Organizers National Conference on Integrating Biological Resources for Prosperity February 6-7, 2020, Biratnagar ABSTRACT xxxix National Conference on Integrating Biological Resources for Prosperity February 6-7, 2020, Biratnagar ABSTRACT Advisory Committee Hon. Mr. Jagadish Prasad Kusiyait, Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest & Environment, Province 1 Hon. Mr. Subodh Raj Pyakurel, Vice Chairman, Provincial Planning Commission, Province 1 Mr. Bhim Parajuli, Mayor, Biratnagar Metropolitan City, Biratnagar, Morang Dr. Bishwa Nath Oli, Secretary, Ministry of Forests and Environment, GoN Prof. Dr. Sanu Devi Joshi, Academician NAST Prof. Dr. Pramod Kumar Jha, Professor Emeritus, CDB, TU; Academician NAST Dr. Baburam Timalsena, Campus Chief, Mahendra Morang AM Campus, TU, Biratnagar Mr. Mahesh Kumar Khatri, Campus Chief, Post Graduate Campus, TU, Biratnagar Prof. Dr. Dhan Bahadur Karki, Campus Chief, Central Campus of Technology, TU, Dharan Prof. Dr. Ram Kailash Prasad Yadav, Head, Central Department of Botany, TU, Kathmandu Prof. Dr. Tej Bahadur Thapa, Head, Central Department of Zoology, TU, Kathmandu Prof. Dr. Sasinath Jha, Chairman, Nepal Biological Society, Biratnagar Prof. Dr. Ram Bahadur Thapa, TU, Nepal Prof. Dr. Min Raj Dhakal, Director, Research, Purwanchal University, Biratnagar Dr. Bharat Raj Subba, Post Graduate Campus, TU, Biratnagar Prof. Dr. Kalu Ram Khambu, Mechi Multiple Campus, Bhadrapur, Jhapa Prof. Dr. Damodar Thapa Chhetry, HOD, DoZ, Post Graduate Campus, TU, Biratnagar Mr. Dhananjay Poudel, DG, Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu Dr. Buddi Sagar Poudel, Chief, REDD Implementation Centre, Kathmandu Mr. Sushil Kumar Jha, Post Graduate Campus, TU, Biratnagar Dr. Ganesh Bahadur Thapa, Chief, Natural History Museum, TU, Kathmandu Mr. Shailendra Kumar Pokharel, Founder President/ ED, Conservation Development Foundation, Kathamandu ii Organizing Committee Chairman Prof. Dr. Mohan Siwakoti, BSON Convener Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Rai, BSON/Secretary, MOITFE, Province 1 Co-Convener Prof. Dr. Shiva Kumar Rai, BSON/NBS Secretary Dr. Tilak Prasad Gautam, BSON/NBS Treasurer Prof. Dr. Umesh Koirala, BSON/NBS Members Dr. Hari Prasad Aryal, BSON/NBS Dr. Dil Kumar Limbu, BSON/NBS Dr. Bhabindra Niroula, BSON/NBS Dr. Narayan Prasad Ghimire, BSON Mr. Dipak Lamichhane, BSON Mr. Kul Prasad Limbu, NBS Mrs. Radha Adhikari, BSON/NBS Mr. Ram Chandra Adhikari, NBS Technical Committee Co-ordinator Prof. Dr. Tej Narayan Mandal Members Dr. Tilak Prasad Gautam Mr. Kul Prasad Limbu iii Day 1 (6 February 2020) INAGURAL SESSION [09.00-11.00PM] Hall A (Sagarmatha) PLENARY SESSION [11.00-12.30PM] Hall A (Sagarmatha) Chair: Prof. Dr. Ram Prasad Chaudhary Rapporteur: Dr. Tilak Prasad Gautam 11.00-11.15AM Biocultural Diversity Kamal Krishna Joshi 11.15-11.30AM Plant science education and society Sanu Devi Joshi 11.30-11.45AM Botanical society and school education Tirtha Bahadur Shrestha 11.45-12.00PM Endemic flowering plants of Nepal: Status and distribution Keshab Raj Rajbhandari, Sanjeev Kumar Rai, Mohan Dev Joshi, Subhash Khatri, Ganga Datt Bhatt and Rita Chhetri 12.00-12.15PM Status of aquatic biodiversity in Bangladesh Binay Kumar Chakraborty 12.15-12.30PM Inclusion of Gender in