Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
NV Radadiya, KA Patel, NK Kavad and TV Ghevariya

Abstract:
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) is one of the main staples for the world's poorest and most food-secure people commonly known as jowar in the Indian sub-continent, it grows well in both summer and winter, and is thus both a Rabi and Kharif crop. In this experiment, eighteen sorghum genotypes including local, susceptible and resistant checks were evaluated for shoot fly at Main Sorghum Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Athwa Farm, Surat. The results showed that, shoot fly dead heart per cent at 14 DAE, resistant check IS 2205 (12.52%) was recorded significantly lowest damaged. The shoot fly dead heart per cent at 28 DAE was found significantly lower in resistant check IS 2205 (20.47%), whereas susceptible check Swarna recorded 35.23 and 61.21 per cent at 14 and 28 DAE of crop respectively.