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_US
cg.contributor.affiliationPlant Clinic International-Kinshasaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Kinshasaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Lubumbashien_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorWallonie Bruxelles Internationalen_US
cg.contributor.donorWallonia Region, Belgiumen_US
cg.coverage.countryCongo, Democratic Republic ofen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CDen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierSita Ghimire: 0000-0001-8930-1384en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2021.10.1.05en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2242-1300en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalBioInvasions Recordsen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriCROPSen_US
cg.subject.ilriFOOD SYSTEMSen_US
cg.subject.ilriPESTSen_US
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCHen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen_US
cg.volume10en_US
dc.contributor.authorMukwa, Lyna F.T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMukendi, J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAdakate, F.G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBugeme, D.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKalonji-Mbuyi, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGhimire, Sita R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-22T15:05:16Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-03-22T15:05:16Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/113073en_US
dc.titleFirst report of the South American tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and its damage in the Democratic Republic of Congoen_US
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_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceCGIARen_US
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen_US
dcterms.audienceDonorsen_US
dcterms.audienceFarmersen_US
dcterms.available2021en_US
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_US
dcterms.extent33-44en_US
dcterms.issued2021-03-01en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherRegional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC)en_US
dcterms.subjectcrop managementen_US
dcterms.subjectcrop improvementen_US
dcterms.subjectpest managementen_US
dcterms.subjectresearchen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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