Agriculture Entomology knowledge

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