Screening of brinjal varieties for resistance to major insect pests

Abstract

An investigation was carried out to study the morphological characters of brinjal varieties / genotypes against sucking pests and shoot and fruit borer of brinjal during Kharif 2018. Amongst the ten cultivars, BH-2 showed moderately resistant to infestation of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius), jassids (Amrasca bigutulla bigutulla Ishida) and shoot and fruit borer (Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee) and also obtained higher fruityield followed by Utkal Keshari, JKJEH-6012, JB-262 and Pusa Upkar. Whereas, SBJH-691, Aussay, Utkal Jyoti and VR-2 showsmoderately susceptible to the pests. The cultivar JBH-3 observed susceptible to the major insect pests of brinjal.