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Tomato Leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick 1917), an emerging agricultural pest in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current and prospective management strategies

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dc.creator Zekeya, Never
dc.creator Ndakidemi, Patrick A.
dc.creator Chacha, Musa
dc.creator Mbega, Ernest
dc.date 2021-02-23T10:09:30Z
dc.date 2021-02-23T10:09:30Z
dc.date 2017-02-17
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T09:20:31Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T09:20:31Z
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2016.11515
dc.identifier https://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/1132
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95009
dc.description This research article published by Academic Journal, Vol. 12(6), pp. 389-396, 9 February 2017
dc.description Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is an important vegetable crop for income and nutrition of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. However, it is attacked by many insect pests that cause high economic losses. This review focuses on one insect pest, namely Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Many studies have shown that chemical pesticides have failed to control tomato leafminer in many parts of the world including America, Europe, Asian and Sub-Saharan Africa, where the pest is impacting significantly the tomato value chains as farmers were unaware of the pest and unprepared to control it. The review has also evaluated current approaches used to manage T. absoluta in different countries and proposes areas for future investment in research for effective and affordable management to prevent further losses caused by T. absoluta in tomato production is SubSaharan Africa.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Academic Journal
dc.subject Tuta absoluta
dc.subject Agricultural pest
dc.subject Pesticides resistance
dc.title Tomato Leafminer, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick 1917), an emerging agricultural pest in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current and prospective management strategies
dc.type Article


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