Species: | |
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Leucinodes orbonalis (Guenne, 1854) |
Common name: | |
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Brinjal fruit and shoot borer |
Damaging stage: | |
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Larvae |
Crops Affected: | |
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Eggplant |
Characteristic Damage: | |
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Attacks flowers, flowers buds, young shoot tips, stems and fruits. |
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Larval feeding causes wilting of shoots and fruit rotting. |
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Interested fruits have small holes surrounded with brownish areas on fruit surface. |
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Affected plants are weakened reducing the quality and quantity of the fruits produced. |
Management and Control: | |
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Monitor the area regularly. |
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Remove damaged and infested shoots and fruits and dispose properly. |
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Use of attractant or pheromone lure to suppress male population. |
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Cultivate the soil by plowing and harrowing and use plastic mulch to minimize pupation in the soil. |
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Apply insecticides like diafenthiuron, cartap hydrochloride, acephate, spinosad, when necessary. |
References: | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucinodes_orbonalis | |
http://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/Datasheet.aspx?dsid=30498 | |
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