Assessment of losses in brinjal infesting mite, Tetranychus neocalidonicus andre (Acari tetranychialae)

Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.,) is an important vegetable crop grown through out the India. A large number of pest and non-insect pest are found to attack the crop during its growing period which result loss of yield. A cage experiment was conducted to estimate the avoidable losses specially against infestation due to the mite, Tetranychus neocalidonicus. The mite caused an avoidable loss of 35.10 per cent in first year and 25.40 per cent in second year was estimated during the course of investigation..