date:Jun 19, 2017
ers hosts of the Solanum genre, while Dicyphus errans prefers San Roberto geranium, European black nightshade, courgettes and tomatoes. In all experiments, T. absoluta used the same host plants to lay eggs, which never developed on San Roberto geranium and courgettes as they were predated.
According to the results obtained, entomologists suggest associating tomatoes with courgettes and San Roberto geranium to maintain the leafminer population under control.
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