brinjal insects a lecture by allah dad khan provincial coordinator ipm minfal islamabad

Brinjal Gourd Insects A

Lecture To ToT trainees ( FFS) By

Mr. Allah Dad Khan Provincial Coordinator

IPM KPK MINFAL Pakistan

Crop: BrinjalScientific name: Solanum melongenaFamily: Solanaceae 

Stem borer: Euzophera perticella :

Top shoots of young plants droop and wither.

Older plants become stunted.

Fruit bearing is affected

Symptoms of damage

Stem Borer

Egg: Cream, scale-like

Larva: Fully grown larva is creamy white

Adult: Greyish brown, forewings has transverse line and hind wings are white in colour

Identification of pest:

Bud worm: Scrobipalpa blapsigona

 of damage: Shriveling and

shedding of flower buds

Symptoms

Bud Worm

Larvae - pale whitish  with pink tinge

Adult - small with fringed wings.

Identification of pest:

Hadda / spotted beetle: H.vigintioito punctata

 of damage: Scrapping of

chlorophyll Skeletonization

and drying of leaves

Symptoms

Identification of pest:

Eggs: Cigar shaped, yellow in colour

Grub:  Yellowish bearing six rows of longitudinal spines.

Pupa: Yellowish with spines on posterior part and anterior portion being devoid of spines.

Adult:  14 spots on each elytra, deep red

Identification Adult

Ash weevils: Myllocerus subfasciatus, M. discolor, M. viridanus

 of damage: Notching of leaf

margins Grubs feed on

roots causing wilting of plants

Symptoms

Identification of pest:

Larva Grub: Small and apodous

Pupa: Pupates in soil in earthen cocoons

Adult: M. maculosus: Greenish

white with dark lines on elytra M. subfasciatus: Brown M. discolor: Brown and white

spots M. viridanus: Small light

green weevil

Lace wing bug: Urentius hystricellus

 of damage: Yellowing of

leaves Affected leaves

covered with exuviae and excreta

Symptoms

Pest Identification

Egg: White nibble shaped eggs

Nymph: yellowish white with prominent spines

Adult: Dorsal side -straw coloured

Ventral side -black coloured

Pronotum and forewings reticulated

Identification of pest: