Tomato Fruitworm
Damage caused by the tomato fruitworm
Tomato fruitworm are considered as one of the most damaging pests of tomato. All the larval stages of tomato fruitworm cause serious damage to tomato and other fruits. Young larvae generally feed on leaves, stems and twigs but their later stages burrow into green tomato fruits. Infested tomatoes are not harvestable and edible because they filled with slimy fluid and larval droppings. Adult moths of tomato fruitworms are not harmful to any plant parts.
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- Scientific name
- Identification
- Biology
- Organic Control of the tomato fruitworm
- Egg parasitic wasps
- Beneficial entomopathogenic nematodes
- Predatory praying mantis
- Plant Product