ð Brinjal
Cultivation, Important Point, Pests
- Botanical Name: Solanum melongena
- Family: Solanaceae
- Bitterness is due to presence of
glycoalkaloids
. - Pigment present in brinjal is
Anthocyanin
.
- Brinjal fruits are good source of
Vitamin B
. - Seed rate:
200 g/ha
for nursery sowing
Varieties
- Pusa purple long (Extra early maturity)
- Pant samrat (Phomopsis blight and bacterial wilt resistant).
- Black beauty (Nematode resistant)
- Arka sheel, Arka nidhi
Hybrid
- Pusa bindu
- Pusa upkar
- Pusa bhairav (Phomopsis blight resistant)
- Arka navneet (Highest yielding)
- Arka neelkantha (Nematode resistant)
- Annamalai: Aphid resistant, recommended for TN
- Arka keshav
Insect
-
Fruit and shoot borer:
Leucinodes orbonalis
, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera (Major pest of brinjal).- Cause ‘dead heart’ in young plants, tender growing shoot is killed by larvae in early stage and later bore into fruits.
- It can be managed by application of Spirotetramat 150 SC @ 75 g a.i. /ha. or Flubendiamide 48 SC @ 60 g a.i. /ha.
-
Hadda beetle:
- Epilachna vignitictopunctata (F. Coccinelidae)
-
Brinjal Brown leaf hopper:
- Cestius phycitis (vector of little leaf of brinjal).
- The white flies and jassids/leaf hopper in brinjal can be controlled by application of lmidacloprid 200 SL @ 75 g a.i /ha
- Ash weevils:
- Myllocerus subfasciatus
Diseases:
- Little leaf of brinjal
- Due to
Mycoplama
- Transmitted by leaf hoppers:
Cestius phycitis
- Due to
- Botanical Name: Solanum melongena
- Family: Solanaceae
- Bitterness is due to presence of
glycoalkaloids
. - Pigment present in brinjal is
Anthocyanin
.
- Brinjal fruits are good source of
Vitamin B
. - Seed rate:
200 g/ha
for nursery sowing
Varieties
- Pusa purple long (Extra early maturity)
- Pant samrat (Phomopsis blight and bacterial wilt resistant).
- Black beauty (Nematode resistant)
- Arka sheel, Arka nidhi
Hybrid
- Pusa bindu
- Pusa upkar
- Pusa bhairav (Phomopsis blight resistant)
- Arka navneet (Highest yielding)
- Arka neelkantha (Nematode resistant)
- Annamalai: Aphid resistant, recommended for TN
- Arka keshav
Insect
-
Fruit and shoot borer:
Leucinodes orbonalis
, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera (Major pest of brinjal).- Cause ‘dead heart’ in young plants, tender growing shoot is killed by âĶ
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