author(s)
P Manimaran, M Ganga and M Suganthy

abstract
A field experiment was conducted to assess the pest infestation in flowers of clonal selection (Acc. Jn-1) of the underutilized jasmine, Jasminum nitidum selected at TNAU. Jasmine (Jasminum spp.) belonging to the family Oleaceae is one of the commercially significant flower crops of India. India is the largest producer of jasmine, of which 80 per cent is being contributed by Tamil Nadu. Activity of gallery worm was recorded for five months from February, 2017 to June, 2017 with the highest infestation of 14.94 per cent during May, 2017 and the minimum infestation upto 6.07 per cent during February, 2017. Compared to J. sambac, gallery worm infestation was recorded to be minimum in J. nitidum.