Tomato | Tomato Insects | Tomato Insects control | Tomato Insect Pest Management

 Tomato | Tomato Insects | Tomato Insects control 

Tomato is an important and very profitable crop in Pakistan. Tomato is a vegetable, which is very popular because of its beautiful colour and excellent taste. Tomatoes are used to enhance the taste of food and are also very useful for health when used in salads. In addition, tomato ketchup is very popular all over the world. Keeping in view the popularity of tomatoes, their cultivation is increasing day by day. In this connection, a new variety is being developed which can be cultivated in any season all year round. However, like other vegetables, many pests and insects cause irreparable damage to the tomato crop, like Cutworm, Fruit fly, Fruit Borer, Jassid and many others. In this article, we will tell you about their identification and treatment.

Important Tomato Insects:

• Cutworm
• Fruit Fly
• Fruit Borer
• Jassid

Cutworm

Cutworm Insect 

Cutworm is a dangerous tomato insect. Cutworm causes irreparable damage to the tomato crop. Cutworm hides in the soil during the day. Comes out at night, and attacks the crop. The cutworm attacks the plant and cuts it off the stem, and the plant dies.

Cutworm attack on tomato plant

Cutworm Control

Cutworm control by cultural control method, digging the soil in the daytime near the plants, can control the cutworm bugs. Cutworm control by the chemical control method, insect killer spray Sevin 350 grams per acre for chemical control.

Fruit Flies

Fruit Fly insect

Fruit flies attack the tomato crop. The fruit fly insect is brownish-yellow in colour and has dark brown spots on its wings. Fruit flies attack the crop and lay eggs inside the fruit. After a few days, these eggs become caterpillars and get their food from the fruit pulp and discharge their waste there. This makes the fruit dirty and weak and then breaks and falls down.

                                                               Fruit Fly Insect control   

There are two ways to control Fruit Flies insects.

• Fruit Fly Trap 
• Fruit Flies Chemical Control

Fruit Fly Trap

Fruit fly insect control trap

To control the fruit flies naturally, a fruit fly trap should be made. As well as affected plants should be removed from the field and destroyed and a deep pit should be dug away from the field and buried in it.

Fruit Flies Insect Chemical Control

Fruit fly control by chemical control method, spray Coragen 50 ml per acre. 
In addition, Methamidophos Spray can be used.

Fruit Borer

Fruit Borer insect attack tomato

Fruit borer insects attack the fruit and start to eat the fruit, and the fruit falls under the rot. Fruit borer control through chemical control method, spray the Lorsban and repeat again after 15 days.

Jassid

Jassid insect attack on tomato plant

Jassid attacks the leaves of the tomato crop. It sucks the juice of the leaves of the tomato crop, which weakens the leaves and causes them to dry out and fall off. In addition, jassid is caused to spread many diseases. That's why is so important to control jassid. Jassid controlled through a chemical control method, using the spray Acelan 20 SL.