Volume 6 Issue 1

Efficacy of synthetic and botanical insecticide against whitefly (Bemicia tabaci) and shoot and fruit borer (Leucinodes orbonalis) on brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

Author(s): S. MANDAL, N. J. SINGH AND A. KONAR
Abstract: Field experiment was conducted at Adisaptagram Block Seed Farm, Government of West Bengal, Hooghly, West Bengal during 2006-07 and 2007-08 to evaluate the efficacy of different doses of NSKE against whitefly (Bemicia tabaci) and shoot and fruit borer (Leucinodes orbonalis) on brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) on different spray schedule. 5% a.i/ha of NSKE was found to be the most effective treatments in minimizing the pests population and also recorded maximum yield of brinjal in all the entire period of study.

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