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Response of the tomato miner Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) to thirteen insecticides in semi‐natural conditions in Tunisia
Author(s) -
Hafsi Abir,
Abbes Khaled,
Chermiti Brahim,
Nasraoui Bouzid
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/epp.2575
Subject(s) - tuta absoluta , gelechiidae , lepidoptera genitalia , instar , azadirachtin , leaf miner , larvicide , biology , annona , toxicology , larva , horticulture , neem oil , botany , traditional medicine , aedes aegypti , agronomy , pesticide , medicine , annonaceae
Experiments on larvicide and ovicide activity of 13 insecticides in semi‐natural conditions showed a medium to low efficacy of bio‐insecticides on all instars of T uta absoluta ( M eyrick) except for B acillus thuringiensis B erliner var. kurstaki which was distinguished by an average mortality of 72.5%. S pinosad and S pinetoram based insecticides showed high efficiency in controlling all instars of larvae with respectively an average mortality of 66.5% and 85.6%. However, this study revealed a unique ovicide effect of azadirachtin‐neem oil based insecticide with 43.8% egg mortality.