25/01/2024
Use of pheromone trape in brinhal crop control insect Brinjal crop Major insect Brinjal shoot and frout borer (Leucinodas orbonalis
symptom of Damage.
Withering of terminal shoots/dead hearts
Bore holes on shoots and fruits plugged with excreta
Shedding of flower buds
Withering and drying of leaves
Identification of pest.
Eggs: Creamy white eggs
Larva: Pink in colour
Pupa: Greyish boat shaped cocoon
Adult: Medium sized moth. Forewings has black and brown patches and dots on white colour, hind wings are opaescent with black dots
management.
Remove the affected terminal shoot showing boreholes.
Remove the affected fruits and destroy.
Avoid continuous cropping of brinjal crop
Grow the varieties with long and narrow fruits in endemic areas
Install pheromone trap@12/ha
