Management Control Strategy of Devastated Tomato Borer, Tuta absoluta on Tomato Crop at El-Behira Governorate, Egypt. | ||||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 10, Issue 8, December 2017, Page 35-43 PDF (321.97 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajb.2017.11991 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Gamal M. Hassan; Abd El-Nasser T. Hassan; Alaa M. Khorchid | ||||
| Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Field experiments were conducted during two successive summer seasons, 2016 and 2017 to compare some methods of integrated pest management (IPM) program against T. absoluta with a control field (untreated field) from 3rd May to 3rd July at El- Berka village, Abu-Hommus district, El-Behira Governorate. Results showed that larval activity of T. absoluta during both two seasons, 2016 and 2017 was higher in control field (23.11±1.82 mean no. of larvae/leaf) than in IPM field program (2.71±0.40 mean no. of larvae/leaf). The numbers of male captures per trap per 3 days were increased during the experiment in an IPM field with overall mean no. of 201.29±4.81 males per trap per 3 days. However, the mean no. of male catches was 186.9±7.23 males/trap/3 days in control field with significant difference between them during two successive seasons. A thorough research program towards developing some sequence tactics in IPM program for T. absoluta including a foliar spray of Thiamethoxam 20%WG + Chlorantraniliprole 20%WG mixture, Flubendiamid 20%WG, Abamectin 8.4%SC, Spinetoram 12%SC and water mass trapping male moths using red plastic basin water trap (about 10 lure traps/ feddan) on tomato variety, K186. Such an approach would not only allow for reducing the pest, but also result in a better understanding management strategy of devastated tomato borer, T. absoluta in a given region. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| lures; Management; Mass trapping; Pesticides; Sexual pheromone; Tomato borer; Tuta absoluta | ||||
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