Seasonal Incidence of Brinjal Shoot and Fruit Borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guene, (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) During Kharif Season

Abstract

The present field experiment was carried out to study seasonal incidence of Brinjal shoot and fruit Borer Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee, at Naini agricultural college, SHUATS, Allahabad during kharif season of 2017 from august last week to December. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design. The peak shoot and fruit infestation was noticed around 43rd standard week during kharif season. Similarly. The incidence of Leucinodes orbonalis on brinjal showed significant positive correlation with the maximum temperature, evening humidity and sunshine. Whereas, the minimum temperature, morning relative humidity rainfall, and wind velocity recorded non-significant negative correlation