Abstract
Abstract An early release system developed for Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter (Heteroptera: Miridae) could provide a good control of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in tomato. Tuta absoluta and the whitefly Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) often appear simultaneously in tomato crops and this might affect control capacity. Therefore, the new approach needs to be tested in a situation with both pests present. In addition, Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner and Trichogramma achaeae Nagaraja & Nagarkatti (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) have been shown to be effective against T. absoluta and could be a supplement to N. tenuis . Two experiments were carried out to evaluate the potential of this approach and its combination with supplementary control agents against T. absoluta . In the first experiment four treatments were compared ( T. absoluta , B. tabaci , T. absoluta + N. tenuis , and T. absoluta + B. tabaci + N. tenuis ) and N. tenuis was able to control T. absoluta and B. tabaci either alone or together. In the second experiment, five treatments were compared: T. absoluta , T. absoluta + N. tenuis , T. absoluta + N. tenuis + T. achaeae , T. absoluta + N. tenuis + B. thuringiensis , and T. absoluta + N. tenuis + T. achaeae + B. thuringiensis . Nesidiocoris tenuis again proved capable of significantly reducing T. absoluta populations, and the implementation of additional agents did not increase its effectiveness.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Nesidiocoris tenuis controlled Tuta absoluta in tomato when the pests were present alone or together.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- N. tenuise0
- Interactor
- T. absoluta
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Tuta absolutae0pest - Second interactor
- N. tenuis
Nesidiocoris tenuise0biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- T. absolutae0
- Direction
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“N. tenuis was able to control T. absoluta and B. tabaci either alone or together”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Nesidiocoris tenuis controlled Bemisia tabaci in tomato when the pests were present alone or together.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- N. tenuise0
- Interactor
- B. tabaci
Bemisia tabacie0pest - Second interactor
- N. tenuisNesidiocoris tenuise0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- B. tabacie0
- Direction
- controle0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“N. tenuis was able to control T. absoluta and B. tabaci either alone or together”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Nesidiocoris tenuis significantly reduced Tuta absoluta populations in the second experiment.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Nesidiocoris tenuise0
- Interactor
- T. absolutaTuta absolutae0pest
- Second interactor
- Nesidiocoris tenuisNesidiocoris tenuise0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- T. absoluta populationse0
- Direction
- reducinge0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Nesidiocoris tenuis again proved capable of significantly reducing T. absoluta populations”
t0“tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Adding supplementary control agents did not increase the effectiveness of Nesidiocoris tenuis against Tuta absoluta.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- additional agentse0
- Interactor
- T. absolutaTuta absolutae1pest
- Outcome
- effectivenesse0
- Direction
- did not increasee0
- Comparator
- N. tenuise1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the implementation of additional agents did not increase its effectiveness”
e1“T. absoluta + N. tenuis + T. achaeae + B. thuringiensis”
t0“tomato”
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