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SUBMITTER: Dlamini BE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7265902 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dlamini Bonginkhosi E BE Dlamini Nelisiwe N Masarirambi Michael T MT A Nxumalo Kwanele NK
Journal of nematology 20200101
Tomato (<i>Solanum esculentum</i>) is one of the vegetable crops grown by both smallholder and commercial farmers in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Tomato leaf miner, <i>Tuta absoluta</i> M. is a major insect pest of tomatoes resulting in reduced tomato yields throughout the country. The study investigated the virulence of two sub-tropical EPN species on <i>T. absoluta</i> larvae. <i>Steinernema yirgalemense</i> and <i>S. jeffreyense</i> at different concentrations (0, 20, 40, 60 IJs/insect) were scre ...[more]