author(s)
SS Ajabe, NE Jayewar, AD Gaikwad and RB Ambad

abstract
The field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2018-19 at Experimental field of Department of Agricultural Entomology, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani (Maharashtra). Mass trapping of shoot and fruit borer was maximum moth catch was recorded at 51^th SMW with mean number 15 moths per traps followed by at 46^th SMW with 12.71 moths per trap. The brinjal shoot and fruit borer moths population where shows positive non-significant correlation with rainfall, maximum temperature and morning relative humidity and negative significant correlation with minimum temperature, evening relative humidity and wind velocity. Bright sunshine where negative non-significant correlation with moths’ population. Whereas correlation with field population shoot damage shows negative non-significant and positive significant correlation with fruit infestation.