Twenty two sorghum, Sorghum bicolor L., lines were screened for resistance to the maize weevil, Sitophi-lus zeamais Motschulsky, in free-choice and no-choice experiments under optimal temperature, relative humidity, and grain moisture, comparing the numbers of eggs, progeny, grain weight loss, percentage da-maged seeds and weevil development time. Entries 'IS-932296', 'GS-712', 'Haagen-Dura-1', 'P-954063', and 'IS-8574' were consistently resistant in both free-choice and no-choice tests for all parameters used, excepting weevil development time.

Key words: insecta, host-plant resistance, Sitophilus zeamais, Sorghum bicolor.

 

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