Comparative study of selected botanicals and chemicals against shoot and fruit borer [Leucinodes orbonalis (Guenee)] on brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) at Prayagraj

Abstract

The Investigation on “Comparative study of Selected botanicals and chemicals against shoot and fruit borer [(Leucinodes orbonalis (Guenee)] on brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) at Prayagraj”. on brinjal during Rabi,2023-24 at the experimental research plot of Department of Entomology, Central Research Farm (CRF), Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology And Science, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The result showed that the treatments lowest percent shoot and fruits, infestation was recorded in T3 Neem Oil 2% + Spinosad 45%SC (12.09, 7.09), followed by T6 Neem Oil 2% +Flubendiamide 20 WG (13.93, 9.50), T2 Spinosad 45% SC (15.23, 10.98), T4 Flubendiamide 20 WG (16.26, 12.39), T7 Indoxacarb 14.5%SC (16.96, 13.46), T1 Neem oil 2% (17.86, 14.45), and T5 NSKE 3% (20.38, 17.23). The control (28.37, 32.60) was least effective among all the treatments against Leucinodes orbonalis.