Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
2Professor of Entomology, Presnt address: IAR, Samaru, PMB 1044, ZARIA, Nigeria.
1Paper based on the M.Sc. (Entomology) thesis submitted to the P. A. U., Ludhiana by the 2nd author who is now working as Assistant Entomologist (Ecology) at the PAU.
Ten okra varieties were screened in the field for resistance to the cotton jassid. New Selection, Sel-2-2, Sel-1 and Sel-6-2 were found to be promising as these either carried low jassid population or suffered low damage. Jassid injury index increased with the increase in jassid number. Under screen-house conditions, resistant variety
