Four species in two genera of the tribe Pilophorini, the ant mimetic Plant bugs are revised from Nepal. One new species of genus Pilophorus Hann, P. sp. nov is proposed. Pilophorus typicus (Distant, 1909) and Sthenaridea piceonigra (Motschulsky, 1863) are new record to Nepal. Pilophours josifovianus Duwal and Yasunaga, 2008 previously described species from Nepal and all other three species are here with illustrations of male and female genitalia and their biological information.

본 연구는 네팔의 특수교육 현황을 소개함에 목적이 있다. 40년간 진행되어온 네팔 장애 학생을 위한 교육 프로그램의 내용과 프로그램의 근간이 되고 있는 법적, 행정적 체계에 대하여 소개하였다. 또한 현재 네팔 특수교육의 발전을 저해하는 문제점 중 하나인 전문적인특수교사의 부족과 향후 전문가 양성과정의 개선 방향에 관하여 언급하였다. 본 연구는 제3 세계 특수교육 지원을 위한 보다 효과적인 지원 프로그램을 모색하는데 도움을 주고자 한다.

멕시코와 네팔에서 수집한 고추 유전자원 50점과 이병성 및 저항성 대조품종에 Stemphylium solani와 S. lycopersici 의 혼합접종으로 흰별무늬병(gray leaf spot)에 대한 저항성을 검정하고, 살균제를 살포하여 회복시킨 다음 다시 Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria를 접종하여 더뎅이병에 대한 저항성을 검정하였다 더뎅이병에는 KC866, KC872, KC902, KC905이 이미 알려진 KC43, KC47, KC220, KC319, KC320, KC380 등과 함께 저항성으로 나타났다. 더뎅이병, bacterial spot)에는 KC897이 이미 저항성으로 보고된 KC177(PI163192)보다 발병이 적어 가장 우수한 것으로 나타났으며 이어서 네팔에서 도입된 KC889, KC896, KC898이 저항성으로 나타났다.

멕시코와 네팔에서 도입된 고추 유전자원 50점과 대조품종 등을 포함한 총 130여점에 대하여 풋마름병과 역병에 대한 저항성을 검정하였다. 풋마름병에는 KC897, KC939, KC936가 KC126, KC350, KC351, KC353에 더하여 새로운 저항성 재료로 나타났다. 역병에는 저항성이 발견되지 않았다.

Nepal産인 Nepal pseudo ginseng(NPG)의 大根과 小根 2종에 있어서 물추출 성분과 ethanol 침전성분이 암독소(Toxohormone-L)가 유도하는 지방분해에 미치는 영향을 관찰하고자 본 연구를 시도하였다. 지방질 분해인자로 알려진 독소호르몬-L은 Sarcoma180痛생쥐의 복수증액으로부터 부분정제하여 이용하였다. 암독소가 유도하는 지방분해 저해능은 반응의 최종농도가 500 및 1, 000 dalton 일 때 大根의 NPG은 ethanol 침전성분(평균 55.5%)이 물추출 성분보다 평균 1.37배 더 높았으나 小根의 NPG는 반대로 물추출 성분(평균 55.5%)이 평균 1.14배 더 높았다. 한편 대근의 NPG의 ethanol 침전성분이 지방분해에 미치는 저해능(47.6%)을 최종 반응농도가 1, 000㎍/㎖일 때 고려홍삼의 ethanol 침전성분(79.8%)에 비교하면 약 60%에 불과하였다.

This study was divised to observe an inhibitory toward a lipolytic action of toxohormone-L from large root and small root Nepal pseudo ginseng (NPG : Nepal products) components by water extract and ethanol precipitate in vitro. Toxohormone-L is known to be a lipolytic factor that was partially purified from the ascites fluid of sarcoma 180-bearing mice and of patients with hepatoma. The inhibitory effect that inhibited the lipolytic action of toxohormone-L by ethanol precipitate component of large root NPG(mean 46.8%) was higher (mean 1.8 times) than that of water extract component in final reaction concentration ; 500㎍/㎖, on the other side inhibitory effect of water extract component in small root NPG (mean 43.9%) was higher(mean 1.2 times) than that of ethanol precipitate component, respectively. In a way inhibitory effect of ethanol precipitate component in large root NPG(47.6%), when final reaction concentration of sample were l, 000㎍/㎖, was about 40% lower than that of Korean red ginseng, respectively.

