author(s)
Hina Nisar, Shah Alam Khan, Zafrullah Khan, Ahmad -Ur- Rahman Saljoqi, Saddam Hussain and Noor Muhammad

abstract
The present study was conducted during 2009 at the month September-December to evaluate the susceptibility of four wheat cultivars against Angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) at 28±2 °C, L: D 12:12 hours in laboratory. The results were evaluated on the basis of developmental period, total progeny, percent damage, percent weight loss, grain size and to record their correlation for susceptibility. The results revealed that none of the cultivar was completely immune to the attack of this pest. However their response varied significantly. Weight loss being main index of susceptibility, cultivar Uqab (24.67) was recorded susceptible followed by Saleem 2000 (21.99) and Ghaznawi (10.48) and the Fakhre-Sarhad (8.347) was recorded tolerant. The cultivar Fakhre-Sarhad was significantly tolerant against Sitotroga cerealella compared to the tested cultivars. Further research should to be done to screen and evaluate more cultivars against S. cerealella.