Abstracto

Effect of some pesticides on seed germination, growth and yield characters of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.)

D.Sammaiah, Ch.Chandra Shekar, M.Jaya Prakash Goud, K.Jaganmohan Reddy

The demand of different kind of organic pesticides is increasing to control pest born diseases in agriculture and to maximize the crop yield. A field studywas conducted with different pesticides viz Endosulfan, Rogor individually and in combination with Kitazin (Rogor+Kitazin) on Solanum melongena L (Brinjal). to find out their effect on growth, yield characters and photosynthesis. Pesticides significantly influenced the plant growth, number of branches, plant height, leaf area, number of flowers and fruits were affected synergistically due to combined treatment of Rogor+Kitazin than their individual treatment.