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Management
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Diseases controlled
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-Use certified disease free seeds,
-Rotate with non-Solanaceous crops
-Drenching of the soil with recommended fungicide
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Damping off
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-Sow resistant varieties (Black Beauty, -Black Enorma)
-Rotate with non Solanaceous crops,
-Do not locate seed beds where bacterial wilt has occurred
-Use raised beds for improved drainage
-Graft plants onto resistant rootstocks.
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Bacterial wilt
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-Soil sterilization
Rotation with non-solanceous crops recommended
Grafting eggplants on suitable rootstocks also minimizes the disease infestation.
Use resistant varieties
Avoid using green mulch of allow grass to dry well before mulching
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Veriticillium wilt
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Eggplants major pests: fruit borer, flower thrips etc
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Management
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Insects controlled
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Several insecticides such as carbaryl, Ambush, Decis control this borer but numerous sprays are needed.
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Fruit and shoot borer
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It is difficult because of constant migration from weeds, grass, flowers and trees. Application of pesticides such as Decis, Ambush, Carbaryl, Malathion, Confidor, made at close intervals especially when the pest is prevalent.
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Occasionally, heavy outbreaks do occur, especially during dry weather, an application of insecticides such as Confidor, Trigard, Decis, Agrimec etc becomes necessary
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Leaf miner
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