Younger larvae bore into the midrib and petiole of the leaf, resulting in drooping of the leaves. Leucinodes orbonalis guenee was described by guenee in 1854. Pyralidae is the most destructive pest of brinjal at both vegetative and reproductive stages, of almost all regions of india. Mating has been observed on the same day or a day after emergence. Females deposit eggs individually on leaves and shoots. Caterpillars bore into the shoots, causing them to wilt and droop. Evaluation of sex pheromone trap models for monitoring of. Eggplant, or brinjal solanum melongena, is a popularly consumed vegetable grown throughout asia that is prone to vicious and sustained attack by the eggplant fruit and shoot borer efsb leucinodes orbonalis throughout the growing season. Genetic similarity of eggplant shoot and fruit borer.
Brinjal fruit and shoot borer, leucinodes orbonalis. As part of an insect resistance management strategy, studies were conducted to determine the susceptibility of the targeted insect pest, the eggplant fruit and shoot borer, leucinodes orbonalis. It is found in the tropics of asia, and it is a minor pest in the americas. Evaluation of the damage caused by the shoot and fruit borer.
The next best treatment was locally prepared can trap with highest moth catch. The yellowish, cigarshaped eggs are laid in clusters on the lower surfaces of leaves. Although these spots seem to be consistently present in asian l. Shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guenee pyraustidae. In india this pest enjoy a country wide distribution. Pyralidae in lalitpur, nepal article pdf available. Crambidae based on mitochondrial marker cytochrome. Journal articles feed the future south asia eggplant. The study on extent of infestation by brinjal fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guen. Journal of pest science, volume 83, issue 4 springer.
The brinjal crop is prone to damage by various insects with varying degrees of infestation. This is a pest of brinjal solanum melongena but also attacks other solanaceous plants. Life history of efsb was studied on susceptible variety lv makurdi at 273c and 854% rh data on developmental period of immature. A laboratory experiment was conducted during the year 200910 to study the biology of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guen. Discovery of an unknown diversity of leucinodes species damaging solanaceae fruits in subsaharan africa and moving in trade insecta, lepidoptera, pyraloidea.
Besides, india it is also found in sri lanka, burma, malaysia, congo and south africa. Biology and control of brinjal eggplant fruit and shoot. Effect of neem products on incidence of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guen. Field efficacy of a biopesticide prepared from clerodendrum viscosum vent. Leucinodes orbonalis an overview sciencedirect topics.
Evaluation of the damage caused by the shoot and fruit. Management of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes. Molecular characterization of brinjal shoot and fruit borer. Biology of brinjal fruit and shoot borer, leucinodes. In this study, nine insecticides such as azadirachtin 0. The borer maintains its breeding activities on the brinjal plants during crop season september to march and on weeds solanum nigrum and s. Lepidoptera brinjal fruit and shoot borer bfsb is a very dangerous pest of brinjal. The eggplant solanum melongena, commonly known as brinjal, is the fourth most widely grown vegetable in india, and a significant export crop government of india, 2009. Pdf estimation of residues of some insecticides on brinjal. The average number of eggs laid by single female varied from 15 to 7 eggs in 2 to 5 days. Female starts eggs laying on the same day or a day after mating. Orbonalis 551 department of science and technology, government ofindia do no. Biology of the eggfruit and shoot borer efsb, leucinodes. Leucinodes is a genus of moths of the family crambidae.
Biology of a brinjal shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guen. Screening of solanum melongena against leucinodes orbonalis. Laboratory studies were carried out in india on the biology of leucinodes orbonalis gn. Description of the stages in the life cycle of leucinodes orbonalis guenee reared on solanum gilo egg. Biology of brinjal shoot and fruit borer leucinodes orbanalis guenee in laboratory condition rohokale ya, sonkamble mm and bokan sc abstract laboratory experiment was conducted during kharif 201718 at department of entomology, vasantrao naik marathwada krishi vidyapeeth, parbhani maharashtra to study biology of leucinodes orbonalis.
