Studies on the effect of essential oils for control melon leaf miner adults (Liriomyza trifolii Burgess) and phytoxicity plants (Cucumis melo L.) were carried out under green house laboratory experiments with aim to find effectivity this pest. Essential (treatments) used in tests belonged following plant species: Ocimum basilicum, kilimandshanicum, Lippia alba, gratissimum, Cymbopogon citratus,...

the tomato leafminer, tuta absoluta (meyrick), is one of the most important pests of tomato, solanum lycopersicum l., in iran. in this research, natural enemies diversity of t. absoluta and proportion of predators or parasitoids density to moth eggs or larvae density on five tomato cultivars including super strain b, super chief, mobil, korral, and early urbana y were studied in an experimental...

The leafminer Caloptilia porphyretica Braun (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), has become a frequent pest in commercial highbush blueberries, Vaccinium corymbosum L., in New Jersey, but little is known about its seasonal abundance, life history, and parasitism rates. Monitoring programs were conducted from 2003 to 2006 on seven blueberry farms to determine the relative abundance of this leafminer b...