A field experiment with three replications was conducted at two locations of College of Forestry, Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, . Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry. One location selected was at Plant Breeding Block (2100-2200 m above msl) and other at Gaja Research Station (1600-1`700 m above msl) for the screening of barnyard millet germplasm in Advance Varietal Trial against per cent damage caused by shoot fly and stem borer during Kharif 2017 under ICAR- All India Coordinated Research Project on Small Millets. The screening comprised a total of 06 entries in Barnyard MilletAdvance Varietal Trial (BAVT) along with two checks viz., VL-172 and PRJ-1. Significant differences in resistance were found in the tested entries to both the recorded insect pests at both the locations. However, the damage recorded at Gaja Research Station was comparatively higher for both the insect pests. The results revealed that due to shoot fly infestation, the percentage of noted ‘Dead Heart’ was in the range of to per cent at Plant Breeding Block and to per cent at Gaja Research Station. However, the infestation due to stem borer ranged from to per cent at Plant Breeding Block and to per cent at Gaja Research Station. | Screening of Barnyard millet germplasm against shoot fly and stem borer damage under field conditions
