Vol. 12, Special Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
Rajat Deshwal, SK Sachan and Mohit Tomar

Abstract:
Field experiment was conducted to assessment of avoidable yield loss due to major insect- pests of basmati rice in western plain zone of Uttar Pradesh during Kharif, 2017 and 2018 at Crop Research Center of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut (U.P.), India. There were two treatments, unprotected and protected which were replicated three times. The grain yield of treated and untreated plots was recorded at the time of harvest. The avoidable loss was recorded 47.55 and 44.10 percent during Kharif, 2017 and 2018, respectively.