Reviewer
Mr. Jiban Shrestha is a Scientist (Plant Breeding and Genetics) at National Maize Research Program, Rampur, Chitwan under Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Nepal since 2010 to till date. He has been involved in basic and applied research on maize mainly related to development, maintenance and improvement of hybrid and open pollinated maize varieties as well as soil nutrient management for maize grown in various production systems. He has played vital role for development and release of Rampur Hybrid-2, three early varieties (Arun-3, Arun-4, Arun-6), two pipe line hybrids and one yellow quality protein maize (QPM) variety. He has published 50 peer reviewed articles in both national and international journals, 10 proceeding papers, 12 scientific abstracts, 18 scientific reports, 11 magazine articles, two leaflet, one newsletter article and two book.
He has been affiliated to more than 20 journals [ including European Journal of Agronomy (Elsevier), Agronomy Journal (American Society of Agronomy), Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment (WFL Publisher) etc], and national publications (books, annual reports etc) as editor or reviewer. He has joined as life member of Society of Agricultural Scientist, Nepal (SAS-N), member of Agronomy Society Nepal (ASON), Asian Council of Science Editors (ACSE), European Association of Science Editors (EASE), Council of Asian Science Editors (CASE) and reviewer committee member of 5 international conferences. He has guided 6 agricultural graduate and 2 postgraduate students for their thesis research.
EMAIL ID: jibshrastha@hotmail.com
