Integrated Pest Management in Brinjal

ISBN-13: 9783659463150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 52 str.

Sharma Narendra;Bhadauria N. S.

Opis

Brinjal is grown commonly in the country since ancient time. It is an important vegetable crop of the plains and is available throughout the year and used primarily as a cooked vegetable. Owing to the availability of the brinjal crop all over the year, this crop suffers very significantly from insect-pest attack. Brinjal is attacked by 142 species of insect-pest, four species of mite and three species of nematodes in different countries of world. Brinjal fruit & shoot borer Leucinodes orbonalis G. is the most serious pest of brinjal in India. Brinjal fruit & shoot borer is an endemic pest and inflicts direct loss to the brinjal crop. The caterpillar is highly destructive and cosmopolitan pest and causing damage 50-70% in brinjal.

O autorze

Narendra Sharma: He has obtained M.Sc. in Entomology from R.V.S.K.V.V., Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh). He has several papers in journals.Satyakumari Sharma: She has completed Ph.D. in Agronomy from JAU, Junagadh (Gujarat). She has several research papers and articles in reputed journals and best oral awarded in national seminar.