Extent of Losses caused by shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guen., to promising varieties of brinjal, Solanum melongena L.

Among the numerous pests, shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guen. is by and large the most serious pest throughout the egg plant (brinjal) growing areas in India. Two year field study revealed that minimum shoot infestation was recorded in Pusa Purple Long (9.57 per cent) followed by SM-17-4 (10.61 per cent), while the maximum shoot infestation was recorded in H-12 (14.86 per cent). Fruit borer infestation was maximum in Ramy Round Purple (39.5 to 42.82 per cent) on fruit number basis while the infestation was minimum in SM-202 (22.15 to 22.78 per cent).