Name of crop Brinjal
Category : Vegetable crops
Name of variety : BARI Begun-1 (Uttara)
Identifying character : High yielding brinjal variety, Prolific bearer, 80-100 fruits/plant, Fruits borne in cluster, Average individual fruit weight 60-70 g
Developed by (Centre/Division) : Olericulture Division, HRC, Gazipur
Year of release : 1985
Crop duration : 150-180 days (DAT)
Yield (kg/ha) : 60
Fruit Size : Medium long
Fruit Colour : Pink
Suitable area : All over Bangladesh
Sowing time : August – September
Harvesting time : September ? October
Major diseases and Management : a) Phomopsis blight
Management:
1. Use of disease free seed.
2. Seed treatment with Vitavax 200 @ 2 g/1 kg seed.
3. Spray stem just above soil with 2 g Bavistin/Knowin per liter of water as soon as disease symptom observed.
4. Seed treatment with hot water (510C for 15 minutes).
5. Destroy plant debris after harvest.
b) Bacterial wilt
Management:
1. Use of resistant varieties.
2. Clean and well drained land.
3. Grafting with resistant Solanum root stock.
c) Mosaic virus
Management:
1. Rouging out of mosaic affected plants.
2. Use of resistant varieties.
d) Little leaf
Management:
1. Rouging out of affected plants as soon as symptom appeared
2. Clean land
3. Spraying for vector control
e) Damping off
Management:
1. Soil sterilized with 4% Formaldehyde before seed sowing.
2. Seed bed should be cleaned and well drained.
Major insect/pest and Management : a) Brinjal fruit and shoot borer (EFSB)
Management:
1. Remove and destroy infested shoots and fruits.
2. Use of sex pheromone trap
3. Reduce or judicious application of pesticides Use of to protect natural enemies of EFSB.
4. Biological control with Trichogramma chilouis 4000-4500/ha and Bracon hebitor @ 800-1200/ha
b) Epilachna beetle
Management:
1. Collection and destruction of leaves with eggs.
2. Clean cultivation.
3. During severe infestation, spraying Sevin/Carboryl.
4. Applying Neembicidin WP @ 3 ml/ liter of water.
c) Jassids
Management:
1. Conservation of natural enemies.
2. Spraying of Dimethoate 40 EC @ 2 ml/liter of water (> Two Jassid/leaf).
3. Furadan 3 G applied in furrows @ 20 kg/ha to be effective for 40 days.
d) Cutworm
Management:
1. Irrigation with kerosene oil (5-7 liter kerosene/ha).
2. Use of poison bait (Padan 50 SP at 100 kg rice/wheat bran/ha).
3. Use of Dursban/Pyriphos 20 EC at 5 ml/liter of water.
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