1ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Mizoram Centre, Kolasib-796 081, Mizoram. Telephone: +91 3 837 220041, Fax: +91 3 837 220 560, E-mail: boopathiars@gmail.com
2Department of Entomology, Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu
3Central Leather Research Institute, (CSIR), Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Centre for Plant Protection Studies, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India
Of the rice accessions tested against Nilaparvata lugens, Ptb 33 (the resistant check) recorded the lowest mean damage rating (2.50), while accessions, IEt 17359, IEt 16934, RYt 2664, RYt 2662, IEt 12885, IEt 16644 and IEt 16151 exhibited a damage score ranging from 3.00 to 3.50, when compared to t(N)1 (9.00). the accessions viz., IEt 16151, IEt 16934, IEt 17359, RYt 2662, IEt 12885 and IEt 16644 were resistant or moderately resistant with damage rating of 3.00 -4.00 to Sogatela furcifera. However, bPt 1788 was moderately susceptible to WbPH and GlH.