It belongs to the insect order lepidoptera and family pyralidae. Field response of brinjal cultivars against shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guen. The eggs were laid singly or in batches on the foliage, most of which were on the ventral surface of young leaves. Pheromones and semiochemicals of leucinodes orbonalis. Pdf biology of the eggfruit and shoot borer leucinodes. Insecticide resistance in field populations of leucinodes. Biology of the eggfruit and shoot borer leucinodes orbonalis on the garden egg solanum gilo. Efficacy of nine insecticides against shoot and fruit borer. Eggplant solanum melongena linnaeus is one of the most economically important vegetable of tropics having hotwet climate.
The studies revealed that it completed its total life cycle in 36. Semantic scholar extracted view of estimation of residues of some insecticides on brinjal crop recommended against shoot and fruit borer leucinodes orbonalis guen. Pdf biology of brinjal shoot and fruit borer leucinodes. Brinjal shoot and fruit borer leucinodes orbonalis. Late instar caterpillar of leucinodes orbonalis eggplant borer leucinodes orbonalis background leucinodes orbonalis guenee lepidoptera. Screening of solanum melongena against leucinodes orbonalis guenee agricultural entomology showket ahmad dar masters thesis biology zoology publish your bachelors or masters thesis, dissertation, term paper or essay. Tarannum 3 abstract studies were made on the biology of brinjal shoot and fruit borer bsfb, leucinodes orbonalis guenee feeding on peeled potato tubers as host in the laboratory. Larvae also feed on the tender leaves and flower buds causing dead heart. The key pest, eggplant fruit and shoot borer, leucinodes orbonalis guenee found to be most destructive and first ranked. Crambidae is frequently intercepted by the plant health service in england and wales on imports of aubergine from asia and africa. Yield losses in bangladesh because of efsb infestation have been reported as high as 86%. Biology of the brinjal shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guenee was studied during october and november 2016 under laboratory condition. The larval period lasts 810 days on potato, and pupation takes place on leaves and lasts from 36 days trivedi and rajagopal 1999.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The water trap wota model had significantly highest number of moths catches seasonal mean of 3. Fruits are attacked by making a hole near the basal part and tunnelling inside. Materials and methods a field experiment was conducted in a randomized block design rabd with three replications and twelve treatments in an area of 500 m 2. Ma laichattiwar, rs meena and m raghuraman abstract biology of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guenee, a major pest of brinjal was studied in the year 20152016 in the laboratory. During recent years the brinjal fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guenee, has become a limiting factor in brinjal cultivation in many parts of india. Karthikey an et at detection of genetic polymorphism in l. Agassiz, jayne hall, jennifer hodgetts and matthias nuss in 2015. Whittle and ferguson 1987 comment on the use of the d1 spots to distinguish l. Management practices of this obnoxious pest are limited to frequent spray of chemical insecticides. Management of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guenee, with selected insecticides qudsia yousafi,1,2 muhammad afzal1 and muhammad aslam3 1 faculty of agriculture, university of sargodha, sargodha, pakistan 2 comsats institute of information technology, sahiwal, pakistan 3 comsats institute of information. Studies on the biology of shoot and fruit borer, l. Identity and genetic structure of eggplant fruit and shoot.
The most devastating pest infestation that occurs throughout the year at all stages of plant growth is by the fruit and shoot borer fsb leucinodes orbonalis guenee. Biochemical basis of resistance in brinjal genotypes against. Walker designated it as the type species of the genus leucinodes in 1859 cabi, 2007. Detection of genetic polymorphism in the populations of. Journal of environmental biology july, 2010 o n l i n e c o p y bioefficacy of insecticides against leucinodes orbonalis on brinjal anil and p. The freshly laid creamy eggs were flat and oval shaped with mean length of 0. The simple, lowcost integrated pest management ipm techniques outlined in this guide provide satisfactory, sustainable management and can help eggplant growers decrease their reliance on chemical pesticides.
