wheat Productivity and Maintaining Soil Fertility in Maize- Wheat System Material Type: printed text Authors: Tripathi, B.P., Author ; Tuladhar, J.K., Author Publication Date: 2000 Article on page: 31-36 p Languages : English (eng) Keywords: Key words: Maize-wheat system, organic materials, soil fertility, sustainability Abstract: Field experiments on maize-wheat system were carried out in rainfed upland (bari) at Agricultural
Research Station, Lumle for three years (1994/95-1996/97) to determine the effect of different
quality organic materials on maize and wheat yields and soil properties. Wheat grain yield
significantly differed over years and the highest mean grain yield (1.98 t ha-1) was recorded in the
treatment of mixture of low and high quality organic materials (maize + leaf litter, farmyard
manure). Maize and wheat grain as well as straw yield significantly differed over years. In all the
three years, the mixture of low and high quality organic materials produced the highest grain yield
of maize plus wheat ranging from 6.72 to 2.20 t ha-1 with mean yield of 4.43 t ha-1. Mean N uptake
by wheat grain and straw ranged from 32.2 to 40.4 kg ha-1 and 13.8 to 16.0 kg ha-1, respectively in
different treatments. Similarly, mean P uptake by wheat grain was the highest (25.4 kg ha-1) in the
mixture treatment while mean P uptake by wheat straw was the highest (26.5 kg ha-1) in low
quality organic materials. Mean soil pH after wheat harvest was the lowest (5.1) in the low quality
organic material. Organic carbon and available P ranged from 3.4 to 3.7% and from 329 to 370
ppm, respectively in different treatments while total N and exchangeable K increased to 0.31%
and 0.2 me/100g, respectively with the application of low quality organic material. The three years
result showed that semi-decomposed organic materials were more efficient in improving and
stabilizing production of wheat and maize yields in maize-wheat system as well as in maintaining
N fertility than high quality organic materials.Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=90
in Nepal Agriculture Research Journal > Vol. 4 (2000/2001) . - 31-36 p[article] Sustaining Wheat Productivity and Maintaining Soil Fertility in Maize- Wheat System [printed text] / Tripathi, B.P., Author ; Tuladhar, J.K., Author . - 2000 . - 31-36 p.
Languages : English (eng)
in Nepal Agriculture Research Journal > Vol. 4 (2000/2001) . - 31-36 p
Keywords: Key words: Maize-wheat system, organic materials, soil fertility, sustainability Abstract: Field experiments on maize-wheat system were carried out in rainfed upland (bari) at Agricultural
Research Station, Lumle for three years (1994/95-1996/97) to determine the effect of different
quality organic materials on maize and wheat yields and soil properties. Wheat grain yield
significantly differed over years and the highest mean grain yield (1.98 t ha-1) was recorded in the
treatment of mixture of low and high quality organic materials (maize + leaf litter, farmyard
manure). Maize and wheat grain as well as straw yield significantly differed over years. In all the
three years, the mixture of low and high quality organic materials produced the highest grain yield
of maize plus wheat ranging from 6.72 to 2.20 t ha-1 with mean yield of 4.43 t ha-1. Mean N uptake
by wheat grain and straw ranged from 32.2 to 40.4 kg ha-1 and 13.8 to 16.0 kg ha-1, respectively in
different treatments. Similarly, mean P uptake by wheat grain was the highest (25.4 kg ha-1) in the
mixture treatment while mean P uptake by wheat straw was the highest (26.5 kg ha-1) in low
quality organic materials. Mean soil pH after wheat harvest was the lowest (5.1) in the low quality
organic material. Organic carbon and available P ranged from 3.4 to 3.7% and from 329 to 370
ppm, respectively in different treatments while total N and exchangeable K increased to 0.31%
and 0.2 me/100g, respectively with the application of low quality organic material. The three years
result showed that semi-decomposed organic materials were more efficient in improving and
stabilizing production of wheat and maize yields in maize-wheat system as well as in maintaining
N fertility than high quality organic materials.Link for e-copy: http://elibrary.narc.gov.np/?r=90