Brinjal or eggplant is a popular vegetable in Sri Lanka and widely cultivated throughout the country. However, it is also subjected to many diseases prompting excessive and overuse of pesticides by the farmers without a clear evaluation of the pathogens present in a field. While the post-harvest diseases of brinjal fruits and their causative agents have been investigated in many studies, the diseases to the plants in the field are less explored. Thus, in this study the prominent fungal diseases in brinjal plantations without pesticide application in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka, were identified to be leaf blight, necrosis and yellowing, caused by Diaporthe eugeniae, Lasiodiplodia theobromae and Pseudopestalotiopsis theae respectively. 

H.V.A.S. Koshila, R.P. Wanigatunge, R.K.S. Dias and P. Edirisinghe

The Journal of Agricultural Sciences - Sri Lanka

Abstract:- http://doi.org/10.4038/jas.v18i2.10257