Performance of different hosts of lac insect was studied during year 2014-15 and 2015-16 at Korba District of Chhattisgarh. During the course of study, Productivity parameters are quantitative and qualitative attribute which justify the potentiality characters of the host plant for commercial lac production. The host plant kusum (S. oleosa) for Kusmi, Aghani (winter) strain of lac crop was found maximum number of stick lac 237.91 stick per plant with mean length of 52.14 cm per stick lac which was low, highest fresh weight of stick lac 47.68 g per 30 cm stick, maximum weight of scraped lac 23.96 g per 30 cm stick, highest total stick lac 54.94 kg per plant, maximum weight of fresh and dry 100 cell 7.31 and 6.86 g but in case of yield potential (ratio of inoculated brood lac and total raw lac) ber (Z. mauritiana) was maximum 11.01 for Rangeeni, Baisakhi (summer) strain, whereas kusum (S. oleosa) was maximum 7.01 for Kusmi, Aghani (winter) stain. Among the different host plant ber (Z. mauritiana) was better for Rangeeni, Baisakhi (summer) strain but kusum (S. oleosa) was found best host for the commercial lac cultivation of production at Korba district of Chhattisgarh because kusum (S. oleosa) was all over champion in terms of productivity parameters over the tested different host for lac production.
