Author(s):

Manasa K and Raja Goud CH

Abstract: An experiment was conducted at farmers field of simikeri, bagalkot district during 6^th February to 6^th april, 2013 to assess the field longevity of pheromone lures in relation with weather parameters. It revealed that after 2 months of exposure of lure in the field, the left over pheromone quantity observed was 1.55mg. The maxi mum and minimum temperature showed non-signifcant negative relationship with male moth catches. Morning and afternoon relative humidity had negative relationships with brinjal shoot & fruit borer moth catches and rainfall had non significant positive relationship with male moth catches, whereas, wind speed showed negative relationship with brinjal shoot and fruit borer.

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