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Evaluation of Selected Host Plants for Basic Life Cycle Parameters of Cotton Mealybug Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley under Laboratory Conditions

Hayat Badshah¹*, Farman Ullah¹, Abid Farid², Ahmad-U-Rahman Saljoqi¹, Sajjad Ahmad³

...schus esculentus Linn.), brinjal (Solanum melongena Linn.), potato (Solanum tuberosum Linn.), China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linn) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.). The experiment was conducted under Laboratory conditions (25-32°C, 55-65% R.H. and 12:12 light: dark, photoperiod) during 2012. Results revealed that P. solenopsis successfully and significantly (P<0.05) completed its life cycle along with highest body weight gain on China rose...

M. B. Meah

Biopesticides for crop growth and crop protection

...oot & fruit borer of brinjal and fruit flies of vegetables.Biopesticides (formulated trichoderma) and bio-agents (bracon,trichogramma, ladybird beetle) and sex pheromone are in the pipeline for commercial use.

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SK Fashi Alam, Atanu Seni and Ajoy K Sahoo

Biology of the mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Pseudococcidae: Hemiptera) on sprouted potato and brinjal plant

...s Tinsley was studied on brinjal plant and sprouted potato tubers in the laboratory. The female nymphs moulted three times for becoming adults while the male took four moultings. The female and male nymphs completed development in 14.45± 0.96 days and 19.53±1 days, respectively on brinjal plant at 20-36.2° C temperature and 15.1±1 days and 18±0.82 days respectively on sprouted potato. The rati...

Amitava Konar, S. Paul and Kiran A. More

Efficacy of different insecticidal treatment schedules against aphid and whitefly on brinjal

...st aphid and whitefly on brinjal was studied by conducting two field experiments at 'Adisaptagram Block Seed Farm, Hooghly, West Bengal, India in two consecutive kharif seasons i.e., 2010 and 2011. The experiment was laid in RBD with seven treatment schedules and three replications. Among all the treatments soil application of phorate at transplanting, followed by foliar spray with acephate, thiodicarb and Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki at 50, 70 and 90 ...

Abhijit Ghosal and M. L. Chatterjee

Bioefficacy of imidacloprid 17.8 SL against whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in brinjal

...uring 2010 and 2011 with brinjal (var Muktakeshi) to evaluate the efficacy of chloro-neonicotinoid as foliar application against whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). Imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 50 g a.i./ha, was found superior against whiteflies among other treatments, received lowest number of whitefly population (1.55/plant) and offered maximum reduction of whiteflies (83.15%) as well as highest marketable fruit yield (146.50 q/ha). However, imidacloprid at lowe...

Dhananjoy Mandal 2K. Baral 3M. K. Dasgupta

Developing site-specific appropriate precision agriculture

Adeptness of bio-intensive approach against vascular bacterial wilt in Purulia district of West Bengal

P.P. Ghosh*, C. Ghosh, B. Mahato, A. Chakraborty, S.K. Bhattacharya and M.K. Bhattacharjya

...t being an impediment of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) production under the acidic soil condition of Purulia district of West Bengal resulted in 20-30% yield loss every year. The present participatory action research was aimed to study the (i) adeptness of integrated module of prophylactic soil disinfection and bio-control, (ii) only prophylactic soil disinfection, and (iii) only curative soil disinfection over uprooting and destruction of diseased pla...

An Environment Friendly Pest Management Strategy through Biorational Insecticides against Amrasca Devastans Dist. on Brinjal Crop

Muhammad Shoaib Saleem*, Muhammad Faheem Akbar, Amjad Sultan and Saqib Ali

Effect of Infested Shoot Removal and Light Trap on Brinjal Shoot and Fruit Borer (Leucinodes orbonalis G.) Infestation on Brinjal Fruit Solanum melongena L.

Qudsia Yousafi^1,*, Muhammad Afzal², Muhammad Aslam³ and Allah Ditta Abid⁴

...everal insect pests, but brinjal shoot and fruit borer (BSFB), Leucinodes orbonalis G. is the most important insect pest attacking almost all the plant parts except roots. The effect of removal of BSFB infested brinjal shoots and use of light trap was studied for management of this insect pest. The study was conducted on spring sown crop during 2013 in Sahiwal, Pakitan using brinjal...

Regulatory Efficacy of Novel Insecticides Against Major Pests of Vegetables in Faisalabad, Pakistan

Muhammad Latif², Muneer Abbas^1*, Faisal Hafeez² and Dilbar Hussain²

...er vegetables especially brinjal and okra. Six insecticides viz. spinetoram 120 SC, spinosad 240 SC, bifenthrin 10 EC, cypermethrin 10 EC, chlorantraniliprol 20 SC and flubendiamide 480 SC were applied on brinjal and okra against these pests with five replications. Data was recorded after 24 hrs. 72 hrs. 7 and 10 days after spray application. Results indicated that all the insecticides gave significant control of both pests ...