Gangurde international journal of plant protection, vol. Biology and morphometry of shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guenee on brinjal, solanum melongena mill. Biology of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes. Integrated pest control of the eggfruit and shoot borer leucinodes orbonalis guenee on the garden egg solanum aethiopicum l in southwest nigeria. Leucinodes pseudorbonalis is a species of moth in the family crambidae. Ma laichattiwar, rs meena and m raghuraman abstract biology of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guenee, a major pest of brinjal was studied in. Crambidae is a minor pest of potato across india regupathy et al. Chemical ecology, pheromones, pheromone, moth, moths, insect, sex, attractants, attractant, sexattractants, insects, entomology, behaviour, behavior, lepidoptera. In india, transgenic eggplants expressing bacillus thuringiensis cry toxins have been tested in fields by private and publicsector agencies. Crambidae from the major vegetable growing regions of india was determined during the cropping seasons of 20092010 and 20102011. It not only reduces the yield by making holes in shoots as well as in fruits but also reduces the aesthetic value of the fruits so loss get doubled. The developmental period of 1st instar larva was 2.
A new host of the brinjal shoot and fruit borer leucinodes orbonalis guen, and its biology. The biology and control of brinjal eggplant fruit and shoot borer, leucinodes orbonalis1. Biological studies on brinjal shoot and fruit borer. The biology of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis, was studied on brinjal variety punjab sada bahar. Understanding population diversity is important in designing. The results revealed that brinjal was attacked by borer, leucinodes arbonalis from september to february. It was first described by achille guenee in 1854 leucinodes species have been documented as eggplant fruit borers, posing medium threats to incoming crops from african nations. The studies on the biology of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis revealed that the male and female moth measured 18.
Avrdc the world vegetable center developed, successfully. Leucinodes orbonalis, the eggplant fruit and shoot borer or brinjal fruit and shoot borer, is a moth species in the genus leucinodes. Mating of adult moths were observed on the same day of emergence or a day after emergence. The taxonomic position according to cabi 2007 is given as. Biology of brinjal shoot and fruit borer leucinodes. Verbenaceae against two major tea pests in the sub himalayan tea plantation of north bengal, india. Brinjal fruit and shoot borer, leucinodes orbonalis pyraustidae.
The preferred scientific name of the eggplant fruit and shoot borer is leucinodes orbonalis guenee, 1854. Eggplant borer leucinodes orbonalis plant pest factsheet. Jun 22, 2010 shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guenee, is a serious pest of eggplant solanum melongena l. The pupation took place on the glass jars, soil, muslin cloth, sometimes inside the fruits and. Each week, 3 kg brinjal fruits were observed randomly from local market of tandojam. Integrated pest control of the eggfruit and shoot borer.
Shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guenee lepidoptera. Biorational management of eggplant fruit and shoot borer, leucinodes orbonalis guenee, lepidoptera. Key words brinjal, biology, shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis brinjal or eggplant or aubergine solanum melongena l. Assessment of shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis guen. Effect of neem products on incidence of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, leucinodes orbonalis.
Nov 22, 2019 sharma vk, roshan singh, arora rk, arun gupta, 1998. The preoviposition, oviposition and postoviposition periods of leucinodes orbonalis were found 7. Sharma vk, roshan singh, arora rk, arun gupta, 1998. It is a serious pest of eggplant solanum melongena l. Furthermore, it has been intercepted in imports of solanaceae fruits from asia and has been taken at light in the uk presumably as an result of such importations. Pdf major insect pests of groundnut arachis hypogaea. Production of brinjal is significantly affected by heavy infestation of a fruit borer pest, leucinodes orbonalis.
Verbenaceae against two major tea pests in the sub himalayan tea plantation of. Mating took place on the same or next day after emergence. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf major insect pests of groundnut arachis hypogaea l. Chandra krishi viswavidyalaya, mohanpur west bengal to study the biology and measurement of the different life stages of leucinodes orbonalis. The species was described by richard mally, anastasia korycinska, david j. Tiwari, in ecofriendly pest management for food security, 2016. Between 1999 and 2008 it was intercepted on 104 occasions, 60 of. Female moths started to layeggs on the same day of mating or a day after mating. Pyraustidae on brinjal was conducted during 2012 in three different months at the entomological research farm and the acarology laboratory of the department of entomology, punjab agricultural university, ludhiana. The eggfruit and shootborer efsb, leucinodes orbonalis crambidae, is a major exotic pest of garden egg, solanum gilo, causing enormous shoot and fruit damage in nigeria. Effect of selected botanicals and spinosad on shoot and fruit. Information of the biology is required for effective management of this field pest. Lepidoptera, has become a production constraint in all eggplant solanum melongena linn. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.