author(s)
Kalpana Bisht, NN Singh and SVS Raju

abstract
Twenty two varieties/germplasms viz., VRT-2, Sel-7, VRT-51, VRT-01, KT-8, VRT-50, ToLCV-32, ToLCV-28, VRT-13, ToLCV-16, VRT-19, H-86, VKT-06, Pb Barkha-1, Pb Barkha-2, Sankranti, Nandi, Vaibhav, DVRT-1, DVRT-2, Kashi Sharad and Pusa Rohit were studied for the evaluation of comparative resistance among them for consecutive two years i.e 2017-18 and 2018-19. To draw the conclusions the observations were obtained on number of H. armigera eggs per plant, H. armigera larva per plant, per cent fruit damage and per cent fruit weight loss. As per the two years experimental results none of the variety/germplasm was recorded Immune, the varieties/germplasms Pb Barkha-1, Pb Barkha-2, DVRT-1, DVRT-2, Kashi Sharad, Pusa Rohit were found Resistant (R) as they recorded per cent fruit damage between 0.1-10, the varieties/germplasms Sel-7, ToLCV-32, ToLCV-28, ToLCV-16, Sankranti were categories as moderately resistant (MR) by recording per cent fruit damage between 10.1-20, however moderately susceptible (MS) varieties/germplasms were VRT-2, VRT-51, VRT-01, VRT-50, VRT-13, VRT-19, while varieties/germplasms VKT-06, Nandi, Vaibhav were scaled as susceptible (S) with 30.1-40 per cent fruit damage, moreover, KT-8 and H-86 recorded 40.1 & above per cent fruit damage and categorized as highly susceptible (HS) varieties/germplasms.