Efficacy of malathion and carbosulfan against crop invadedaphid types Aphis craccivora (Koch) and Aphis gossypii (glover) on bean and brinjal plants

Muhammad Khalil Ahmad Khan1*, Muhammad Zafar2, Munazza Perveen3, Munir Ahmad3, Asia Iqbal4, Asmatullah3

Efficacy of malathion and carbosulfan against crop invadedaphid types Aphis craccivora (Koch) and Aphis gossypii (glover) on bean and brinjal plants

...ra (Koch) were reared on brinjal and bean plants
respectively. In the laboratory, the vegetable plant leaves being applied by residual
film technique with tested Aphid population. The most toxic insecticide was found
to be malathion with LC50 as 20.11 μg cm-2 for A. craccivora and 25.28 μg cm-2 for
A. gossypii while carbosulfan was found to be least toxic with LC50 as 312.80 μg
cm-2 for A. craccivora and 322.25 μg...

Screening of Different Aubergine Cultivars against Infestation of Brinjal Fruit and Shoot Borer (Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee)

Ajmal Khan Kassi¹*, Humayun Javed¹ and Tariq Mukhtar²

Bio-Efficacy of Neonicotinoids and Insect Growth Regulators against Bemicia tabaci Genn. on Solanum Melongena L.

Muhammad Shoaib Saleem* and Muhammad Faheem Akbar

...) and Buprofezin against brinjal whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Genn.). The crop was grown in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replicates each having five treatments with control. Pre-treatment data were collected before 24 h and Post treatment data were collected after 24, 72, 168 and 336 h of each spray. In this manner, the data for three sprays were collected. The order of effectiveness in decreasing sequence was found to be Nitenp...

Resistance or Susceptibility of Eight Aubergine Cultivars to Meloidogyne javanica

Muhammad Tariq Adnan Khan*, Tariq Mukhtar and Muhammad Saeed

Varietal Screening of Brinjal against Aphid (Aphis gossypii G.) Infestation and Population Fluctuation Plus Interaction between Aphid and Ladybeetle (Coccinella septempunctata L.) Populations

Qudsia Yousafi¹*, Muhammad Aslam² andShahzad Saleem¹

...la septempunctata on brinjal, Solanum melongena, during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 crop seasons. Brinjal varieties Round Black, Dilnasheen, Black Beauty, Hybrid Shilpa, Bemisal and Nirala were used in the experiment. The number of aphids and ladybeetles were recorded at weekly intervals from October 15 to March 1, both years. Aphid numbers were recorded on three leaves per plant and four plants per plot and averaged ...

Evaluation of Colored Sticky Traps for Monitoring the Population of White Fly Bemisia Tabaci (Gennadius) on Brinjal Crop

Shah Nawaz Khuhro^1*, Irshad Ali Junejo¹, Muhammad Haroon Hullio¹, Sultan Ahmed Maitlo², Javeed Shabir Daar³ and Shahjahan Rajput¹

...agnetism of white fly on brinjal crop was evaluated at field condition at Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Agricultural College Dokri, Sindh-Pakistan. Different coloured sticky traps contains yellow, light green colour, green colour and pink colours were used to monitor the movement of whitefly and the number of whitefly catches at traps on different observations on brinjal. Results of field trials confirmed that yellow sticky tr...

Ghulam Murtaza¹*, Muhammad Ramzan², Amna Razzaq⁴, Muhammad Numan³, Rukhsar Beanish⁴, Ayesha Zafar⁴, Muhammad Shan Latif³ and Muhammad Adnan³

Screening of Brinjal (Solanum melongena) Varieties against Jassid, Amrasca bigutulla bigutulla

...8 to check the resistant brinjal varieties (Nirala, Dilnasheen and Bemisal) against jassid (A. bigutulla bigutulla). The highest population of jassid was recorded on 5 November while lowest on 2 December on all tested varieties. The population density was lowest in December on all varieties such as Nirala (1.0), Dilnasheen (2.1) and Bemisal (1.2), while maximum in November such as Nirala (3.8), Dilnasheen (6.6) and Bemisal (4.2) per leaf. Bemisal and Dilnashee...

Zafar Abbas¹*, Shahzada Munawar Mehdi², Muhammad Nasir³, Muhammad Ashraf⁴, Salma Kausar⁵, Nadeem Iqbal⁶, Muhammad Zahid Khan Nazar⁷, Iftikhar Ahmad³, Ghulam Murtaza¹ and Ijaz Ahmad⁸

Evaluation of Best Dose of Micronutrients (Zinc, Iron and Boron) to Combat Malnutrition in Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

...the yield and quality of brinjal. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Five different levels of micronutrients were applied. The treatment T5 i.e. (100-60-50)+ Borax (0.2) + ZnSO4 (0.5%)+FeSO4 (0.5%) exhibited maximum plant height, fruit weight, total yield, number of fuits plant-1 and survival percentage except number of leaves plant-1 which were maximum in T4 i.e. (100-60-50)+ ZnSO4 0.5%. Concludingl...

