Bio-pesticidal management of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis (Guen.)

Field investigation was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of some biopesticides against shoot and fruit borer (Leucinodes orbonalis Guen.) on brinjal during Rabi season in 2015-2016. Among the treatments, Azadirachtin 1% EC @ 2ml/L was found superior than other treatments with 10.92% mean shoot infestation and 10.04% mean fruit infestation, respectively followed by Karanjin 2% EC @ 2ml/L (13.42% shoot and 12.83% fruit infestation). Azadirachtin 1% EC @ 2ml/L also registered as highest marketable fruit yield (38.75 q/ha). It can be concluded that Azadirachtin could be proved effective in the management of brinjal shoot and fruit borer under organic farming and IPM programmes.