Evaluation of readymix insecticide against sucking pests, shoot and fruit borer in Brinjal

Field trials were carried out during kharif season of 2018–19 and 2019–20 to evaluate the efficacy of readymix insecticide tetraniliprole 120 g/l + thiacloprid 360 g/l w/v SC with their counter parts tetraniliprole 200 SC; thiacloprid 21.7 SC and chlorpyrifos 20 EC, lambda-cyhalothrin 5 SC with an untreated control plot against jassids, whitefly, shoot and fruit borer in brinjal. Among the treatments tested so far, the readymix insecticide tetraniliprole 120 g/l + thiacloprid 360 g/l w/v SC was found most effective @ 30 + 90 - 45 + 135 g a.i./ha for control of sucking pests, shoot and fruit of brinjal along with marketable fruit yield of brinjal.