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The present investigations were carried out at Research Farm, Nawabganj, C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, during the year 2019-2020. Research Farm is situated in a semi-arid zone of subtropical climate, falling between 25.26 to 26.28° North latitude and 79.31 to 80.34° East longitude. The height of the Farm is about 125.90 meters above sea level. The annual rainfall is 46.0 mm, most of which is received from July to September, with some scattered showers in winter from North-East Monsoon. The maximum temperature goes up to 36.7°C during summer. The experiment was conducted for the control of termite, which was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications with plot measuring 4 x 5 m. For confirmation test on germination, counted seed of each treatment were sown in the field. The result of germination showed a non-significant difference in all treatments. The incidence of termite after three weeks of sowing was not seen in any of the treatments. However, the incidence of termite after four weeks of sowing was very low in all treatments which ranged from 0.41 to 0.79% while in the untreated plot it was 3.28%. The incidence of termite after five weeks of sowing ranged from 1.10 to 1.76% in comparison to 3.37% in untreated check. Significantly less damaged shoots were recorded in plots treated with fipronil 5 SC @ 6.0 ml/kg seeds and thiamethoxam 25 WG @ 3.2 g/kg seeds, which was at par imidacloprid 600 FS @ 2.0 ml/kg seeds. All the remaining insecticide and biopesticides were found to be effective in reducing termite damage as compared to untreated check. Percent damaged effective tillers/m row were minimum in fipronil 5 SC @ 6.0 ml/kg seeds (1.10%) and in thiamethoxam 25 WS @ 3.2 g/kg seeds (1.23%) and were on par with imidacloprid 600 FS @ 2.0 ml/kg seeds (1.30%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]