Evaluation of pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids for fighting hidden hunger in Nepal
Prevailing vitamin A deficiency is a malnutrition repercussing retarded growth, weak immune system and night-blindness in human beings. Pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids could be a strategy for combating vitamin A deficiency, mostly prevailing in children and women of Nepal. With the objective to...
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2022
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| author | Tripathi, Mahendra Prasad Gautam, Damodar Koirala, Keshab Babu Shrestha, Hari Kumar Issa, Abdurahman Beshir |
| author_browse | Gautam, Damodar Issa, Abdurahman Beshir Koirala, Keshab Babu Shrestha, Hari Kumar Tripathi, Mahendra Prasad |
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| description | Prevailing vitamin A deficiency is a malnutrition repercussing retarded growth, weak immune system and night-blindness in human beings. Pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids could be a strategy for combating vitamin A deficiency, mostly prevailing in children and women of Nepal. With the objective to investigate superior pro-vitamin A enriched ‘bio-fortified’ maize cultivars, twice replicated experiments were laid out in α-lattice design over two consecutive growing seasons of 2019 and 2019/20 at the National Maize Research Program (NMRP), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal. The results revealed that the difference among tested hybrids was glaring for all agro-morphological, yield, and yield components traits. Among the evaluated traits, days to 50% anthesis and silking, plant and ear height, numbers of kernel rows per cob, grains per row, and grain yield varied significantly among the tested maize hybrids. Effect of planting season was significant for grain yield where winter maize produced 32% higher grain yield than spring maize. HPO16-2, HPO49-3, HPO49-5, and HPO49-2 were the 38-61% high yielding ‘bio-fortified’ maize genotypes than normal hybrid check. Therefore, these hybrids might be the potential higher-yielding future pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids to resolve food insecurity, malnutrition, trade deficit on maize grains and specially to combat vitamin A deficiency in Nepal. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1283142025-11-06T13:05:12Z Evaluation of pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids for fighting hidden hunger in Nepal Tripathi, Mahendra Prasad Gautam, Damodar Koirala, Keshab Babu Shrestha, Hari Kumar Issa, Abdurahman Beshir biofortification maize malnutrition planting seasons Prevailing vitamin A deficiency is a malnutrition repercussing retarded growth, weak immune system and night-blindness in human beings. Pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids could be a strategy for combating vitamin A deficiency, mostly prevailing in children and women of Nepal. With the objective to investigate superior pro-vitamin A enriched ‘bio-fortified’ maize cultivars, twice replicated experiments were laid out in α-lattice design over two consecutive growing seasons of 2019 and 2019/20 at the National Maize Research Program (NMRP), Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal. The results revealed that the difference among tested hybrids was glaring for all agro-morphological, yield, and yield components traits. Among the evaluated traits, days to 50% anthesis and silking, plant and ear height, numbers of kernel rows per cob, grains per row, and grain yield varied significantly among the tested maize hybrids. Effect of planting season was significant for grain yield where winter maize produced 32% higher grain yield than spring maize. HPO16-2, HPO49-3, HPO49-5, and HPO49-2 were the 38-61% high yielding ‘bio-fortified’ maize genotypes than normal hybrid check. Therefore, these hybrids might be the potential higher-yielding future pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids to resolve food insecurity, malnutrition, trade deficit on maize grains and specially to combat vitamin A deficiency in Nepal. 2022-06-15 2023-01-29T16:43:28Z 2023-01-29T16:43:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128314 en Open Access application/pdf Galaxy Science Tripathi, M. P., Gautam, D., Koirala, K. B., Shrestha, H. K., & Besir, A. (2022). Evaluation of pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids for fighting hidden hunger in Nepal. Journal of Agriculture and Applied Biology, 3(1), 19–27. https://doi.org/10.11594/jaab.03.01.03 |
| spellingShingle | biofortification maize malnutrition planting seasons Tripathi, Mahendra Prasad Gautam, Damodar Koirala, Keshab Babu Shrestha, Hari Kumar Issa, Abdurahman Beshir Evaluation of pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids for fighting hidden hunger in Nepal |
| title | Evaluation of pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids for fighting hidden hunger in Nepal |
| title_full | Evaluation of pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids for fighting hidden hunger in Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids for fighting hidden hunger in Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids for fighting hidden hunger in Nepal |
| title_short | Evaluation of pro-vitamin A enriched maize hybrids for fighting hidden hunger in Nepal |
| title_sort | evaluation of pro vitamin a enriched maize hybrids for fighting hidden hunger in nepal |
| topic | biofortification maize malnutrition planting seasons |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128314 |
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