Brinjal Shoot Borer

Brinjal Pests

Shoot Borer

• Withering of terminal shoots/dead hearts
• Bore holes on shoots and fruits plugged with excreta
• Shedding of flower buds
• Withering and drying of leaves

• 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

• 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
• Encourage the activity of larval parasitoids: Pristomerus testaceus, Cremastus flavoorbitalis
• Avoid use of synthetic pyrethroids
• Avoid using insecticides at the time of fruit maturation and harvest
• Spray Neem Seed Kernel Extract 5 % or any one of the following chemicals starting from one month after planting at 15 days interval

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