author(s)
Sandeep Kumar, Sumit Kumar Singh and Y. P Malik

abstract
The present investigation was carried out at Students Instructional Farm, Chandra Shekher Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (U.P.) during 2014-15. Application of nine insecticides were evaluated against brinjal fruit and shoot borer, Leucinodes orbonalis Guen, on two variety Azad B-3 (V₁), Type-3 (V₂) of Brinjal. The minimum shoot damage (10.20 and 08.51 percent) was recorded in the plots treated with imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 0.02%, followed by imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 0.015% (12.50 and 10.43 percent). The maximum shoot damage recorded in Bacillus thuringiensis @ 0.75kg/ha (20.07 and 16.76 percent) followed by (28.86 and 24.09 percent) in control plot. The maximum control treatment was Imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 0.02% is (64.65 and 64.67%) and minimum Bacillus thuringiensis @ 0.75kg/ha (30.45 and 30.42%). The minimum fruit damage (09.50 and 08.08 percent) was recorded in the plots treated with imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 0.02%, followed by imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 0.015% (11.65 and 09.90 percent). The maximum fruit damage recorded in Bacillus thuringiensis @ 0.75kg/ha (18.71 and 15.90 percent) followed by (26.89 and 23.27 percent) in control plot. The maximum control treatment was Imidacloprid 17.8 SL @ 0.02% is (64.67 and 65.27%) and minimum Bacillus thuringiensis @ 0.75kg/ha (30.42 and 31.67%).