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5 APPLICATION OF BALANCED FERTILIZERS REDUCES THE INCIDENCE OF FALL ARMYWORM IN MAIZE CROP
  1. Kashinath Chiluwal
  2. Sandip Timilsina
  3. Kailash Shrestha
  4. Eni Shrestha
  5. Shilpa Devkota
  6. Sharad Sigdel
  7. Lalit Shah
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लेखको विवरण (लेखको सीमा: अधिकतम ३०० शब्द):

Fall armyworm (FAW), a selective polyphagous pest, has become the global limiting factor for maize production. Its damaging parameters; percent infestation, percent damage for maize plant leaves, leaf damage score and maize grain yield were evaluated under a long-term fertility assessment plots at Lumle, Kaski, Nepal in 2020 and 2021. The significantly lowest infestation (41.02% in 2020 and 12.45% in 2021), percent damage (20.04 in 2020 and 18.07 in 2021) and the leaf damage score (1.62 in 2020 and 1.10 in 2021) were recorded in plots receiving balanced fertilizers (NPK @ 120:60:40 kg and 2 t FYM /ha). Ultimately, the maize grain yield (3.04 t/ha in 2020 and 3.72 t/ha in 2021) was also the significantly highest in balanced fertilizer (NPK @ 120:60:40 kg and 20 t FYM/ ha) applied plots followed by the FYM only applied plot (2.18 t/ha in 2020 and 2.644 t/ha in 2021). This study suggests to consider the incorporation of organic sources along with chemical fertilizer to reduce the incidence of FAW in maize crop.

मुख्य बुँदा (१ वाक्य मात्र):
Spodoptera frugiperda, chemical fertilizers, FYM, damage scores, grain yield