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Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), a devastating pest of tomato Lycopersicum esculentum L. native of South American, was reported for the first time in Kano, Nigeria, in June, 2015 and was found to have spread and become established in Abeokuta, Ogun State in September 2015, where it infested plants of the screenhouse tomato project Kotopo, at Ogun State Agricultural Development Programme (OGADEP). An account of the first attempt in the application of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for control of T. absoluta in Nigeria is given herein. The application of a systemic insecticide, thiamethoxam (MoA group 4A) actara® (Registered trademark of Syngenta Group Company) (SyngentaTM), at an increased frequency of 10 applications within 5 weeks, could not by itself prevent the complete ravaging of 3 screen houses by T. absoluta to a zero yield. The application of IPM, which commenced with setting up of indigenous water + light traps in the nights in the remaining 3 infested screen houses, resulted in trapping adult moths, ranging in numbers between 13,882 and 14,576 per screenhouse, within 6 weeks. The integration and incorporation of many control measures involved gaining knowledge of the pest’s behaviour and life cycle, indigenous water and light traps, hygiene, and 6 rotational applications of insecticides with different mode of actions (MoA). These insecticides comprised imidacloprid (MoA group 4A) imi force® (Registered trademark of Jubaili Agrotec Limited) (JubailiTM) (systemic insecticide) and lambdacyhalothrin (MoA group 3A) Karate® (Registered trademark of Syngenta Group Company) (SyngentaTM), acetamiprid + lambdacyhalothrin (MoA group 4A + 3A) prodal 130EC® (Registered trademark of Dizengoff West Africa (Nigeria) Limited) (DizengoffTM) and novaluron + bifentrin (MoA group 15 + 3A), rimon fast 100SC® (Registered trademark of Dizengoff West Africa (Nigeria) Limited) (DizengoffTM) (contact + stomach insecticides). These measures resulted in a 57.52% reduction in total damage within 6 weeks. Therefore, the IPM strategy proved to be an effective option for achieving a sustainable management of T. absoluta on tomato.
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Oke, O.A., Kolawole, R.O., Akinsola, O.A., Olajide-Taiwo, L.O., Oladigbolu, A.A., Ajayi, E.O. (2020). The First Effort at Adopting Integrated Pest Management IPM to Contain the Infestation of the Tuta absoluta in Nigeria. In: Niassy, S., Ekesi, S., Migiro, L., Otieno, W. (eds) Sustainable Management of Invasive Pests in Africa. Sustainability in Plant and Crop Protection, vol 14. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41083-4_5
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