Optimizing Transplanting Dates for the Management of Brinjal Shoot and Fruit Borer and Better Crop Yield under Field Conditions

Wali Muhammad¹*, Humayun Javed¹, Munir Ahmad¹ and Tariq Mukhtar²

...f L. orbonalis on brinjal at two locations in the Pothwar region of Pakistan. The study revealed that sowing dates influenced infestation by brinjal shoot and fruit borer. Shoot infestation significantly varied on brinjal at both locations sown at different dates. The maximum average shoot infestation of 9.7% was observed on late sown crop (10^th of April) while the minimu...

Effect of Two Nematicides on Nematodes Populations and Two Bacterial Populations Associated with Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) Crop

Aly Khan¹*, Shagufta Ambreen Sheikh², Khalil Ahmed Khanzada¹, Syed Shahid Shaukat³ and Javaid Akhtar¹

... with the rhizosphere of brinjal. The effect of the nematicides was observed on the population size of the selected nematodes and bacteria as well as the yield of brinjal crop. All three nematode populations were markedly reduced by the applied nematicides. The bacterial populations (Pseudomonas and Klebsiella) however, remained uninfluenced by the nematicides. The yield of brinjal was fou...

Eco-friendly management of root-knot nematodes using acacia compost and bioagents in brinjal

H. Ravindra†, M. Sehgal*, A.S. Pawan, B.S. Archana, S.A. Shruti and H.B. Narasimhamurty

Management of Brinjal Fruit and Shoot Borerleucinodes orbonalis (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) through Trichogramma chilonis (Ishii) (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) and Selective Use of Insecticides

Ahmad-ur-Rahman Saljoqi, Sadar Iqbal and Imtiaz Khan*

...e) was evaluated against brinjal fruit and shoot borer (Leucinodes orbonalisGuenee) (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) in brinjal (Solanummelongena) experimental field at the Agriculture Research Institute Tarnab, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan during 2016.The treatments were arranged in RCBD with three replications and the chemical and botanical insecticides were used with ten days interval while theT. Chilonis (500 eggs/cards...

Bio-Efficacy of Some Acaricides for Controlling Red Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae Koch. (Acari: Tetranychidae) on Brinjal Solanum melongena L.

Muhammad Hasnain¹*, Muhammad Hussnain Babar¹, Ghulam Sarwar¹, Muhammad Kashif Nadeem², Sajid Nadeem³, Muhammad Akram⁴, Ali Raza⁴, Mussurrat Hussain⁵, Qaisar Abbas⁵ and Muhammad Shahid⁴

...8% EC (Commando) against brinjal mites, Tetranychus urticae, on brinjal crop under field conditions. Brinjal vegetable was raised under standard agronomic practices. Field recommended dose of these acaricides were used knapsack sprayer. Results showed a significant mite reductionby allacaricides as compared to control. Among the tested acaricides, hexythiazon 10% WP (Nissorun) gave the hig...

Appraisal of Different Commercially Available Brinjal Genotypes Against Brinjal Shoot and Fruit, Leucinodes orbonalis Guenne (Crambidae: Lepidoptera) Infestation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Saboor Naeem and Amjad Usman*

...: justify;">Screening of brinjal genotypes were conducted to devise an integrated pest management strategy against brinjal fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis. For this purpose, seven commercially available brinjal genotypes viz. Nutech Seeds, Durga Seeds, F1 Hybrid Brinjal, Brinjal Malni, Bharat Kaveri F1, Advanta 303 a...

SURVEY OF PARASITIC WEEDS (OROBANCHE SPP.) ASSOCIATED WITH BRINJAL (Solanum melongena) IN BANDA DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH INDIA

Gulwaiz Akhter1* and Tabreiz Ahmad Khan

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be associated with brinjal (Solanum melongena) in Banda district, India. However, the

concomitant infestation of O. aegyptiaca with O. cernua and/ or O. ramosa in brinjal crop

was not noticed. Moreover, some of brinjal fields showed the infestation of O. aegyptiaca

with either O. cernua or O. ramosa. The infestation of O. aegyptiaca in

Cry2Aa Delta-Endotoxin Confers Strong Resistance Against Brinjal Fruit and Shoot Borer in Transgenic Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) Plants

Shruti Yadav^1,2*, Kamana Singh², Pratap Adinath Divekar³ and Suhas Gorakh Karkute^1,3*

...n: justify;">Eggplant or brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) is an important fruit vegetable of Solanaceae family that has originated from India and is widely cultivated in tropical and temperate regions across the world. The major constraint for brinjal production is severe damage caused by a Lepidopteran insect pest brinjal shoot and fruit borer (BSFB; Leucinodes orbonalis) leading to almost ...