1Division of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology of Jammu, Chatha, Jammu-180 009, Jammu & Kashmir, India
School of Agriculture, Shoolini University, Solan-173 212, Himachal Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author's E-mail: acentomology@gmail.com
Online published on 28 May, 2020.
Among the three modules, Module I (Recommended practices of SKUAST-J), Module II (Farmer's practices) and module III (Bio-intensive Integrated Pest Management), were evaluated against shoot and fruit borer of brinjal. The overall, the impact of Module III (Bio-intensive Integrated Pest Management) was found superior treatment than Module I and II in suppressing the larval population of brinjal shoot and fruit borer (BSFB) on the shoots and fruits, based on weight and numbers basis, percentage of larval parasitoid Trathala flavo-orbitalis parasitisation as well as cost-benefit ratio.
Cost-benefit ratio, Leucinodes orbonalis, modules, Trathala flavo-orbitalis.
