SAARC JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE (SJA) Volume 18, Issue 1, 2020 ISSN: 1682-8348 (Print), 2312-8038 (Online) © SAC The views expressed in this journal are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of SAC Published by SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC) BARC Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh Phone: 880-2-8141665, 8141140; Fax: 880-2-9124596 E-mail: [email protected], Website: http://www.banglajol.info/index.php/SJA/index Editor-in-Chief Dr. Mian Sayeed Hassan Director, SAARC Agriculture Centre BARC Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh Managing Editor Dr. Ashis Kumar Samanta Senior Program Specialist, SAARC Agriculture Centre BARC Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh Associate Editor Fatema Nasrin Jahan Senior Program Officer, SAARC Agriculture Centre BARC Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh Printed at Natundhara Printing Press, 277/3, Elephant Road, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh Cell: 01711019691, 01911294855, Email: [email protected] ISSN: 1682-8348 (Print), 2312-8038 (Online) SAARC JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE VOLUME 18 ISSUE 1 JUNE 2020 SAARC Agriculture Centre www.sac.org.bd EDITORIAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief Dr. Mian Sayeed Hassan Director, SAARC Agriculture Centre BARC Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh Managing Editor Dr. Ashis Kumar Samanta Senior Program Specialist, SAARC Agriculture Centre BARC Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh Associate Editor Fatema Nasrin Jahan Senior Program Officer, SAARC Agriculture Centre BARC Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh Members Dr. M. Jahiruddin Dr. Muhammad Musa Professor Deputy Director (Research) Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Ayub Agricultural Research Institute Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural Faisalabad, Pakistan University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Dr. P. K. Mandal Dr. Md. Abdus Samad Principal Scientist Professor National Research Centre for Plant Department of Medicine Faculty of Biotechnology Veterinary Science Bangladesh Agricultural IARI Campus, New Delhi, India University Email: [email protected] Mymensingh, Bangladesh Dr. S. K. Sahoo Dr. Badar Naseem Siddiqui Principal Scientist Department of Agriculture Extension & Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture Communication, PMAS-Arid Agricultural Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India University Email: [email protected] Rawalpindi, Pakistan Dr. Bhim Bahadur Khatri Dr. P.B. Dharmasena Senior Scientist and Coordinator National Consultant Food and Agriculture National Potato Research Programme Organization, Sri Lanka Nepal Agricultural Research Council Email:[email protected] Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal Email: [email protected] Dr. Md. Shahidur Rashid Bhuiyan Dr. Pratap Singh Birthal Professor Principal Scientist Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding National Institute of Agricultural Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Economics and Policy Research (NIAP), Dhaka, Bangladesh D. P. S. Marg, Pusa, New Delhi, India Email: [email protected] Dr. A. K. Singh Dr. P. Pravin Head, Genetics Department & Joint Director Assistant Director General (Marine (Research) Fisheries) ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute Krishi Anusandhan Bhawan-II Pusa-110012, New Delhi Pusa, New Delhi-110012 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] CONTENTS Title Page COMMON RESPIRATORY DISEASES OF POULTRY IN BANGLADESH: A REVIEW 1 M.Z. Ali GENETIC VARIABILITY, CORRELATION AND PATH COEFFICIENT ANALYSIS 13 OF BRINJAL W.L. Konyak, S.P. Kanaujia, A. Jha, H.P. Chaturvedi and A. Ananda SSR MARKERS BASED GENETIC DIVERSITY IN NEPALESE MAIZE 23 LANDRACES B.K. Joshi, J. Rawat, B. Adhikari and R. Pokhrel ROLE OF SALICYLIC ACID ON GROWTH, YIELD, QUALITYAND DISEASE 39 PEST REACTION OF ONION (ALLIUM CEPAL.) CV. AGRIFOUND LIGHT RED P. Bhasker, P.K. Gupta and H.P. Sharma PERFORMANCE OF LENTIL AS AFFECTED BY REDUCED TILLAGE AND 51 MECHANICAL SEEDING R.U. Zaman and M.R. Islam INFLUENCE OF WATER STRESS ON MORPHOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY AND 61 YIELD CONTRIBUTING CHARACTERISTICS OF RICE M.Z. Hossain, S. Sikder, A. Husna, S. Sultana, S. Akhter, A. Alim and J.C. Joardar STABILITY ANALYSIS FOR YIELD OF ADVANCED POTATO GENOTYPES 73 FOR COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION IN BANGLADESH B.C. Kundu, M.A. Kawochar, S. Naznin, N.U. Ahmed, S.C. Halder, M. Mostofa and H.K.M. Delowar INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR CLUBROOT DISEASE 87 (PLASMODIOPHORA BRASSICAE WOR.) OF CAULIFLOWER IN PALUNG, MAKWANPUR, NEPAL P. Adhikari, A. Khatiwada, N. Paneru and P. Tandan ORGANIC VERSUS CONVENTIONAL – A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON 99 QUALITY AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF SELECTED VEGETABLE CROPS OF SOUTHERN INDIA J.R. Xavier, V. Mythri, R. Nagaraj, V.C.P. Ramakrishna, P.E. Patki