Claim · model-written summary
Tuta absoluta also attacked eggplant.
- Taxon
- eggplant
Solanum melongenae0 - Outcome
- attackse0
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Verbatim
e0“but it also attacks potato ( Solanum tuberosum ), eggplant ( S. melongena ) Jimson weed ( Datura stramonium ) and S. dubium in the family Solanaceae, and broad bean ( Vicia faba ) and alfalfa plant ( Medicago sativa ) in the family Fabaceae.”
Title
Host plants record for tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) in Sudan
E. S. I. Mohamed; M. E. E. Mahmoud; M. A. M. Elhaj; et al. EPPO Bulletin 2015. doi:10.1111/epp.12178
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Tomato was the principal host of Tuta absoluta.
- Observation Tuta absoluta also attacked potato.
- Observation Tuta absoluta also attacked Jimson weed.
- Observation Tuta absoluta also attacked S. dubium.
- Observation Tuta absoluta also attacked broad bean.
- Observation Tuta absoluta also attacked alfalfa.
- Observation Watermelon was newly recorded as a host for Tuta absoluta.
- Observation Physic nut was newly recorded as a host for Tuta absoluta.
- Observation Spiny amaranth was newly recorded as a host for Tuta absoluta.
- Observation Ramtouk was newly recorded as a host for Tuta absoluta.
- Observation S. dubium was newly recorded as a host for Tuta absoluta.
- Association Leaf miner male numbers and symptoms increased significantly in eggplant after severe tomato loss.
- Association Leaf miner male numbers and symptoms increased significantly in S. dubium after severe tomato loss.
- Observation Eggplant and S. dubium may be preferred alternative Tuta absoluta hosts.