Management of brinjal shoot and fruit borer Leucinodes orbonalis (Guenee) by chemical insecticides on brinjal

Abstract

The investigation was conducted in kharif season 2023 at Rainfed agriculture research farm, Bundelkhand university Jhansi, to find efficacy of selected chemical treatments to management of brinjal fruit and shoot borer[Leucinodes orbonalis (Guenee)], the experiment was designed under randomized block design with 9 treatments and 9 replications. Total three sprayings of treatments were done and data were collected before and 3DAS, 7DAS and 14 days after spraying. The investigation was resulted Fluebendiaminde (11.08% infestaion) was found superior effective to shoot infestation followed by Emamectin benzoate(11.88%) and Spinosad(13.30%) while for fruit infestation after third application, Emamectin benzoate(6.10%) was best effective followed by Fluebendiaminde(7.35%) and Spinosad (8.47%), where Emamectin benzoate treated plot also give highest fruit yield and obtained maximum C:B ratio respectively 220.31 Qt/h and 1:3.00.