An attempt was made to demonstrate multiple resistant tomato hybrid Arka Rakshak for resistance against fruit borer and fungal diseases in field. Crop damage caused by borer, whitefly thrips measured on the basis of damaged fruits, leaves separately. In order assess per cent damage, fruits five randomly selected tagged plants were counted as total available observed plants. Evaluation host plan...

ABSTRACT The small tomato fruit borer Neoleucinodes elegantalis is a pest of wild and cultivated solanaceous economic importance, such as tomatoes, eggplant, peppers scarlet eggplant. We compared the development, survival reproduction N. in Solanaceae alternative hosts absence plants field. development time was significantly affected by host plant longer larvae feeding on Survival immature stag...

the objective was to study the population development of tuta absoluta (meyrick, 1917) on tomato in greenhouse conditions at droh. the trial assessed the occurrence of t. absoluta adults from the month of october to may in traps; a low numbers is noted. the high numbers recorded (170 adults/greenhouse) are caught at the end of crop cycle. the mean number of capture is 22 adults/ week/ trap. reg...

The introduction of an agricultural pest species into a new environment is a potential threat to agroecosystems of the invaded area. The phytosanitary concern is even greater if the introduced pest's phenotype expresses traits that will impair the management of that species. The invasive tomato borer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is one such species and the characterizati...