Asmita Khanal

Nepal Agricultural Research Council | NARC · Department of Horticulture

Acid Lime (Citrus aurantifolia var. SunKagati-1) has been cultivated in 67 districts of Nepal. Its cultivation is becoming increasingly popular among farmers in Nepal. However, adequate post-harvest loss reduction measures are lacking. A field experiment was conducted in lime orchards in Chitwan during August-September 2019 and 2020. Pre-harvest sp...

Rice is the most important staple food crop and plays a vital role in ensuring national food security in Nepal. Rice yield is largely determined by nitrogen management strategy and improving the effectiveness of nitrogenous fertilizer for grain production has long been a challenge. A field experiment was conducted in the sandy loam soil of Lumle, K...

Pomegranate is an emerging potential fruit crop of Nepal and it can be cultivated successfully from tropical to warm temperate climatic condition of terai to mid- hills. This research was conducted to study the morphological traits and identify the superior pomegranate genotypes at Horticulture Research Station (HRS), Dailekh in 2019. Three pomegra...

Walnut (Juglans regia L.) of seedling origin creates large variability within this crop. A research study was carried out at Directorate of Agricultural Research, Lumle, Kaski and Marpha, Mustang to characterize and deciphers the variability of thin-shelled walnut for further selection, conservation and variety registration. Walnut orchard of Musta...

Tephritids are the major challenges for fruit and fleshy vegetable growers of the tropics and subtropics. Nepal also incurs huge losses of fruits and vegetables to the tephritids. This study was designed to identify the tephritid flies in Malepatan and Lumle of Gandaki Province. Bucket traps baited with methyl eugenol (ME) in Malepatan, and ME, cue...

An experiment for two consecutive years (2017 and 2018) was conducted to evaluate the use of mulching materials in increasing productivity and profitability of potato production. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with five different mulching materials including control replicated for four times namely, banmara...

Tephritids are the major challenges for fruit and fleshy vegetable growers of the tropics and sub-tropics. Nepal also incurs huge losses of fruits and vegetables to the tephritids. This study was designed to identify the tephritid flies in Malepatan and Lumle of Gandaki Province. Bucket traps baited with methyl eugenol (ME) in Malepatan, and ME, cu...

Kiwifruit is usually propagated by grafting and cutting. Suitable method of grafting in Kiwifruit should be identified to elaborate the commercial production. To evaluate the success rate of scion varieties with different grafting methods in Kiwifruit a study was conducted for two consecutive years 2018 and 2019 at Lumle, Kaski. Five different vari...

A detailed soil inventory study using Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographical Information System (GIS) was conducted in Nalgad Municipality of Jajarkot, Nepal in 2019. A preliminary reconnaissance survey during pre-field activities and detail field work was carried out to study the soil type and physico-chemical properties based on the soi...

The unavailability of inorganic fertilizer along with low nutrient value and shortage of organic fertilizers has become a main problem in managing soil fertility and agricultural production in Nepal. A field experiment was conducted at Machhapuchhre 06 Kaski from May to October in 2017 and 2018 to investigate the effects of integrated use of organi...

Tomato is the most preferred vegetable for commercial farming. Mostly the hybrid variety of Tomato is popular among the farmers. Open Pollinated varieties of tomato were our assets and it need to be explored for commercial farming. To select a superior OP Tomato genotype, farmer's field trial with seven different genotypes (HRDTOM 011, HRDTOM 035,...

Gladiolus is one of the most utilized cut flowers in Nepal but no appropriate variety has been recommended yet. An experiment was conducted to identify the high yielding genotype of gladiolus for the high hill (1700-1800 masl) environment of Lumle in 2019 and 2020. The experiment was organized in a Randomized Complete Block Design consisting of 12...

Artificial crossing between species and varieties has been effective in producing new gladiolus cultivar with desirable traits. The seeds obtained from the total of twelve inter-varietal cross lines were raised in nurseries in 2013. The corms and cormels were selected yearly from the first phase to the fourth phase of selection. Forty seven inter-v...

Capsicum fetches higher premium price as off-season as well as main season crops. The planting time of capsicum inside the plastic house in mid-hills conditions needs to be accessed. An experiment was conducted at DoAR, Lumle inside the plastic house to evaluate the performance of capsicum cv. California Wonder with four different planting dates (1...

Kiwifruit (Actinidia species) is gaining worldwide popularity because of its wider climatic adaptability, delicious fruits, precocity, high nutritive and medicinal values and high economic return. Five Kiwifruit cultivars: Hayward Oblong, Hayward Oval, Allison, Bruno and Red Kiwi were harvested at the physiological maturity stage from the orchard o...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the best mulching materials to improve potato production at Jaljala Rural Municipality of Parbat district during 2017 and 2018. The experiment was conducted using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with five different mulching materials namely, mulching with banmara (Agertina Adenophora) weed (T1), mul...

Field experiments were conducted during the winter season of 2016/17 and 2017/18 to assess the effect of biochar application in combination with different nutrient sources on cauliflower (Brassica oleraceae var. botrytis) productionin sandy loam soil. The experiment was conducted using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with ten different tr...

An experiment was conducted to identify appropriate nutrient source and dose for seed potato production and to assess the effect of different nutrient management practices on soil properties at high hill agro ecological domain, Saliza VDC of Parbat district during 2015/16. The experiment was conducted using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD)...

A field experiment was conducted to assess the effects of biochar application on soil properties and production of Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) on loamy sand soil. The experiment was conducted using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with five levels of biochar (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 Mg ha-1), each replicated for four times. The application of...

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of pre-harvest spray of plant growth regulators on corm/cormel characteristics and post-harvest performance of Gladiolus cv. American Beauty. Three levels of NAA (50ppm, 100ppm and 150ppm), three levels of GA3 (50ppm, 100ppm and 150ppm), three levels of Kinetin (50ppm, 100ppm and 150ppm) and contr...

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of plant growth regulators on corm characteristics and post harvest performance of gladiolus cv. American Beauty at the Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan during September, 2013 to March, 2014. The study consisted of 10 treatments laid out in a randomized complete block design (R...

An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of plant growth regulators on growth and flowering of gladiolus cv. American Beauty. The treatments comprised of different concentration of different plant growth regulators. Three levels of NAA (50ppm, 100ppm and 150ppm), three levels of GA (50ppm, 100ppm and 150ppm), three levels of Kinetin (50p...