JHUMAR LAL, K.C. SHARMA AND ABHIMANYU SINGH

A laboratory experiment was conducted on, “Screening of different wheat varieties against lesser grain borer, Rhizopertha dominica Fab. (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)” in the Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture and Post Harvest Technology Scheme, CTAE, MPUAT, Udaipur 2013-14. Among five wheat varieties screened against lesser grain borer R. dominica, HI-8498 was found resistant as it recorded minimum grain damage (1.19%), minimum weight loss (0.96%) and minimum population build up (6.36 adults) upto 120 days of storage; while, Lok-1 was most susceptible as it recorded the highest grain damage (20.38%), weight loss (9.04%) and population build up (26.25 adults).