Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Priti S Shigwan, AL Narangalkar, PB Sanap, VS Desai and BD Shinde

Abstract:
The field experiment was conducted to study the seasonal incidence of shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee infesting brinjal during rabi season of 2017-2018 at Central Experimental Station, Wakawali, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli. The study on seasonal incidence revealed that the infestation of shoot and fruit borer was in the range of 5.35 to 25.00 per cent. The minimum infestation (5.35 ± 9.58 per cent) was recorded in 16^th SMW (16^th – 22^nd February) it reached to peak (25%) in 17^th SMW (23^rd -29^th April). The study on correlation between per cent mean infestation of shoot and fruit borer and weather parameters revealed that the minimum temperature (r=634) recorded positive significant correlation with per cent infestation of shoot and fruit borer.