Trends in Biosciences
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 11

Biochemical Changes Associated in Different Sorghum Genotypes Against Shoot Fly, Atherigona soccata (Rondani) Resistant

  • Author:
  • H. V. Patel1, R. K. Kalaria1,, R. M. Patel1, G. R. Bhanderi2
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 2867 to 2871

1Gujarat Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Navsari Agricultural University, Surat, Gujarat-395 007

2Main Sorghum Research Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Surat, (Gujarat)-395 007

*email: rishee_kal@yahoo.com

Online published on 30 November, 2016.

Abstract

Sorghum shoot fly, Atherigona soccata is an important pest of sorghum and host plant resistance is one of the important factor for minimizing the losses due to this pest. Therefore, we evaluated a diverse array of sorghum genotypes to identify biochemical changes conferring resistance to A. soccata. The genotypes IS 18551, SR 2879, IS 2205 and GJ 42 were noticed to lowest shoot fly oviposition and incidence. Sorghum genotypes with high amount hydrocyanic acid and total soluble sugars were susceptible to shoot fly, while high tannin, silica and phenol contents imparted resistance to shoot fly in resistant sorghum genotypes.

Keywords

Sorghum, Atherigona soccata, tannin, silica, phenol