Screening of Brinjal hybrids for resistance to Brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis (G.)

The present studies on screening of eleven brinjal hybrids against brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis (G.) was carried out during 2015-16 and 2016-17 at College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Trivandrum in kharif and summer seasons. The study revealed that the hybrids Swetha x Vellayani local, Neelima and Wardha local x Palakurthi local were found to be moderately resistant with minimum shoot infestation in both the seasons while maximum shoot infestation was recorded in hybrids NBR-38 x Vellayani local and NBR-38 x Selection Pooja.