Cultural management
- Hand picking is effective
as the beetles are sluggish during the morning hours.
- If the area is small
collection and destroying the egg masses, which can be spotted easily is the
best method.
- Egg parasitoid Tetrastichus ovularum, larval parasitoid
Ugameno ni suppress the population
during March – July
- Organic compounds of plant
origin are effective.
- Shake plants to dislodge grubs, pupae and adults and destroy them
- Conserve natural enemies in
brinjal ecosystem