First report of the South American tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and its damage in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationPlant Clinic International-Kinshasaen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Kinshasaen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Lubumbashien
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorWallonie Bruxelles Internationalen
cg.contributor.donorWallonia Region, Belgiumen
cg.coverage.countryCongo, Democratic Republic of
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CD
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africa
cg.creator.identifierSita Ghimire: 0000-0001-8930-1384
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2021.10.1.05en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2242-1300en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalBioInvasions Recordsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriCROPSen
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.ilriPESTSen
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCHen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen
cg.volume10en
dc.contributor.authorMukwa, Lyna F.T.en
dc.contributor.authorMukendi, J.en
dc.contributor.authorAdakate, F.G.en
dc.contributor.authorBugeme, D.M.en
dc.contributor.authorKalonji-Mbuyi, A.en
dc.contributor.authorGhimire, Sita R.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-22T15:05:16Zen
dc.date.available2021-03-22T15:05:16Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/113073
dc.titleFirst report of the South American tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and its damage in the Democratic Republic of Congoen
dcterms.abstractTuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae), a highly devastating and invasive pest attacking tomatoes either in greenhouses or in open fields, is currently spreading throughout many countries in Africa. Six major vegetable production areas in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), were surveyed between October and November 2016 to report any possible occurrence of the invasive Tuta absoluta. Morphological identification of the sampled adult insect individuals was based on phenotypic characters using a stereomicroscope while molecular identification was carried out using polymerization chain reaction-based approaches targeting the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. Results showed that T. absoluta was found in a commercial tomato farm in Nsele area, while it was absent in the five other sampled sites. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that T. absoluta populations found in Nsele were genetically close to those from Tunisia and Kenya. This is the first report of T. absoluta occurrence and damage in tomatoes grown in DRC where effective and sustainable pest management programs against this invasive insect should be developed and implemented to avoid major crop yield and economic losses.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen
dcterms.audienceDonorsen
dcterms.audienceFarmersen
dcterms.available2021
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMukwa L.F.T., Mukendi J., Adakate, FG., Bugeme D.M., Kalonji-Mbuyi A. and Ghimire S. 2021. First report of the South American tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and its damage in the Democratic Republic of Congo.BioInvasions Records 10(1): 33–44.en
dcterms.extent33-44en
dcterms.issued2021-03-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherRegional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)en
dcterms.subjectcrop managementen
dcterms.subjectcrop improvementen
dcterms.subjectpest managementen
dcterms.subjectresearchen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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