Screening of ginger (Zingiber officinale) germplasm for resistance to shoot borer(Conogethes punctiferalis)

Abstract

Four hundred and ninety two accessions of ginger zingiber officinale Rosc. Including popular cultivars and high yielding varieties were screened in the field against the shoot borer Cenogethes punctiferalis Guen. for four consecutive years during -04 at the experimental farm of Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), Peruvannamuzhi, Kerala, India. All the accessions were susceptible to the pest attack. None of the accessions was rated as resistant, whereas, 49, 251, 130 and 62 accessions were rated as moderately resistant, moderately susceptible, susceptible and highly susceptible, respectively, to the pest.