author(s)
Atanu Seni and Bhima Sen Naik

abstract
In order to develop rice cultivars for resistance to the gall midge, Orseolia oryzae (Wood-Mason), some rice entries were screened under natural field conditions at the Chiplima, OUAT, Odisha under All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project during kharif, 2018. Gall midge incidence as silver shoot was recorded on 30 and 50 days after transplanting and scoring was done. Highest incidence of silver shoot was recorded in TN-1 (38.85% SS after 50 DAT) whereas 52 entries viz., WGL 1164, WGL 1127, RP 5925, RP 1, INRC 3021, IBT R4, IBT GM (1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46) KNM 6854, IBT GM (5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 24, 44), W 1263, WGL 1147 were found resistant to gall midge. So, they can be developed as varieties or can be used in breeding programme as a source of gall midge resistance.