Türk Tarım ve Doğa Bilimleri Dergisi

Yazarlar: Hanife GENÇ

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Artificial diet,Tuta absoluta,Tomato leaf miner,Tomato borer

Özet: The tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) is a crucial tomato pest distributed from South America to Europe and introduced in Turkey in 2009. Since then it is one of the most important tomato pest in our country. Studies on laboratory adaptation and rearing on artificial diet are important to develop new control approaches for the insect pests. In this study, some biological parameters such as larval viability, larval duration, pupal recovery and adult emergence of T. absoluta were determined on six different artificial diets and tomato leaves. The larval viability was the highest on tomato leaves followed by Diet 5, originally developed for Plutella xylostella and Diet 6 or HG diet, formulated here for this study. Larval mortality was high on the first instars for all tested diets. The tomato leaf miner was reared on both Diet 5 and 6 for four consecutive generations in the laboratory. Plutella xylostella diet was tested for the first time for tomato leaf miner and indicated that it’s suitable for laboratory rearing and maintains.

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