author(s)
Akshata Kurbett, JB Gopali and TB Allolli

abstract
In order to explore the possibility of sources of resistance and relative tolerance of the cultivars a total of 70 germplasms consisting of diverse phenotypic and genetic makeup were evaluated against chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, mites Polyphagotarsonemus latus Banks, fruit borer, Helicoverpa armigera damages under open field condition. Among these, based on the observation on percent leaf curl index, four genotypes (BDS - 02, BDS - 14, BDS - 32, BDS - 47) were found to be moderately resistant against thrips infestation and four genotypes were categorised under moderately resistant (BDS - 01, BDS - 27, BDS - 41, BDS - 68). Where as, majority of the genotypes belongs to moderately resistant category (24) to susceptible category (33) with fruit borer damage ranging from 6 to 20% and 21 to 40%, respectively. Further, remaining thirteen genotypes exhibited highly susceptibility to fruit borer to an extent of more than 40% incidence.