Fruit and shoot borer is an important and major pest of Brinjal. Farmers in some areas of Northern India and Bangladesh are finding that even daily applications do not provide effective control. The female moth lays eggs individually on the shoots of young brinjal plants. The small larvae that emerge soon eat their way into the tender growing shoots where they are protected from larval parasitoids and natural enemies such as ants and beetles. The feeding activity of the larvae causes the young shoots to droop in a characteristic manner.
As the brinjal plant develops and begins to produce fruit the female moth preferentially lays eggs on the fruit into which emerging larvae burrow. Several larvae can be present in one fruit at a time, depending on the fruit’s size. As the larvae burrow into the fruit they block the hole with excrement or frass so preventing predators from attacking them.
Specification:
- Product Type: Pheromone Lures
- Brand: PC (Made in India)
- Duration of working: 30 days after installation
Application:
- Recommended trap model Phero-Sensor - SP or Phero-Sensor - BP
- Recommended for Brinjal and Potato crops.
How to Use:
- ETL for Leucinodes orbonalis is 6-8 No’s of moths per trap per day.
- Use 10 No. Pheromone Traps per acre from 3-4 days crop stage to control pests at early stage. Install 15 traps per acre if installing at the flowering stage.
- Trap canopy should be placed one feet above crop canopy to achieve optimum catch.
