Eggplant fruit and shoot borer EFSB茄子果实和笋蛀虫.pdfVIP

Introduction Eggplant fruit and shoot borer (EFSB), Leucinodes orbonalis, is the most damaging pest of eggplant in South and Southeast Asia. Its lar- vae feed inside eggplant fruit, making the fruit unmarketable and unfit for human consumption (Fig. 1). At times, entire crops can be lost. Farmers are currently using too many pesticides and applying them too frequently to control EFSB. This excessive pesticide usage threatens the health of farmers and consumers, pollutes the environment, besides making eggplant fruit