The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta Meyrick is an invasive species for Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, attacking cultivated and wild Solanaceae plants. After it was recorded in Bulgaria in 2009 it spread in all tomato growing regions of the country. The aim of the study was to establish...
Author(s)
Deleva, E.; Harizanova, V.; Draganova, S.
Publisher
Academic Publishing House of the Agricultural University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Citation
Agrarni Nauki, 2016, 8, 19, pp 61-67
The tomato leaf miner (TLM), Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is an invasive pest to Egypt since 2010. It has become a serious threat to tomato crop either in open fields or in greenhouses at Ismailia Governorate and elsewhere in Egypt. Efficacy of two different control...
Author(s)
Osman, M. A. M.
Publisher
Egyptian Society for Biological Control of Pests, Cairo, Egypt
Citation
Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2015, 25, 1, pp 113-120
Tomato leaf miner (TLM), Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is an invasive pest causing significant loss to tomato production in Egypt. The success of biological control programs against this serious threat in tomato fields using trichogrammatid species release is a challenge, and...
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Sarhan, A. A.; Osman, M. A. M.; Mandour, N. S.; El-Hady, M. A. A.
Publisher
Egyptian Society for Biological Control of Pests, Cairo, Egypt
Citation
Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2015, 25, 1, pp 107-112
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Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Ankara, Turkey
Citation
Proceedings, 4th ESENIAS Workshop: International Workshop on IAS in Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Areas in ESENIAS Region, Çanakkale, Turkey, 16-17 December 2013, 2014, pp 7-8
Author(s)
Gözel, Ç.; Gözel, U.
Publisher
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Ankara, Turkey
Citation
Proceedings, 4th ESENIAS Workshop: International Workshop on IAS in Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Areas in ESENIAS Region, Çanakkale, Turkey, 16-17 December 2013, 2014, pp 116
We here review pheromone control strategies for species-specific and environmentally safe management of the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). This insect pest originates from South America and is now considered to be one of the most damaging invasive pests of tomatoes in...
Author(s)
Megido, R. C.; Haubruge, E.; Verheggen, F. J.
Publisher
Les Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux, Gembloux, Belgium
Citation
Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2013, 17, 3, pp 475-482
The tomato borer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is an invasive pest native to South America and since its arrival in Europe the tomato production has faced severe yield loss. The complex of indigenous parasitoids that colonized this new host species was monitored in Southern Italy during 2009-2011, in...
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Zappalà, L.; Bernardo, U.; Biondi, A.; Cocco, A.; Deliperi, S.; Delrio, G.; Giorgini, M.; Pedata, P.; Rapisarda, C.; Garzia, G. T.; Siscaro, G.
Publisher
Department of Agroenvironmental Sciences and Technologies, Bologna, Italy
Citation
Bulletin of Insectology, 2012, 65, 1, pp 51-61
The biocide effect of the acqueous extracts of the roots and foliar parts of three spontaneous herbaceous plants Inula viscosa (L.) W. Greuter, Salvia officinalis (L.) and Urtica urens (L.) was studied on tomato sheets infested by various larval stages of the tomato moth. An analysis of the...
Author(s)
Allal-Benfekih, L.; Bellatreche, M.; Bounaceur, F.; Tail, G.; Mostefaoui, H.
Publisher
Association Française de Protection des Plantes (AFPP), Alfortville, France
Citation
Les Cochenilles: ravageur principal ou secondaire. 9ème Conférence Internationale sur les Ravageurs en Agriculture, SupAgro, Montpellier, France, 25-27 octobre 2011, 2011, pp 681-689
Tuta absoluta is a lepidopteran leaf miner from South America. Recently, T. absoluta has been detected in several locations of Europe, especially in the Mediterranean Basin, where it is causing serious damage to tomato crops, since the insect could develop very quickly in suitable agro-ecological...
Author(s)
Finocchiaro, E.; Fioretti, C. S.
Publisher
Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Citation
Giornate Fitopatologiche 2010, Cervia (RA), Italia, 9-12 marzo 2010. Atti, volume primo, 2010, pp 261-266
Tuta absoluta is a new invasive pest of the family of Lepidopterea, which mainly affects tomatoes. The life cyle, prevention, biological control, chemical and integrated control of T. absoluta are discussed.
Author(s)
Huber, A.; Drobny, H. G.
Publisher
Julius Kühn Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen, Quedlinburg, Germany
Citation
Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 2010, No.428, pp 355