author(s)
AS Jadhav, DS Mutkule, PK Waykule, BA Thakre and GS Bharadwaj

abstract
Present inspection was carried out for screening of germplasm lines against sunflower head borer and defoliators at the research farm of Oilseeds Research Station, Latur (Maharashtra) under Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, India during Kharif, 2019. Twenty four sunflower germplasm lines were sown for screening against sunflower head borer and defoliators during Kharif, 2019 including ‘Modern’ as susceptible check and ‘LSFH-171’ as resistant check in randomized block design. Among the different entries screened, the entries IHT-1070, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1077, 1080, 1081, 1083, AHT-4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and LSFH-171 (Ch) showed resistant reaction against head borer. Whereas, the entries IHT-1073, 1080, 1081, AHT-5, 9 and LSFH-171 (Ch) showed resistant reaction against defoliators.