Soil

Soil fertility management:

  • For spring season maize the recommended doses of Nitrogenous fertilizer can be splitted in 3 times i.e at 30, 45 and 60 days after seeding for the higher grain yield.

  • Maize hybrids produced the higher grain yield with 200:60:40 kg NPK/ha during winter in Terai.

  • Application of 180: 90: 60 N, P2O5 and K2O plus FYM 10 t/ha for full season maize was found profitable in terms of grain yield and economics.

  • Incorporation of Sunn hemp as green manure @ 7 t/ha of dry biomass within two months of sowing produced the good yield of winter maize and enhanced the soil nitrogen status.

We seek to generate high yielding maize based production technological packages that contribute to the food, nutritional security, employment generation and livelihood improvement of the Nepalese people.

Collaboration/Linkages

1. Department of Agriculture, Nepal

2. Department of Livestock Services, Nepal

3. International Centre for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT), Mexico

4. International Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India

Links

1. NARC, Nepal

2. Journal of Nepal Agricultural Research Council
3. Journal of Maize Research and Development
4. CIMMYT, SARO, Nepal

Call for Papers

Journal of Maize Research and Development (JMRD) is dedicated to publishing high-quality original research and review articles on maize breeding, genetics, agronomy, entomology, pathology, post harvest, soil science, botany, physiology
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