Fruit and shoot borer pests in brinjal crop

It is a very harmful pest of brinjal plants. Its most damaging stage is a larva, which bores through the terminal parts of the midrib of large leaves, tender shoots and stems later on it also enters into flower buds and fruits. The pest can cause 70-100 % damage to the brinjal crops.
Prevention- Select insect-resistant varieties.
Uproot the diseased plants and fruits and throw them out of the field.
Use a pheromone trap 10 / acre.
Spray insecticides in the crop on time.
Chemical control- For the control of this pest, spray at Emamectin Benzoate 5% SG [EmaNova] 100 gm or Chlorantraniliprole 18.5 % SC [Coragen] 60 ml or Spinosad 45 % SC [Tracer] 75 ml or Quinalphos 25% Ec [CELQUIN] 600 ml dissolved in 200 liter of water per acre.
Biological control – Spray Bavaria bassiana [Bave curb] @ 500 gm/acre.

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Fruit and shoot borer pests in brinjal crop

It is a very harmful pest of brinjal plants. Its most damaging stage is a larva, which bores through the terminal parts of the midrib of large leaves, tender shoots and stems later on it also enters into flower buds and fruits. The pest can cause 70-100 % damage to the brinjal crops.

Prevention- Select insect-resistant varieties.

Uproot the diseased plants and fruits and throw them out of the field.

Use a pheromone trap 10 / acre.

Spray insecticides in the crop on time.

Chemical control- For the control of this pest, spray at Emamectin Benzoate 5% SG [EmaNova] 100 gm or Chlorantraniliprole 18.5 % SC [Coragen] 60 ml or Spinosad 45 % SC [Tracer] 75 ml or Quinalphos 25% Ec [CELQUIN] 600 ml dissolved in 200 liter of water per acre.

Biological control – Spray Bavaria bassiana [Bave curb] @ 500 gm/acre.