Claim · #6494843
Leucinodes orbonalis · herbivory · Solanum melongena
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“brinjal fruit and shoot borer pheromone traps... effective in managing lepidopteran as well as sucking pests in brinjal”
- Authors
- Bhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- Insect Predators in Pest Management (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)
- Page
- 156
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Leucinodes orbonalis (brinjal fruit and shoot borer) is the dominant lepidopteran pest of eggplant in South Asia and is routinely included in IPM packages combining pheromone trapping with chrysopid releases.”
- entomologist · plausible
“BFSB damage to fruit and shoots is biologically standard; pairing pheromone trapping with C. carnea releases is a documented Indian IPM approach, though chrysopids are more effective on the sucking-pest co-tenants than on bored fruit.”
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