Volatiles from host plant brinjal attract the brinjal Fruit and Shoot Borer - Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee

 

 

The brinjal fruit and shoot borer attacks is a major pest in brinjal and spoils the brinjal fruits. The present study aims to develop natural pesticides using brinjal pest pheromone and volatiles constituents from brinjal plant. The results revealed that these volatiles can be used to prepare a trap of this pest and control the pest effectively. 

 

 

  M. S. F. Nusra, D. N. Udukala, L. D. Amarasinghe and P. A. Paranagama

 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology

Abstract :- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2021.06.002

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