Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Science, University of Calcutta, 51/2 Hazra Road, Kolkata-700 019, West Bengal, India.
*Corresponding Author: Sanhita Ghosh, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Institute of Agricultural Science, University of Calcutta, 51/2 Hazra Road, Kolkata-700 019, West Bengal, India, Email: sanhitaghosh91@gmail.com
Online Published on 02 September, 2022.
Mungbean is an important pulse crop due to its high protein content. Bruchid is a major storage pest which causes deterioration of seed quality as well as quantity. The grain losses directly affect the agricultural economy and also the human health. Therefore, this issue has to be addressed with high priority.
To address this issue, we have initiated a study to screen the fifty-two mungbean genotypes against the bruchid attack. The initial phase of the experiment was carried out from 2015 to 2017 in the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Calcutta to the laboratory condition through the no choice test.
Using the parameter bruchid susceptibility index according to Dobie, four resistant, ten susceptible, seventeen moderately resistant and twenty-one moderately susceptible mungbean genotypes were identified. The host resistance genotype HUM-8, PM-11-51, APDM-84, VC-639 are identified as the most promising resistant genotype.
Bruchid, Mungbean, Resistant, Seed, Susceptible
