1Division of Crop Improvement, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya-793103, India
2AICRP on Sub-Tropical Fruits, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani, Nadia-741 235, West Bengal, India
Department of Agricultural Entomology, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia-741 252, West Bengal, India
*Corresponding author E-mail: bilash.ch.das@gmail.com
Online published on 30 April, 2015.
Field evaluation of new diamide and other insecticides against Leucinodes orbonalis Guen in brinjal revealed that flubendiamide 30 g a.i. ha−1 was superior over other treatments recording the lowest shoot (2.65%) and fruit (14.07%) infestation followed by chlorantraniliprole 27.25 g a.i. ha−1 (2.77% shoot, 15.33% fruit infestation), flubendiamide 20 g a.i. ha−1 (3.43% and 15.85%), chlorantraniliprole 18.5 g a.i ha−1 (3.76%, 16.78%), indoxacarb 72.5 g a.i. ha−1 (3.96% and 17.18%) and thiamethoxam 62.5 g a.i. ha−1 (6.62% and 26.75%), respectively. Flubendiamide 30 g a.i. ha−1 recorded the highest marketable fruit yield of 156.25 q ha−1.
Diamide insecticides, brinjal, Leucinodes orbonalis
