Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Person inspecting aphids on leaves of tomato plant - larisa Stefanjuk/Shutterstock Tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) are ...

The scent of tomato leaves wafting through the air reminds me there is nothing quite like the taste of a freshly picked, vine-ripened tomato, a highlight of my summer. I was so disappointed last year ...

Home-grown tomatoes are a source of pride, a thing of beauty and beyond-description delicious. Insects love juicy tomatoes as much as humans do, and they can wreak havoc on our gardens. Tomatoes are ...

For effective control of the pests, it’s important to use integrated pest management (IPM), which includes preventive measures, monitoring, biological and chemical control. Tomato crops are very ...

A specific concentration of REO (1 × 10^5 dilution), identified as optimal, echoes findings similar to those for valine menthyl ester, another plant defense potentiator, suggesting that higher doses ...

A scientist who has alerted world policymakers to the pest that destroyed 80 percent of Nigeria's tomatoes continues his outreach while scientists warn that the pest may reach California, "where it is ...

International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), in collaboration with the county government of Kirinyaga County, has started a training partnership that will ensure tomato farmers adopt ...

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For years, tomato farmers across northern Nigeria have lived under the shadow of a tiny but deadly pest. Known scientifically as Tuta absoluta, the moth larva has ravaged tomato fields, leaving ...

Virginia Tech entomologist Muni Muniappan has warned of Tuta absoluta's likely arrival into the United States since he began monitoring the pest's spread throughout Africa in 2012. Thanks to a joint ...