TY  - PRO
AU  - Adhikari,K.
AU  - Koirala,K.B.
AU  - Subedi,M.
AU  - Vasal,S.K.|Gonzalez Ceniceros,F.|XiongMing,F.
ED  - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT), Mexico, DF (Mexico)
ED  - 7, Proceedings of the Asian Regional Maize Workshop
TI  - Maize research in Nepal
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Los Baños, Laguna (Philippines)
PB  - PCARRD
KW  - Agricultural economics
KW  - Climatic factors
KW  - Germplasm
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Insect diseases
KW  - Maize
KW  - Nepal
KW  - Plant diseases
KW  - Seed production
KW  - Soils
KW  - Technological changes
KW  - Zea mays
KW  - Plant breeding
KW  - Agricultural research
N2  - The paper discusses area, production and productivity trends of major cereals in Nepal. Area has increased in the hills and mid-hills but the productivity has declined by 17%. The paper describes major maize production zones in the country along with some important soil and climate characteristics. The activities of the National Maize Research Program have been listed including varietal improvement, stress tolerant genotypes, production of breeder & foundation seed, transfer of technology, training manpower and establishing technical cooperation with related national & international research centers. The paper discusses various aspects of collection, exotic germplasm and some hybrid development efforts as well as the importance of diseases and insects. Results on agronomic research are reported in a separate paper
ER  -