The purpose of this study is to assess the state of competition in Nepalese banking over the period from 2010 to 2019. This study employs panel data and a non-structural Panzar-Rosse model to measure the degree of competition in the Nepalese banking industry. The first reduced-form equation is applied to gauge competition, and the second model is used to test the long-run equilibrium in the banking market. The finding reveals that the Nepalese banking market is equilibrium in the long-run. It implies that the factor prices do not affect ROA in the long-run. The result of the H-statistic shows that the Nepalese banking system is operating under the state of perfect competition and is shifted from monopolistic competition to perfect competition. The reduced-form model reveals that the interest income is positive and significantly affected by factor prices. Similarly, the macroeconomic variable GDP growth is positively related to interest income. On the contrary, the bank’s specific factors risk and the number of bank branches are inversely associated with the regressand. The outcomes of the study may be advantageous to the policymakers, especially to Nepal Rastra Bank to implement monetary policy and M&A policy for the stability and growth of the financial system of Nepal.

Purpose - This study aims to explore and describe human resource management (HRM) in Nepalese organizations. Specifically, this study addresses three research questions: (a) what are the key human resource (HR) practices in Nepalese organizations?; (b) what are the major tasks and roles of HR departments in Nepalese organizations?; and (c) how is the status of the HR function expected to change within Nepalese organizations? Research design, data, and methodology - For this purpose, we implemented the Delphi method and developed an informed consensus among selected experts concerning the research questions. Results - The findings illustrate that organizations in Nepal adopt a wide range of HR practices commonly used in Western and developed countries. Simultaneously, some HR practices specific to the Nepalese context are also discovered. The experts’ consensus on the future of HRM confirms that the evolution of the HR function to a strategic partner of management is evident in Nepalese organizations. Conclusions – Domestic as well as foreign organizations in Nepal try to create HRM systems that place them on a par with global companies. At the same time, they incorporate cultural features specific to Nepal to compete effectively in local markets. While there are few empirical studies describing HR practices in Nepal, this study contributes to broadening our understanding of the current and future status of HRM in Nepal.

This paper presents a study to identify the relationship between vegetation phenology and landslide using remote sensing to access landslide prone areas in an event of an earthquake. A landslide triggered after the April 2015 earthquake in Manaslu Conservation Area in Gorkha District of Nepal was used as a study site. The method proposed in the paper uses pre- and post-event LANDSAT8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) images and uses Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) for understanding the correlation between vegetation phenology of the study site to the landslide. Comparative study of the result shows lower NDVI mean value after the earthquake and shows that a slope with NDVI mean value lower than 0.247 could be landslide prone. Implication of the result, if confirmed, could aid in identifying landslide prone areas and implementing mitigation programs to either re-vegetate the slope or relocate residents directly under threat.

This study is carried out in order to bridge the gap to understand the relationships between South Asian and East Asian monsoon systems by comparing the summer (June-September) precipitation of Nepal and South Korea. Summer monsoon precipitation data from Nepal and South Korea during 30 years (1981-2010) are used in this research to investigate the association. NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data are also used to see the nature of large scale phenomena. Statistical applications are used to analyze these data. The analyzed results show that summer monsoon precipitation is higher over Nepal (1513.98 ± 159.29 mm y-1) than that of South Korea (907.80 ± 204.71 mm y-1) and the wettest period in both the countries is July. However, the coefficient of variation shows that amplitude of interannual variation of summer monsoon over South Korea (22.55%) is larger in comparison to that of Nepal (10.52%). Summer monsoon precipitation of Nepal is found to be significantly correlated to that of South Korea with a correlation coefficient of 0.52 (99% confidence level). Large-scale circulations are studied to further investigate the relationship between the two countries. wind and specific humidity at 850 hPa show a strong westerly from Arabian Sea to BOB and from BOB, wind moves towards Nepal in a northwestward direction during the positive rainfall years. In case of East Asia, strong northward displacement of wind can be observed from Pacific to South Korea and strong anticyclone over the northwestern Pacific Ocean. However, during the negative rainfall years, in the South Asian region we can find weak westerly from the Arabian Sea to BOB, wind is blowing in a southerly direction from Nepal and Bangladesh to BOB.

