Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) suffers from the attack of various pests throughout its different stages of the crop growth. Different insecticides are used to control these pest infestations. The application of these insecticides on brinjal plants may have an effect on their quality and nutritional parameters of fruit samples. In the present study effect of three different insecticides viz. Triazophos 40% E.C. Carbaryl 50% W.D.P, Cypermethrin 10% E.C. and Azadiractin 10,000 ppm formulation belonging to different groups namely organophosphate, carbamate, synthetic pyrethroids and botanical insecticide on brinjal fruit quality, nutritional parameters and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) were assessed in field conditions. The results showed that different insecticides at field application dose showed minute insignificant variation in fruit nutritional and total antioxidant activity parameters in comparison to the control samples. The fruit quality parameters also showed minute variation in comparison to the control, except in the case of Triazophos treated samples which showed significant variation (p<0.05) in total soluble sugar content and crude protein.
Sensitivity of two species of entomopathogenic fungi: Beauveria bassinana and B. brongniartii and of three species of entomopathogenic nematodes: Steinernema glaseri, S. feltiae and Heterorhabditis megidis to low doses of two insecticides carbosulfan and carbofuran applied to forest soil to control cockchafer’s grubs was studied. Carbosulfan inhibited the growth of both fungi. Carbofuran stimulated the growth of B. brongniartii. Mortality of carbofuran treated nematodes was higher than mortality of those affected by carbosulfan. Both insecticides did not decrease the pathogenicity of fungi and nematodes towards Galleria mellonella L. larvae. The studies pointed to a possibility of using both insecticides in the Integrated Pest Management.