CAPTURE OF Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (LEPIDOPTERA: GELECHIIDAE) WITH LIGHT TRAP IN TOMATO CROP

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Aline Cavalcante Rodrigues de
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Veloso, Valquíria da Rocha Santos, Barros, Rosana Gonçalves, Fernandes, Paulo Marçal, Souza, Eli Regina Barboza de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/4661
• topic: Tomato pinworm; integrated pest management; tomato; Traça-do-tomateiro; manejo integrado de pragas; tomate

The tomato leafminer (Tuta absoluta) represents a serious problem for the tomato crop, not only due to the intensity of its attack, but also to its occurrence during all the crop cycle. In Brazil, this pest has been controlled almost exclusively with insecticides, what is undesirable for economic and environmental reasons. In order to get more information on the control of this pest this research was carried out, in Ouro Verde (Goiás State, Brazil), from September through October 2002, to evaluate the use of light  traps for capture of adult T. absoluta specimens. The treatments used were: 1) black lamp; 2) BLB lamp; 3) Grolux lamp; and 4) fluorescent daylight lamp. The experimental design used was randomized complete blocks with four replications. The parameter to evaluate treatment capture efficiency was the counting of the adult T. absoluta specimens trapped. The results showed that the BLB and ultraviolet lamps were the most efficient treatments. Therefore, both can help to control the tomato leafminer in integrated pest management programs. KEY-WORDS: Tomato pinworm; integrated pest management; tomato.