Varietal Screening of Rice Against Brown Plant Hopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stal Desai C.P., Patel K.G., Patel K.B., Patel K.M. Department of Entomology, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari-396 450, India Online published on 15 December, 2016. Abstract An experiment was conducted at NationalAgricultural Research Project, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari during kharif season to screened rice varieties against brown plant hopper, Nilaparvata lugens Stal. None of the varieties was found to be completely resistant. Out of eighteen varieties screen against brown plant hopper, varieties viz., GR-104, GR-103, GR-102, GR-101 and IR-66 with scale-1 considered as resistant varieties whereas, GR-3, GR6, GR-7 and Narmada with scale-3 considered as moderately resistant varieties. Top Keywords Varietal screening, rice, brown plant hopper, Nilaparvata lugens. Top |