Identification of eggplant lines resistant to fruit and shoot borer through field screening

Issue Date

10-2011

Abstract

Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee infests eggplant soon after planting (causing wilted shoot, bored stem) until fruit harvest (causing bored fruit), reducing the marketable quality of the fruits and resulting in yield loss of 54% to 70%. The farmers apply insecticide for borer damage control. Enhancing genetic variability for fruit and shoot borer (FSB) resistance through in vitro mutagenesis has great potential. Min involves selection of putative resistant plants through screening trials. Selected eggplant lines exhibiting resistance to FSB can be developed into varieties accepted by farmers and consumers. Crop management based on host plant resistance can increase marketability of the harvest and ensure the safety of humans, animals and the environment.

Source or Periodical Title

The Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

25

Issue

2

Page

209-210

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

LEUCINODES ORBONALIS; EGG PLANTS; INFESTATIONS; IDENTIFICATION; PEST RESISTANCE; PEST CONTROL

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