TOMATO LEAF MINOR TUTA ABSOLUTA IN TOMATO & ITS CONTROL METHODS: A REVIEW

Tomato is cultivated all over the world as it has high economic value and more demand. Tomato leaf minor is most hazardous pest of tomato all over the world. It causes high economic loss in tomato from 50-100%. Various methods like cultural, physical, biological, chemical methods are used for control of the pest. Due to excessive use of chemical pesticides, pests are gaining resistance power and pesticides are becoming less effective to controal it. IPM methods, use of trap, use of neem-based pesticides are one of safe and more effective methods to control it. This review article provides information about the identification of pest, their nature of damage and different control measures of tomato leaf minor.