and A.D. Semwal FACTOR INFLUENCING THE RESURGENCE OF BROWN PLANTHOPPER IN 117 BANGLADESH A.B.M.A. Uddin, K.S. Islam, M. Jahan, A. Ara and M.A.I. Khan IMPACT OF IMPROVED CHICKPEA CULTIVATION ON PROFITABILITY AND 129 LIVELIHOOD OF FARMERS IN DROUGHT-PRONE AREAS OF BANGLADESH S.C. Sharna, M. Kamruzzaman and S.T. Siddique Title Page ASSESSMENT OF DISEASE RESISTANCE AND HIGH YIELDING TRAITS OF 143 COMMON BUCKWHEAT GENOTYPES IN SUBTROPICAL CLIMATE OF NEPAL S. Subedi, N.B. Dhami, S.B. Gurung, S. Neupane, S. Thapa and L. Oli EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS AND MULCHING ON YIELD OF TOMATO 153 M.M.A. Mondal and M.I. Hoque PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT CULTIVARS OF MUNGBEAN IN COASTAL 161 REGION OF BANGLADESH K.N. Islam, M.M.H. Khan, M.M. Islam, M.M. Uddin and M.A. Latif ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF BOILED YAM TUBERS 173 AVAILABLE IN BANGLADESH F.N. Jahan, M.A. Rahim, M. Moniruzzaman and A.K. Samanta DIFFERENT BODY MEASUREMENT AND BODY WEIGHT PREDICTION OF 183 JAMUNA BASIN SHEEP IN BANGLADESH M.A. Sun, M.A. Hossain, T. Islam, M.M. Rahman, M.M. Hossain and M.A. Hashem INVESTIGATING THE QUALITY OF COMMERCIAL BEEF CATTLE FEEDS AND 197 FEED INGREDIENTS USED IN BANGLADESH M.T. Kamal, M.A. Hashem, M. Al-Mamun, M.M. Hossain, M.A. Razzaque and J.H. Ritu EFFECTS OF TURMERIC POWDER ON CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS LOAD IN 209 BROILER CHICKENS M.Z. Ali, M.M. Islam and S. Zaman INVESTIGATION OF SHADE TREE SPECIES USED IN TEA GARDEN IN 219 BANGLADESH M.A. Rahman, Z.R. Moni, M.A. Rahman and S. Nasreen THE SCENARIO OF SEEDLING PRODUCTION ON FLOATING BEDS IN FEW 239 SELECTED AREAS OF BANGLADESH M. Moniruzzaman, M.A. Kabir and M. Shahjahan DOCUMENTATION OF INDIGENOUS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND THEIR 251 APPLICATION IN PEST MANAGEMENT IN WESTERN MID HILL OF NEPAL K. Naharki and M. Jaishi GUIDE FOR AUTHORS 263 SAARC J. Agric., 18(1): 1-13 (2020) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/sja.v18i1.48377 Review COMMON RESPIRATORY DISEASES OF POULTRY IN BANGLADESH: A REVIEW M.Z. Ali* Animal Health Research Division, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute Savar, Dhaka 1341, Bangladesh ABSTRACT Now-a-days, the poultry production in Bangladesh has become a sustainable and profitable industry. The poultry sectors are contributing to meet the national demand of proteins as well as implementing food security along with employment generation. The poultry industries are frequently affected by respiratory diseases. There are five viral respiratory diseases associated with respiratory systems such as Avian influenza (AI), Newcastle disease (ND), Infectious bronchitis (IB), Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT), and Avian metapneumovirus (AE). Among them, AI outbreaks have been occurring regularly with changing genetic characters since 2007 and atotal of 556 AI outbreaks have been reported yet in Bangladesh that placed in most AI reporter countries. Bacterial diseases like Mycoplasmosis, Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale, Fowl cholera, and Infectious coryza are mostly prevalent respiratory diseases in Bangladesh. Mycoplasmosis is become a major threat for poultry industry especially Sonali (a cross-bred) type chickens due to poor biosecurity and breeding management. With respect to fungal diseases, Aspergillosis or brooder pneumonia is a highly prevalent respiratory disease in Bangladesh with causing pneumonia in young chickens. However, respiratory diseases are prevalent in higher rates and cause outbreaks frequently. Keywords: Respiratory pathogen, Poultry, Avian influenza, Infectious bronchitis, Mycoplasmosis INTRODUCTION The avian respiratory system begins with nostril and ends with lungs and air sacs. It is divided into the upper and lower respiratory system (Tully, 1995). It acts as a major pathway for pathogen entry and key challenges for veterinarians to diagnose the disease properly (Baskerville, 1981). The etiology of most of the respiratory * Corresponding author: [email protected] Received: 16.04.2020 Accepted: 19.06.2020 2 M.Z. Ali diseases is very complex, and sometimes, co-infected with more than one pathogen leads to increase severity (Yashpal et al., 2004). The most serious and paramount important economic diseases of poultry are respiratory diseases (Roussan et al., 2008). A large number of pathogens such as bacteria, virus, and fungus are associated with respiratory infection. Viral diseases like Avian influenza (AI), Newcastle disease (ND), Infectious bronchitis (IB), Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT)and Avian metapneumovirus; bacterial diseases like Mycoplasmosis, Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale, Fowl cholera and Infectious coryza; and fungal disease like Aspergillosis are responsible for causing respiratory diseases. Every pathogen has unique trends regarding their infection pattern, transmission, clinical symptoms, control strategy and vaccination (Ali, 2018). But often, they show similar clinical signs and become difficult to differentiate