Screening of Brinjal Genotypes for Shoot and Fruit Borer (Leucinodes orbonalis G.) under Valley Condition of Garhwal Hills

The present research was conducted to screen eleven promising genotypes of Brinjal (Long Black Pooja, Long Green, Pant Rituraj, Pant Samrat, Pusa Purple Long, Pusa Uttam, Rajendra–1, Round–1, Srinagar Local, Telangana Local with one checkcultivar Pusa Purple Round) against brinjalshoot and fruit borer and observe their growth, yield, and quality attributes with a comparative level of tolerance under valley condition of Garhwal hill. The minimum shoot borer infestation<4 % and <15% was observed from the genotypes Pusa Purple Long and Long Green respectively and maximum yield 14.25 and 13.31 kg/plot were also recorded in Pusa Purple Long and Long Green respectively. Thus, it can be concluded that the genotype Pusa Purple Long and Long Green were better performers over check Pusa Purple Round. Therefore, these two genotypes i.e., Pusa Purple Long and Long Green indicated significant tolerance against shoot and fruit borer among tested genotypes and can be recommended to enhance the production of Brinjal undervalley condition of Garhwal Hills.