The present studies on screening of eleven brinjal hybrids against brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis (G.) was carried out during 2015-16 and 2016-17 at College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Trivandrum in kharif and summer seasons. The study revealed that the hybrids Swetha x Vellayani local, Neelima and Wardha local x Palakurthi local were found to be moderately resistant with minimum shoot infestation in both the seasons while maximum shoot infestation was recorded in hybrids NBR-38 x Vellayani local and NBR-38 x Selection Pooja. | Screening of Brinjal hybrids for resistance to Brinjal shoot and fruit borer Leucinodes orbonalis G.
