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EFFECT OF ULTRAVIOLET-BLOCKING PLASTIC FILMS ON INSECT VECTORS OF VIRUS DISEASES INFESTING TOMATO (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM) IN GREENHOUSE
Article number
914_31
Pages
175 – 179
Language
English
Abstract
Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is a serious constraint to tomato production worldwide.
Losses are significant because the disease is difficult to control and most of the commercially available tomato cultivars are susceptible to TSWV. TSWV is transmitted in a persistent propagative manner by Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), the western flower thrips.
The rapid development of insecticide resistance has initiated a search for more sustainable pest management solutions.
Ultraviolet (UV)-absorbing plastic films are being used as a photoselective barrier to control insect vectors and associated virus diseases in different horticultural crops.
An experiment was carried out in southeastern Spain (Murcia) to evaluate the impact of a UV-blocking film on the population density of F. occidentalis. Tomato plants were subjected to four different treatments causing a reduction in incoming UVA. Sticky traps of different hues were used to control and to monitor the population density of thrips.
The results showed that UV-absorbing plastic films are a very promising tool to protect greenhouse tomato from thrips pests occurring in southeastern Spain.
Losses are significant because the disease is difficult to control and most of the commercially available tomato cultivars are susceptible to TSWV. TSWV is transmitted in a persistent propagative manner by Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), the western flower thrips.
The rapid development of insecticide resistance has initiated a search for more sustainable pest management solutions.
Ultraviolet (UV)-absorbing plastic films are being used as a photoselective barrier to control insect vectors and associated virus diseases in different horticultural crops.
An experiment was carried out in southeastern Spain (Murcia) to evaluate the impact of a UV-blocking film on the population density of F. occidentalis. Tomato plants were subjected to four different treatments causing a reduction in incoming UVA. Sticky traps of different hues were used to control and to monitor the population density of thrips.
The results showed that UV-absorbing plastic films are a very promising tool to protect greenhouse tomato from thrips pests occurring in southeastern Spain.
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Authors
J. López-Marin, M. Rodríguez, A. González
Keywords
thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, spottet, TSWV, UV
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