Bu çalışma 2019-2020 yıllarında Tire ve Ödemiş (İzmir) ilçelerinde birinci ikinci ürün patates ile domates alanlarında Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)’ nın doğal düşmanlarının saptanması amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Örneklemeler haftalık olarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Doğal düşmanlar atrap kültüre alma yöntemiyle elde edilmiştir. Birçok predatör parazitoit düşman türü saptanmıştır. ...

Variation in resource inputs to plants may trigger bottom-up effects on herbivorous insects. We examined the effects of water input: optimal water vs. limited water; water salinity: with vs. without addition of 100 mM NaCl; and their interactions on tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum), and consequently, the bottom-up effects on the tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meytick) (Lepidoptera: Gelec...

Laboratory studies were conducted to measure selected life history traits and the functional response of the parasitoid Pseudapanteles dignus (Muesebeck), a major enemy of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) in tomato crops in South America. Newly mated P. dignus females were individually exposed to 10 host larvae in mines for 24 h. We determined developmental time from egg to pupal formation and pupal sta...

Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) has quickly developed into a significant tomato pest worldwide. While the recently found mirid predators Macrolophus basicornis (Stal), Engytatus varians (Distant) and Campyloneuropsis infumatus (Carvalho) of this pest are able to establish and reproduce on tomato, biological knowledge of these mirids is still limited. Here we describe the functional response of the thre...

The tomato leaf miner Phthorimaea absoluta(Meyrick), earlier known by the scientific name Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is one of most devastating global pests tomatoes. Using indigenous entomopathogenic fungi can be a promising solution to manage it. Effıcacyof EPF isolates on third-instar larvae was carried out in Ethiopia during 2021-2022. Ten were inoculated with conidi...

The second author's name is spelled incorrectly. The correct name is: Samira A. Mohamed. The affiliation for the second, third, and fourth author are incorrect. Samira A. Mohamed, Fathiya Khamis, and Sunday Ekesi are not affiliated with #2 but with #1 International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya. Copyright: © 2015 Tonnang et al. This is an open access article di...

Biweekly field visits starting from January to the end of April 2011 were conducted to tomato fields (open and plastic houses) heavily infested with the tomato borer Tuta absoluta, in order to survey natural enemies associated with this pest. Three hemipterans were found: Orius albidipennis, Orius sp. (Anthocoridae) and Nesidiocoris tenuis (Miridae). In addition, the parasitic wasp Bracon (Habr...