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

N Desneux, P Han, R Mansour, J Arnó, T Brévault… - Journal of Pest …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera:
Gelechiidae), has invaded most Afro-Eurasian countries and is threatening worldwide …

Ecology, Worldwide Spread, and Management of the Invasive South American Tomato Pinworm, Tuta absoluta: Past, Present, and Future

A Biondi, RNC Guedes, FH Wan… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), is native to the western
Neotropics. After invading Spain in 2006, it spread rapidly throughout Afro-Eurasia and has …

[PDF][PDF] Occurrence, biology, natural enemies and management of Tuta absoluta in Africa.

R Mansour, T Brévault, A Chailleux, A Cherif… - Entomologia …, 2018 - biblio.iita.org
The South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick)(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is
a devastating invasive pest of tomato crops in several areas around the world including …

The invasive South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta, continues to spread in Afro-Eurasia and beyond: the new threat to tomato world production

N Desneux, MG Luna, T Guillemaud, A Urbaneja - Journal of pest science, 2011 - Springer
The economic and ecological effects of invasive species, notably pests (Mack et al. 2000;
Suckling and Brockerhoff 2010; Ragsdale et al. 2011), are now widely recognized (Thomas …

Using organic-certified rather than synthetic pesticides may not be safer for biological control agents: selectivity and side effects of 14 pesticides on the predator Orius …

A Biondi, N Desneux, G Siscaro, L Zappalà - Chemosphere, 2012 - Elsevier
The generalist predator Orius laevigatus (Fieber)(Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) is a key natural
enemy of various arthropods in agricultural and natural ecosystems. Releases of this …

The non‐target impact of spinosyns on beneficial arthropods

A Biondi, V Mommaerts, G Smagghe… - Pest management …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Spinosyn‐based products, mostly spinosad, have been widely recommended by extension
specialists and agribusiness companies; consequently, they have been used to control …

Prospects for the biological control of Tuta absoluta in tomatoes of the Mediterranean basin

A Urbaneja, J González‐Cabrera… - Pest management …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Since its detection in the Mediterranean basin at the end of 2006 and later in other
European countries, the South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), has …

Natural enemies of the South American moth, Tuta absoluta, in Europe, North Africa and Middle East, and their potential use in pest control strategies

L Zappala, A Biondi, A Alma, IJ Al-Jboory, J Arno… - Journal of Pest …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The South American tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera:
Gelechiidae), is an invasive Neotropical pest. After its first detection in Europe, it rapidly …

Do biopesticides affect the demographic traits of a parasitoid wasp and its biocontrol services through sublethal effects?

A Biondi, L Zappalà, JD Stark, N Desneux - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Pesticide risk assessments are usually based on short-term acute toxicity tests, while longer-
term population dynamic related traits, critical to the success of biological control and …

Approaches to conserving natural enemy populations in greenhouse crops: current methods and future prospects

GJ Messelink, J Bennison, O Alomar, BL Ingegno… - BioControl, 2014 - Springer
Biological pest control in greenhouse crops is usually based on periodical releases of mass-
produced natural enemies, and this method has been successfully applied for decades …