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Tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta)
tags: - public-ready - export-bio
Tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta)
Overview
A serious tomato pest in protected systems. Larvae mine leaves and damage fruit.
Symptoms
- Leaf mines and blotches
- Entry holes and galleries in fruit
- Frass in mines
IPM notes
- Intensive monitoring and rapid response
- Integrate egg parasitoids and selective controls where appropriate