Pest complex of Brinjal and their management with Botanicals

To study arthopo bio diversity in brinjal, To study pest coplex of brinjal and their management with botanicals, screening of brinjal varieties against brinjal shoot and fruit borer.AMONG THE DIFFERENT BOTANICALS USED, ALL WERE FOUND to be less efficacious than imidaclopridwhich caused 83.66%redution .IN CASE OF SHOOT DAMAGE, THE HIGHEST % reduction was acieved by imidacloprid 83.78%.Leaf hair density was observed to favour the population build up of aphid, epilachna beetle where as it is favoured the thrips, leaf hopper and white fly.