Project Title: Identification of multiple borer resistant genotypes in maize
Project funding: Institute
Total approved cost of the project: 2.94 lakhs
Objective:
To screen and identify sources of resistance to stem borers

Project team: Drs. JC Sekhar, SB Suby, PL Soujanya and GK ChikkappaMajor achievements: – Promising lines against

• Spotted stem borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe): DMR E 63
• Pink stem borer, Sesamia inferens Walker: WNZEXOTIC POOL DC2 , WNZPBTL 6, DMR E 63 and WNZPBTL 8
• Shoot Fly, Atherigona soccata Rondani: AEB(Y)1, PFSR/51016-1, CML 13 and CML 43