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Sep 08, 2016Open    AccessArticle

An Analysis on the Effect of Social Capital on Opportunities Recognition in Agricultural Entrepreneurship Development

Shohreh Karami and Dr. Hossein Agahi
As Timmons believes, entrepreneurship leads to creation of promotion and reconstruction for owners and opportunity is the heart of entrepreneurship. But, opportunity is expressed in relation to other effective components on entrepreneurship such as social capital or social energy. This capital is composed of informal values and play a significant role in recognizing opportunities by generating trust, common norms and bonds among individuals. Accordingly, the present paper aims at analyzing the e...

Managerial Economics 

Sep 05, 2016Open    AccessArticle

Technological Advances in Huanglongbing (HLB) or Citrus Greening Disease Management

Krishna Prasad Paudyal
Huanglongbing (HLB), previously citrus greening disease, is the most destructive of citrus species causing major threat to the world citrus industry. The disease was reported from China in 1919 and now known to occur in more than 40 different countries of Asia, Africa, South and North America. Three species of gram negative bacterium namely Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, Candidatus Liberibacter africanus and Candidatus Liberibacter americanus are the casual organisms of HLB, respectively pre...

Agricultural Science 

Sep 05, 2016Open    AccessArticle

Effects of Neem (Azadirachta indic) and Custard Apple (Annona reticulata) Diets on Sterility of House Rat (Rattus rattus)

Prem Nidhi Sharma, Poorna Dass Dhaubaji Shrestha, Shiv Raj Chauhan and Vinita Sharma
Three different plant products diets – i) neem (Azadirachta indic A. Juss) oil mixed diet (neem oil mixed @ 80 ml/kg of normal diet), ii) neem seed powder mixed diet (neem seed powder mixed @ 80 g/kg of normal diet) and iii) custard apple (Annona reticulata L.) seed powder mixed diet (custard apple seed powder mixed @ 80 g/kg of normal diet) were separately fed to mature rats (Rattus rattus) with single dose feeding of 80 g per pair in a day on 13th week-age during the experimenting years, 2012/...

Agricultural Science 

Sep 05, 2016Open    AccessArticle

Yield Interactions of Wheat Genotypes to Dates of Seeding in Eastern Mid Hills of Nepal

Rudra Bhattarai, Bedanand Chaudhary, Dhruba Bahadur Thapa, Ramesh Raj Puri, Ram Nath Chaudhary, Bibek Sapkota, Kiran Baral, Shukra Raj Shrestha and Surya Prasad Adhikari
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is one of the major cereal crops and staple food sources in Nepal. Wheat varieties being popular in mid hill regions are still in the early stages of adoption. Identification of appropriate date of seeding plays important role in enhancing the adoption rate ensuring the sustainable production. Therefore, three dates viz 15th November, 1st and 15th December for seeding and twenty eight wheat genotypes were evaluated in a split plot design with two replications for two...

Agricultural Science 

Sep 05, 2016Open    AccessArticle

Management of Anthracnose in Soybean using Fungicide

Subash Subedi, Dhan Bahadur Gharti, Saraswati Neupane and Teknath Ghimire
Experiments on soybean (Glycine max L. Meril) were carried out aiming to control anthracnose (pod blight) caused by fungus, Colletotrichum truncatum with five treatments represented by different fungicidal sprays against control receiving no spray with three replicates of each under field conditions during two consecutive years from 2012 to 2013. In 2012, the higher Percent Disease Control (PDC) and Percent Yield Increase (PYI) were estimated in plot treated with SAAF (Carbendazim 12% Mancozeb...

Agricultural Science 

Sep 05, 2016Open    AccessArticle

Wheat Yield Trend and Soil Fertility Status in Long Term Rice-Rice-Wheat Cropping System

Nabin Rawal , Devraj Chalise, Janmejai Tripathi, Dinesh Khadka and Khim Thapa
A long-term soil fertility experiment under rice-rice-wheat system was performed to evaluate the long term effects of inorganic fertilizer and manure applications on soil properties and grain yield of wheat. The experiment began since 1978 was laid out in randomized complete block design with 9 treatments replicated 3 times. From 1990 onwards, periodic modifications have been made in all the treatments splitting the plots in two equal halves of 4 x 3 m2 leaving one half as original. In the orig...

Agricultural Science 

Sep 05, 2016Open    AccessArticle

Soil Physico-Bio-Chemical Properties under Poplar Indian Mustard Inter Cropping System

Tara Bahadur Ghimire and Om Prakash Singh Bana
A field experiment was conducted during the winter seasons of 2008-10 at Agroforestry Research Centre, Pantnagar, India with aim to examine the effect of different levels of recommended Nitrogen (N): Phosphorus (P): Potassium (K) (NPK) on soil physico-bio-chemical properties under varying poplar tree densities with mustard introcropping. Lower soil bulk density was recorded under 1000 trees/ha density compared to sole crop in both the year. Soil bulk density (BD) decreased underneath trees. Howe...

Agricultural Science 

Sep 05, 2016Open    AccessArticle

Genetic Parameters of Common Wheat in Nepal

Bal Krishna Joshi, Dhruba Bahadur Thapa and Madan Raj Bhatta
Knowledge on variation within traits and their genetics are prerequisites in crop improvement program. Thus, in present paper we aimed to estimate genetic and environmental indices of common wheat genotypes. For the purpose, eight quantitative traits were measured from 30 wheat genotypes, which were in randomized complete block design with 3 replicates. Components of variance and covariance were estimated along with heritability, genetic gain, realized heritability, coheritability and correlated...

Agricultural Science 

Sep 05, 2016Open    AccessArticle

Evaluating Sheath Blight Resistance in Rice Using Detached Tiller and Field Screening Methods

Bedanand Chaudhary
In present study physical resistance test on 12 rice varieties against sheath blight (ShB) caused by Rhizoctonia solani was examined. A detached tiller test was used to measure components of ShB physiological resistance at Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), Tarahara, Nepal. The varieties were evaluated in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with 3 replications in year 2010-12. A sclerotium was inserted below the leaf collar of individual tillers maintained in tubes filled with ...

Agricultural Science 

Aug 26, 2016Open    AccessArticle

MARIO OSORIO MARQUES: BREVE BIOGRAFIA DE UM PENSADOR DA EDUCACAO

José Pedro Boufleuer, Ricardo Rezer
The aim of this paper is to present a biographical synthesis of the Mario Osorio Marques trajectory, highlighting the different dimensions of his life story, considering their formation, as a teacher and intellectual, their participation in public life as citizen and community leader, and their intellectual production. Considering the absence of specific works dealing with its history, It becomes important and even necessary, the approach proposed, even if on a preliminary basis,in the direction...

Education 

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