Тhe main corn pest in the Forest-Steppe zone of Ukraine is European corn borer. Crop losses from this pest account for 12–25%. Therefore, the search of immune hybrids of corn to this phytophage is extremely important. 11 corn hybrids of different stages of maturing selected by GU Institute of grain crops NAAS of Ukraine and 2 hybrids of foreign selection were using for resistance analyzes In 2017–2019. The damage of early maturing corn hybrids by phytophagous caterpillars was the lowest – 0,9%; middle-early maturing – 1,5%; middle maturing – 2,1%, which is more than double compared to the early maturing ripening hybrids, was found. The system of number accounting and population of plants by eggs and damage by caterpillars of the European corn borer made possible to identify two types of resistance (antibiosis and antixenosis), and to establish the presence of resistant among the studied hybrids, namely, among early maturing hybrids Pochaivskiy 190 MB (5,4 points), DN Positiv (6,2 points); there are persistent ones among the middle-early ones - DN Svityaz (6,3 points), DN Vita (5,3 points) and DKS 3472 (Monsanto) (5,4 points). The study of the resistance of modern different maturing stage hybrids against the European corn borer testifies to the real possibility of solving the problem of plant protection against this phytophage by the use of resistant hybrids
European corn borer, corn hybrids, resistance, antibiosis, antixenosis, plant damage, eggs