Tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)(Lep: Gelechiidae) is one of the serious pests of tomato. With regards to its quick distribution in nearly all tomato fields in Iran as well as its destructive attributes, a study of its biological traits of T. absoluta is necessary. Furthermore, improvement of laboratory rearing methods is needed to set laboratory experiments as well as its mass production. In the present study, longevity and survival rate of immature stage of tomato leaf miner was investigated using leaf cuts of tomato plant cultivars including ATABAY, CLUSE and PRENSES under laboratory condition for three successive generations. The results indicated that, mean pre-adult developmental duration increased as generation increased. Maximum value of mean pre-adult developmental longevity was recorded on ATABAY cultivar. Maximum survival rate of eggs, larvae and pupae was related to the first, third and second generations on ATABAY, ATABAY and PRENSES cultivars respectively. The results showed that the development of tomato leaf miner can be affected by generation and tomato plant cultivar and these factors must be considered for toxicology, ecology assessments etc.
Salek-Ebrahimi, H., & Gharekhani, G. (2014). Effect of generation and tomato plant cultivar on development of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lep.: Gelechiidae). Agricultural Pest Management, 1(2), 52-58.
MLA
Hamideh Salek-Ebrahimi; Gholamhossein Gharekhani. "Effect of generation and tomato plant cultivar on development of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lep.: Gelechiidae)", Agricultural Pest Management, 1, 2, 2014, 52-58.
HARVARD
Salek-Ebrahimi, H., Gharekhani, G. (2014). 'Effect of generation and tomato plant cultivar on development of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lep.: Gelechiidae)', Agricultural Pest Management, 1(2), pp. 52-58.
VANCOUVER
Salek-Ebrahimi, H., Gharekhani, G. Effect of generation and tomato plant cultivar on development of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lep.: Gelechiidae). Agricultural Pest Management, 2014; 1(2): 52-58.
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