Journal Article

Integrated pest management of Tuta absoluta: practical implementations across different world regions

Campos, Mateus R., Bayram, Yunus, Ismoilov, Khasan, Ricupero, Michele, Mansour, Ramzi, Chailleux, Anais, Hajjar, M. Jamal, Ali, Abid, Han, Peng, Urbaneja, Alberto, Abbes, Khaled, Firake, Dnyaneshwar M., Kenis, Marc, Wang, Ming-hui, Karimi, Javad, Verheggen, François J., Nofemela, Robert S., Perez-Hedo, Meritxell, Mohamed, Samira A., Arnó, Judit, Erler, Fedai, Shashank, Pathour R., Cantor, Fernando, Desneux, Nicolas, Zhang, Yi-Bo, Cuthbertson, Andrew G. S., Madadi, Hossein, Zappalà, Lucia, Biondi, Antonio, Liu, Hao-tian, Martin, Thibaud, Wang, Su, Guedes, Raul N. C., Konan, Kouassi Arthur J., Jaworski, Coline C., J. Messelink, Gerben, De Vis, Raf, Brévault, Thierry, Roditakis, Emmanouil, Lavoir, Anne-violette, Mazih, Ahmed, Oke, Abiola, Ramos, César, Wan, Fang-Hao, Haddi, Khalid, Luna, María G.

2022

Overview

The South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), has invaded most Afro-Eurasian countries and is threatening worldwide tomato production. Various strategies have been developed and implemented to manage this pest. Here, we present a timely review on the up-to-date development and practical implementation of integrated pest management (IPM) programs for tomato crops across different world regions infested by T. absoluta . While insecticide resistance is a growing concern, biological control via releasing or conserving arthropod natural enemies and sex pheromone-based biotechnical control are the most successful management practices. Agronomic control-related research is an emerging area where the soil fertilization and/or irrigation, as well as breeding of resistant cultivars, has the potential to enhance IPM effectiveness. Grower survey responses in the native areas (i.e., South America), early-invaded areas (i.e., first report between 2006 and 2012) and newly invaded areas (i.e., first report after 2012) showed that the control programs evolved along with the areas and time since invasion. Growers in the early-invaded areas shifted more rapidly from chemical control to biological control compared to those from the native area. In all concerned regions, the pest control failure risk following chemical insecticide applications and the high cost associated with either biological or biotechnical control methods have been the greatest concerns for growers. The information gathered from the native and/or early-invaded areas may help achieve a more effective management in newly invaded areas. Lastly, researchers are expected to break the bottlenecks of some key issues that would enable lowering application cost of novel biorational alternative management options.

• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg,Springer Nature B.V,Springer Verlag,Springer
• Subject: Agricultural economics / Agricultural practices / Agricultural sciences / Agriculture / Agriculture & agronomie / Agriculture & agronomy / arthropods / Biological control / Biomedical and Life Sciences / Biotechnology / Chemical control / Chemical pest control / Control methods / Control programs / Cultivars / Ecology / Entomologie & lutte antiravageur / Entomology / Entomology & pest control / Fertilization / Forestry / Insecticide resistance / Insecticides / Integrated pest management / Invasive alien species / IPM / irrigation / Life Sciences / Natural enemies / Pest control / Pesticide resistance / Pests / Pheromone / Phytopathology and phytopharmacy / Plant breeding / Plant Pathology / Plant resistance / Plant Sciences / Review / risk / Risk management / Sciences and technics of agriculture / Sciences du vivant / Sex pheromone / soil / South America / surveys / Tomatoes / Tuta absoluta / Vegetal Biology