Forestry Sector Radha Wagle SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM Department of Enviroment and Department of Plant Resources/Plant Resource Center, Ilam [11.00-12.30PM] Hall C (Kanchenjunga) Chair: Mr. Sindhu Dhungana Rapporteur: Mr. Rajesh Tamang Interactive workshop on Environmental Awareness as well as Medicinal and Aromatic 11.30-12.30PM Plants policy GENERAL [01.30-03.45PM] Hall A (Sagarmatha) Chair: Dr. Kamal Krishna Joshi Rapporteur: Dr. Narayan Prasad Ghimire 01.30-01.45PM Chemical safety of herbal medicines Hari Datta Bhattarai 01.45-02.00PM Wetlands environment for the integrated development of Taltalaiya (TTL) in Itahari Metropolitan City, Sunsari District, Province 1, Nepal Shailendra Pokhrel, Rita Koirala (Arjel), B.K. Sharma, Juddha Bahadur Gurung and Pabeen Shrestha 02.00-02.15PM Biodiversity of Dipang Lake Basin Area on lake cluster of Pokhara Valley, Kaski Juddha Bahadur Gurung, Shailendra Pokhrel and Aashish Tiwari iv 02.15-02.30PM Botanical Gardens of Nepal and their roles in Plant conservation and livelihood Dipak Lamichhane 02.30-02.45PM Importance of molecular study and its application for flora of Nepal Mitra Lal Pathak 02.45-03.00PM Translating access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing into practice: Prospects and challenges in Nepal Yadav Uprety, Amit Poudyal and Racchya Shah 03.00-03.15PM Aquatic phytodiversity and macroinvertebrates in lakes and rivers of Setikhola watershed, Kaski, Nepal Kanchan Devi Upadhyay, Narayan Prasad Ghimire, Janardan Mainali and Shiva Kumar Rai 03.45-04.00PM TEA BREAK BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY [01.30-03.45PM] Hall B (Lhotse) Chair: Prof. Dr. Sanu Devi Joshi Rapporteur: Dr. Man Dev Bhatt Invited Speaker 01.30-01.45PM An in-silico investigation for recent trends of genome editing in rice Umesh Prasad Shrivastava and Pramod Kumar Kushwaha 01.45-02.00PM Screening of antioxidant activity, total phenolic content and GC-MS study of Zingiber montanum (J.Koenig) Link ex A. Dietr. Chandra Mohini Nemkul, Gan B Bajracharya and Ila Shrestha 02.00-02.15PM Antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of plant tissue culture materials of Dendrobium longicornu Mukti Ram Paudel and Bijaya Pant 02.15-02.30PM Chromatographic separation of Everniastrumnepalense from eastern Nepal and their antimicrobial activity Suman Rai and Saraswati Yonghang 02.30-02.45PM Antioxidant activity of selected fresh green leafy vegetables cultivated in Dharan sub- metropolitan city Arjun Ghimire and Sudip Bhattarai 02.45-03.00PM Application of plant proteolytic enzymes in non-rennet cheese production Bunty Maskey, Dhan Bahadur Karki and Nabindra Kumar Shrestha 03.00-03.15PM Effect of alcoholic fermentation on fos levels and radical scavenging activity of Yacon (Smallanthussonchifolius) root slices Samip Shasi Pande and Basanta Kumar Rai 03.15-03.30PM Formulation of amylolytic starter using yeasts and molds screened from traditional murcha SangenRuma Rai, Basanta Kumar Rai and Dil Kumar Subba 03.45-04.00PM TEA BREAK ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT-1 [01.30-03.45PM] Hall C (Kanchenjunga) Chair: Prof. Dr. Shankar Narayan Sinha Rapporteur: Dr. Dil Kumar Subba 01.30-01.45PM Soil microbial biomass and N-mineralization