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Natural enemies of the tomato leaf miner,Tuta absoluta, (Lepidoptera:Gelechiidae)in Kassala State, Sudan

Submitted by Agripest on 3rd Feb 2014



Third Conference of Pests Management in Sudan February 3-4, 2014 CPRC-ARC, Wadi 

Medani (Sudan)

 

Ps 25: Natural enemies of the tomato leaf miner,Tuta absoluta,

(Lepidoptera:Gelechiidae)in Kassala State, Sudan 

 

Mohammed E.E. Mahmoud 

Kassala and Gash Agricultural Research. Sudan

 

Chemical control is the only management option applied to control the tomato 

leafminer,Tuta absoluta in Sudan. 

 

Other control options are essential to reduce reliance on pesticides especially

biological control agents. Survey conducted in Kassala State revealed four

parasitoids and two predatory bug associated with T. absoluta. The parasitoids 

Bracon (Habrobracon) cncolorans Marshall and Bracon (Habrobracon) hebetor

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