Impact of IPM Strategy for Control of Brinjal Fruit and Shoot Borer, Leucinodes orbonalis (Guenee)

Due to adoption of IPM technology for the controlling of brinjal fruit and shoot borer (Leucinodes orbonalis), there were about 4.7, 34.0 and 53.8% change in yield, fresh fruit and profit amongst brinjal growers. The impacts of IPM practice have its positive effect on brinjal area increasing to 21.6% for adopters while decreasing to 8.7% for non-adopters. IPM practices could not stop pesticide use but able to reduce it substantially as IPM farmers had to apply 52.6% less quantity of pesticide however, for non-adopters it increased by 14.1%. All the farmers adopting IPM technology agreed that high cost of pesticide, convenience of IPM practices, potential health hazards of pesticides and profitability of IPM technology were responded by 91, 75 and 71% farmers, respectively. The internal rate of return as well as benefit-cost ratio was also very high indicating thereby, large potential economic impact of the IPM technology to control EFSB in the study area.