A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the performance of wheat genotypes against spot blotch disease from November 2016 to April 2017. Experimental field was designed in Alpha Lattice Design with 2 replications and 20 genotypes as treatments. Area Under Disease Progress Curve (AUDPC) value, days to heading, days to maturity, plant height, spike per m2, grain per spike, Thousand Kernel Weight (TKW), grain yield were examined. Negative correlation was observed between yield of different genotypes and AUDPC i.e. -0.17322. Genotype BL 4699 and NL 1247 were found to be resistant with AUDPC value 141.7 and 140.6 and yield 3.335MT/ha and 3.604MT/ha respectively. Similarly, genotype BL 4708, NL 1327 and BL 4707 were found to be tolerant with AUDPC value 567.2, 570.6 and 274.6 and yield 3.761MT/ha, 3.642MT/ha and 3.681Mt/ha respectively. So, resistant and tolerant genotypes BL 4699, NL 1247, BL 4708, NL 1327 and BL 4707 could be suggested to incorporate into the breeding program.

The growth, yield and yield attributing characters of Tilki rice variety was evaluated under different age and number of seedlings hill -1 at Dang, Nepal during rainy season from June to September, 2019. The experiment was laid out into factorial design of two different age of seedlings as viz. 20 days and 30 days as main plot factor and four different number of seedlings hill -1 viz. 1, 2, 3 and 4 as sub-plot factor and replicated thrice. The results revealed that highest plant height (79.69cm) at the time of harvesting , LAI (0.17), panicle length (23.55cm), number of grains per panicle (101.82), effective tiller per hill (9.9), non-effective tiller per hill (1.03), total tiller per hill (10.94), test weight (29.22gm) ,economical yield (2.09ton/ha), biological yield (5.28ton/ha) and harvest index (39.34%) were recorded by 20 days of seedlings. Regarding the number of seedlings effective tiller per hill and harvest index were non-significant. Highest plant height (79.65cm), test weight (28.88gm) and LAI (0.17) were recorded in 1 seedling per hill. Longest panicle length (24.11cm) and more number of grains per panicle (100.48) were also recorded in 1 seedlings per hill. Highest number of non-effective tiller (1.66) and total tillers per hill (11.08) in four seedlings per hill were recorded. Highest economical yield (2.21ton/ha) and biological yield (5.43ton/ha) were recorded in 2 seedlings per hill. The interaction effect of age and number of seedlings per hill showed non-significant relation with all the growth, yield and yield attributing parameters except non-effective tiller per hill and LAI.

Available with Full text.Key words: Seedling growth; Aminoacid; BuckwheatTribhuvan University Journal Vol. XIX, 1996 Page: 25-31 Uploaded Date: 22 Nov., 2010