The tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a major pest of tomato, both in greenhouse and open field crops. The population fluctuation of this pest was studied with pheromone traps in four different fields located in Boroujerd County, Lorestan Province during 2013-2014. The results showed that this pest had six and seven generations in 2013 and 2014, respectively. The first individuals of T.absoluta were captured on 8th May, 2013. The highest density of T. absoluta in 2013 was observed on 7th of August with 125.75±38.5 individuals/trap. The average number of captured moth during 75 sampling times was 1947.75±265 individuals for each trap. In 2014, the first individuals of the moth were captured on 10th of May and the peak of the population density was observed on 2th of August with 110.33±11.5 individuals/trap. The average number of moth in 2014 was less than the previous year, with 1742.33±109 individuals for each trap. The use of reported physiological time for this pest certified the efficiency of pheromone traps to estimate the population fluctuation of T. absoluta. Correlation between the captured moth and temperature showed a significant and positive correlation between them in both years. The finding of this study is arguably the first piece of information on the population dynamic of this pest in field condition in Iran which showed that T. absoluta had high potential to damage tomato in Boroujerd County. Also this study showed that the pheromone traps as reliable tools can be used in determination of the population fluctuation of this pest.
Bahirae, F., Aryafar, A., & Jafari, S. (2015). Population fluctuations of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lep.: Gelechiidae), in Boroujerd county, Lorestan Province, Iran. Agricultural Pest Management, 2(1), 1-11.
MLA
Fereshteh Bahirae; Abdolhossein Aryafar; Shahriar Jafari. "Population fluctuations of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lep.: Gelechiidae), in Boroujerd county, Lorestan Province, Iran", Agricultural Pest Management, 2, 1, 2015, 1-11.
HARVARD
Bahirae, F., Aryafar, A., Jafari, S. (2015). 'Population fluctuations of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lep.: Gelechiidae), in Boroujerd county, Lorestan Province, Iran', Agricultural Pest Management, 2(1), pp. 1-11.
VANCOUVER
Bahirae, F., Aryafar, A., Jafari, S. Population fluctuations of tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lep.: Gelechiidae), in Boroujerd county, Lorestan Province, Iran. Agricultural Pest Management, 2015; 2(1): 1-11.
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