author(s)
RS Choudhary, BS Rana, A Kumar, A Murdia and B Singh

abstract
Eight varieties of brinjal were screened under field conditions against the shoot and fruit borer in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The comparative fruit infestation by shoot and fruit borer in brinjal varieties show that the infestation of shoot and fruit borer initiated first on fruits in the fourth week of September and reached to its peak in the fourth week of October and third week of October respectively, during 2014-15 and 2015-16. At peak infestation, maximum infestation was recorded in variety BR-112 (43.91& 45.33%) on number and weight (38.39& 39.25%) basis during both the years; whereas, minimum fruit infestation was recorded in variety Pant Samrat (20.95 & 22.54%) on number and weight (19.84& 21.28%) basis during both the years.