S. Joshi, T. Hussain, B.M. Meena, R. Nagar, V.S. Kirar, A. Meena and R.S. Choudhary
Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur – 313001
Email: meenakabir8@gmail.com, rajendranagar86@gmail.com
Abstract: The twenty five sorghum genotypes evaluated against shoot fly, genotypes SU 1394, SU 1397 and SU 1400 performed better being less preferred for oviposition on the 14th and 21st day after germination with a mean oviposition of 55.77 and 61.14, 56.84 and 60.00 and 54.75 and 61.33 per cent, respectively and next to resistant check IS 2312.
Keywords: Shoot fly, Oviposition, Dead heart
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