author(s)
Sneha Tiwari, Sonali Deole and Anurag Potai

abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the egg hatching percent of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in different genotypes of maize crop, which was conducted under controlled conditions (25 ± 1 ℃ and 70% RH) at College of Agriculture, IGKV, Raipur (C.G.). The experiment was evaluated by maintaining the nuclear culture of Spodoptera frugiperda in three different genotypes viz. hybrid corn (PRO-4212), fodder maize (African tall) and sweet corn (Sugar-75) of maize crop and the egg masses were collected from each treatment separately. Among three genotypes of maize crop the maximum of egg hatching percentage was noted in hybrid corn i.e. 91.12 to 96.46 percent with an average of 94.08±1.10 percent followed by Sweet corn i.e. 87.60 to 95.42 with an average of 93.16±1.43 percent.