Impact of Mass Trapping Technology on the Infestation of Brinjal Shoot and Fruit Borer in Comparison with Farmers’ Practices Manasa K., Gangadhar N, Goud Ch Raja Department of Entomology, College of Horticulture, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, Karnataka Online published on 23 December, 2016. Abstract Field experiments were conducted to study the impact of mass trapping technology on the infestation of brinjal shoot and fruit borer in comparison with farmers’ practices in the fields around the town of Baglkot, Karnataka, India. The results indicated that Total number of moths caught during 10 weeks of study period from 10 traps were 861. The highest mean number of male moths trapped per week was 29.6 during 10th week and the lowest was 1.7 during third week. Highest percentage of fruit damage (6.6%) was reported in ninth week, whereas, lowest percentage was 0.2 in mass trapping during seventh week. whereas, in farmers practices highest per cent fruit damage (27.3%) was observed in the ninth week and lowest (0.9%) was found in the fifth week. In mass trapping block, highest shoot damage (6%) was recorded during first week of trap installation which is on par with second week i.e. 5.7%, whereas, lowest per cent shoot damage observed during 10th week of traps installation i.e. 0.4 per cent. Highest cost benefit ratio (8.6) was recorded in the mass trapping technology when compared to farmers’ practices. Top Keywords Mass Trapping Technology, Infestation, Brinjal Shoot, Fruit Borer, Farmers’ Practices. Top |