author(s)
Saty Saran, DV Singh, Arvind Singh, Umesh Kumar and Shailendra Kumar

abstract
An experiment was carried out to investigate the incidence of shoot and fruit borer (Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee) in relation to weather factors in brinjal during kharif 2017-18 of Western UP. The results showed that the incidence of shoot and fruit borer on shoot infestation started from first week of August whereas, fruit infestation started from first week of September. The highest percent of shoot infestation recorded in the fourth week of September and the highest percent of fruit infestation of shoot and fruit borer was recorded on the fourth week of October during Kharif 2017-18. The shoot and fruit borer was active throughout the cropping season. Among the weather parameters maximum temperature and morning relative humidity showed positive correlation but minimum temperature, evening relative humidity and rainfall showed negative correlation on the incidence of both shoot and fruit infestation by the pest. The management of shoot and fruit borer during Kharif sown brinjal should therefore be initiated from August onwards using an integrated approach.