ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Evaluation of some microbial agents, natural and chemical compounds for controlling tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
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Pests and Plant Protection Department, Agricultural and Biological Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El-Behous St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt
Acceptance date: 2016-10-28
Corresponding author
Nesreen M. Abd El-Ghany
Pests and Plant Protection Department, Agricultural and Biological Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El-Behous St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt
Pests and Plant Protection Department, Agricultural and Biological Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El-Behous St., Dokki, Giza, 12622, Egypt
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2016;56(4):372-379
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ABSTRACT
Solanaceous plants have a great economic impact in Egypt. These groups of plants include potatoes, tomatoes and eggplants. The new invasive pest of tomatoes,
Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) causes the greatest crop losses which can range from 60 to 100%. After its detection in Egypt during the last half of 2009, it spread quickly to all provinces in the country. We aiming to propose a sustainable control program for this devastating pest. In this research we tested three groups of control agents. The first was microbial and natural, the second – plant extracts and the third – chemical insecticides. Our results showed that the impact of T. absoluta can be greatly reduced by the use of sustainable control measures represented by different insecticide groups. Bioassay experiments showed that this devastating pest can be controlled with some compounds that give high mortality rates. Of these compounds, spinosad and Beauveria bassiana, microbial control agents, followed by azadirachtin, gave the best results in controlling
T. absoluta. Of the chemical insecticides, lambda-cyhalotrin was the most effective, followed by lufenuron and profenofos. In conclusion we encourage farmers to use microbial and natural control measures in combating the tomato leafminer, T. absoluta,
in Integrated Pest Mangement (IPM) programs.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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