Maize (Zeae mays L.) is a second important crop in the country and it is first staple food in high land region. The national average yield is 2.2 t/ha. About 80% maize areas falls in this region. An introduced fungus Gray Leaf Spot (GLS) caused by Cercospora zeae-maydis has caused yield loss an average of 75%. Genetic resistance has been effective control strategy to manage this disease. The main objectives of this work were to develop, evaluate and identify high yielding cultivars tolerant to GLS. Three sets of trials were conducted in Nepal and Korea. GLS evaluation trial-I consisted of 73 genotypes, GLS evaluation trial-II composed of 38 genotypes and mid altitude hybrid evaluation trial-III consisted of 12 genotypes. Exotic, semi exotic and local germplasm of different origins were used. Among these tested genotypes, tolerant genotypes were Thai 717S31-21-3×[TZMi407 × TZMi211-11- 2-1-1-B-B-B-B-B (5.2t/ha), Pioneer12 × MASynVAR-5 F2 (5.0 t/ha) and MA SynVAR-5 F2 × Thai 919 S3 4-5-4 (4.7t/ha) with GLS mean score 2.7, 1.5 and 1 respectively in trial-I. In trial-II, superior genotypes were KYM33 × TZi3 (7.6t/ha), KYM33 × TZi18 (7.5 t/ha) and KYM33 × P45 (7.4 t/ha) with GLS scores 1.4, 2.4 and 2.5 respectively. Similarly in trial-III, high yielding genotypes were MASynVAR-5 (11.0t/ha), and TZMi407×87036- 9-1-1-1-B-B-B/TZMi102×90113-5-3-2-2-B-B-B-B (9.8t/ha). These hybrids and their parents will use to introgress resistant genes to breed better tolerant maize cultivars for Nepal.

KNU corn breeding team in collaboration with International Corn Foundation (ICF) is dedicated to develop super corn hybrids for developing countries like Nepal and Cambodia. The team works to develop high bio-energy maize hybrids for Korea. Crossing of temperate with tropical germplasm shows new heterotic patterns. Four tropical inbred lines from IITA, Nigeria, ten sub-tropical lines from Nepal and two temperate lines (P45 and 69B) from Korea were crossed to produce single-cross hybrids. Besides, four single-cross hybrids from Nepalwere crossed with P45 and 69B to produce three-way crosses. Gray leaf spot (Cercospora zea-maydis) being the most important problem of corn in mid-hills of Nepal, GLS resistant materials from IITA were crossed with Nepal materials in Cambodia to produce GLS tolerant hybrids. Single-cross hybrids were evaluated at ICF Agriculture Center in Cambodia and KNU farm, Gunwi in Korea in 2008. The three-way crosses were planted at Gunwi farm and the GLS resistant materials were planted at Khumaltar station of Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Kathmandu. Crosses of Tzi-25 with RML-4 and RL-111 and RL-105xNML-2 were found outstanding in Cambodia. Four tropical x subtropical hybrids (Tzi-18xRML-4, Tzi-18xRL-14, Tzi-25xRL-14 and RL-47xTzi-25), four temperate x subtropical hybrids (P45xRL-111, P45xRML-8, RML-5x69B and 69BxRL-105). P45xGaurab was the most suitable for both grain and biomass production.