1 - Phytosanitary Resources
1 - Phytosanitary Resources
1 - Phytosanitary Resources
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Control Procedures<br />
Table 6-7 Biological Control Agents Against Tuta absoluta 1<br />
Action Taxon Species<br />
Egg parasitoid<br />
Hymenoptera:<br />
Trichogrammatidae<br />
Trichogramma achaeae Nagaraja<br />
& Nagarkatti, Trichogrammatoidea<br />
bactrae Nagaraja,T. fasciatum<br />
(Perkins), T. pretiosum Riley, T.<br />
rojasi Nagaraja & Nagarkatti, T.<br />
nerudai Pintureau & Gerding<br />
Larval parasitoid Hymenoptera: Bethylidae Parasierola nigrifemur (Ashmead)<br />
Hymenoptera: Braconidae Agathis sp., Apanteles<br />
gelechiidivoris Marsh, Apanteles<br />
sp., Bracon lucileae Marsh,<br />
Bracon sp., Pseudapanteles<br />
dignus (Muesenback), Earinus sp.,<br />
Origilus sp.<br />
Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Dineulophus phtorimaeae De<br />
Santis, Neochrysocharis formosa<br />
(Westwood), Cirrospilus sp.,<br />
Horismenus sp.<br />
Hymenoptera:<br />
Temelucha sp., Diadegma sp.<br />
Ichneumonidae<br />
Egg-larval parasitoid Hymenoptera: Braconidae Chelones sp.<br />
Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae Copidosoma sp.<br />
Larval-pupal parasitoid Hymenoptera:<br />
Campoplex haywardi Blanchard<br />
Ichneumonidae<br />
Pupal parasitoid Hymenoptera: Chalcididae Conura sp.<br />
Predator Hemiptera: Miridae Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambur,<br />
Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter,<br />
Tupiocoris cucurbitaceus Spinola<br />
Hemiptera: Nabidae Nabis pseudoferus ibericus<br />
Remane<br />
Hemiptera:Pentatomidae Podisus nigrispininus (Dallas)<br />
Larval bacterial<br />
Bacillus thuringiensis<br />
Larval fungal<br />
Beauveria bassiana<br />
Egg fungal Clavicipitaceae Metarhizium anisopliae<br />
1 Botto, 1999; Botto et al., 2009; Cabello et al., 2009a; 2009b; Ceriani, 1995; Lopez, 2010; Luna<br />
et al., 2007; Polack, 2007.<br />
Microorganisms<br />
Bacillus thuringiensis has been recommended for control of Tuta absoluta.<br />
More recently, the muscadine fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschn.)<br />
Sorokin has been studied for control of T. absoluta (Pires et al., 2009). Adult<br />
females infected with the fungus did not reduce their oviposition or fecundity;<br />
however, infection with M. anisopliae resulted in 37 percent female mortality.<br />
Eggs exposed to M. anisopliae were all infected after 72 hours.<br />
6/2011 Tomato Leafminer 6-23<br />
Emergency and Domestic Programs