Development of Improved Eggplant Varieties with New Plant Defense Genes for Multiple Insect Resistance using Innovative Technologies
Eggplant accessions collected by the Eggplant research team of UPLB. Image Credit: IPB-CAFS, UPLB Eggplant production is severely constrained by two major insect pests, the eggplant fruit and shoot borer or EFSB (Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee; Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and leafhopper or LH (Amrasca biguttula (Ishida); Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Yield losses from EFSB and LH infestations have been …