in Sal bearing forests of tropical region in v eastern Nepal Tej Narayan Mandal, Tilak Prasad Gautam and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai 01.45-02.00PM Assessment of air pollution impact on micromorphological and biochemical properties of Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) Skeels and Lagerstroemia indica L. Anjana Devkota, Sushila Devi Shrestha and Pramod Kumar Jha 02.00-02.15PM Trees outside forests in Kathmandu valley, Nepal Babita Shrestha, Bhuvan Keshar Sharma and Ram Kailash Prasad Yadav 02.15-02.30PM Climate change and its impacts on grain protein, potassium, calcium and iron content of Fagopyrumspp along elevation gradient in central Nepal Dol Raj Luitel, Mohan Siwakoti and Pramod K. Jha 02.30-02.45PM Change in forest volume and biomass: a revisit study at Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal Paresh Pokharel and Ole Hofstad 02.45-03.00PM Decomposition and nitrogen release in leaf litter of leguminous and non-leguminous plant species Amrit Maya Lawati and Tej Narayan Mandal 03.00-03.15PM Climate sensitivity pine forests (Pinus roxburghii, Pinus wallichaina) in the mid-hills of central Himalaya Achyut Tiwari, Neeta Thapaand Tulasi Siwakoti 03.15-03.30PM Diversity and regeneration of forest along altitudinal gradient in Yangshila Morang, eastern Nepal PritiDhakal and Anjana Devkota 03.30-03.45PM Morphological variations in Niger (Guizotiaabyssinica Cass.) Poonam Shah and Bhabindra Niroula 03.45-04.00PM TEA BREAK HIGHER PLANT DIVERSITY AND SYSTEMATICS [01.30-03.45PM] Hall D (Makalu) Chair: Dr. Keshab Raj Rajbhandari Rapporteur: Dr. Bhabindra Niroula Invited Speaker 01.30-01.45PM Bio-economic development in Nepal: Opportunities and challenges Sangeeta Rajbhandary 01.45-02.00PM Diversity and conservation of Senecio Linn. in Nepal Sudha Joshi (Shrestha) 02.00-02.15PM Higher plant diversity of Annapurna Rural Municipality of Myagdi district, Province Four (Gandaki State), Central Nepal Kamal Maden, Milan Dahal, Shankar Basyal, Rajendra Basaula, Kul Prasad Limbu, Rishi Baral, Jhapendra Pun and Yatra Thulung 02.15-02.30PM Aquatic and semi-aquatic angiosperm diversity of Marchwary rural municipality of Rupandehi with special reference to ethnobotanical survey Anant Gopal Singh 02.30-02.45PM Floristic composition of Eastern Mid-Hills of Nepal Mohan Sangroula, Mohan Siwakoti and Chitra Bahadur Baniya 02.45-03.00PM Herbarium specimens of the endemic flowering plants of Nepal Kalpana Sharma (Dhakal), Sajita Dhakal, Bharat Babu Shrestha, Mohan Siwakoti, Suresh Kumar Ghimire, Sanjeev Kumar Rai and Subhash Khatri vi 03.00-03.15PM Garden flowers in Tansen Municipality, Palpa M.R. Gubhaju and M. Panth 03.15-03.30PM Emerging values of Kiwifruit (ActinidiaLindl.) with emphasis on Actinidia chinensis Panch. and Actinidia deliciosa (A.Chev.) C.F. Liang and A.R. Ferguson Mira Dhakal and Shandesh Bhattarai 03.30-03.45PM Wall flora of Mahendranagar municipality Tilmaya Dhakal (Kharel) 03.45-04.00PM TEA BREAK POSTER: FAUNAL DIVERSITY [01.30-02.30PM] Review checklist of Dharan Birds, Sunsari district, Province 1 Asmit Subba Seasonal diversity of avifauna and anthropogenic impacts in and around of Jamunkhadi area, Kankai Municipality, Jhapa, Province-1, Nepal Bikash Niraula, Damodar Thapa