Screening of chilli varieties/germplasms for resistance to yellow mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) in South Gujarat Desai H.R., Bandhania K.A., Patel A.J., Patel M.B., Rai A.B. AINP on Agricultural Acarology, Department of Entomology, N.M. College of Agriculture, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari-396 450, Gujarat, India. Abstract Of the 21 chilli varieties/germplasm screened against yellow mite, Polyphagolarsonemus latus (Banks) during rabi seasons of 2000–01, 2001–02 and 2002–03 at College Farm, Gujarat Agricultural University, Navsari Jwala, RHRC Errecl and ACG-77 were found promising recording 5.60 to 9.49 mean number of mile/15 leaves, 5.76 to 7.47 % leaf curl plants with 15.61 to 21.78 % intensity of leaf curling within damage plant whereas G-4 and PBS 86-1 were found to be extremely susceptible recording 33.96 to 35.62 mean no. of mite / 15 leaves, 29.04 to 39.60 % leaf curl plant with 45.14 to 50.92 % intensity of leafcurling within damage plant. Top Key words Chilli, yellow mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus. Top |