Detail:

Pests such as whitefly, insects and termites may start afflicting brinjal crop, roughly 40 days after sowing. The plants start drying up soon after. For controlling the affliction, a 10-gram lump of asafoetida is tied in a cloth and kept in the channel through which water is supplied to the crop. This allows the essence of asafoetida to slowly spread to the entire farm. By the very smell of asafoetida, germs and insects are repelled. The asafoetida application is done at intervals of 15 days. The treatment is continued until the white flies are completely eliminated.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Muljibhai Kanabhai Patel
Agro-Ecological Zone: Gujarat plains and hill region (XIII)
Address: Kabhai-no Muwado post Antesuba, Kapadwanj, Kheda, Gujarat
District: Kheda
State: Gujarat
PIN Code 387620

Crop: Brinjal
Crop Family: Solanaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Solanum melongena)
Crop Vernacular Name: Eggplant, bangan, begun
Formulation: 10 g of asafoetida.
Ingredients: Aafoetida, water

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PAS 1:

“ Application of asafoetida, a medicinal gum from Ferula assafoetida and sea-weeds Spatoglossum variabile, Stokeyia indica and Melanothamnus afaqhusainii showed significant suppressive effect on root rotting fungi Fusarium solani, Macrophomina phaseolina and root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita) attacking watermelon and eggplant and improved plant growth in soil naturally infested with root rotting fungi and artificially infested with root knot nematode. Length of vine of watermelon, shoot length of eggplant and fresh.”
https://www.researchgate.net/file.PostFileLoader.html?id=59848adfeeae39d1ae4e9353&assetKey=AS%3A523646773202944%401501858527394

PAS 2:

“To control pod borer (Leucinodes orbonalis) in vegetables like brinjal, 'sabsige' (Anethum sowa) plants (also called 'sowa' in Hindi) are sown in the rows along with the vegetables. The strong odour of this plant is found to repel the insects.”
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PAS 3:

“Farmers soak the old leather or hides (1-2 kg.) of dead animals in about 10 litres of water for 24-36 hours. Thereafter the water is filtered out and sprinkled..”
https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=680&page=2&search_case=brinjal

PAS 4:

“Alum and castor shells control pests”
https://honeybee.org/honeybee_detailed.php?ID=8045&page=13&search_case=brinjal

PAS 5:

“ It may be concluded that margosa or marigold extract treatment of brinjal seedlings prior to transplantation can avoid severe damage by suppressing the nematode multiplication and inducing the tolerance in treated inoculated plants.”
http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijar2&volume=52&issue=4&article=019