RITU BHALL, BAJRANG LAL SHARMA, SUNITA YADAV, KAPIL AND JYOTHSANA CHAUCHAN
Department of Entomology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
Forage Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding,
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : ritubhall@hau.ac.in)
(Received : 8 November 2022; Accepted : 24 December 2022)
SUMMARY
Forty genotypes of sorghum were evaluated against shoot fly, Atherigona soccata Rondani during Kharif, 2020 at forage section Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, CCS HAU, Hisar. Based on seedling vigor, leaf glossiness, plant height, number of eggs and percent dead heart, five genotypes viz., IC-305927, HJ-541, HC-308, HC-136 and CSV-44F were categorized as highly resistant, and five as highly susceptible viz., IS-9543, IC-352261, IS-11393, IS-6286 and IS-3023, whereas the remaining were categorized as moderately resistant. Correlation between the number of eggs and per cent dead hearts
with plant stand, plant height, leaf glossiness and seedling vigor revealed that resistant genotypes were
glossier with good seedling vigor, good plant height and showed maximum plant stand.
Key words: Atherigona soccata, correlation, dead heart, screening