How to cope with Pests and diseases of tomato plants

How to cope with Pests and diseases of tomato plants

Controlling pests and diseases is one of the important factors in the business of cultivating tomato plants. Attacks of pests and diseases could decrease the productivity of the crop or even cause the death of the plant.

On this occasion alamtani, will elaborate a wide range of pests and diseases that attack the ordinary tomato plants. The right control helps us to get optimal yields.

Some pests that often attacked the plant family Solanaceae is found also on tomato plants. The type can be grubs, lice and flies. While the disease of tomato plants can be withering, foul, attack viruses and bacteria. The following pests and diseases which are often encountered in cultivating tomato plants in Indonesia, malaysia and other Asian countries.

Tomato plant pests

a. the fruits the Caterpillar

Caterpillar fruit (Helicoverpa armigera Heliothis armigera or) invade the leaf, flower and fruit of tomato. This Caterpillar make holes in tomatoes are on the move. Fruit perforated akanmengalami

infection and decay.

The body length of Caterpillar fruit about 4-5 cm with a surface warty and dtumbuhi fur. Color Caterpillar varies from yellowish green, green, brownish to black. On the side of the body

There is a line of bergemlombang with a brighter color. Ngengatnya shape has a length of 2 cm, the outer wings with the color Brown and the inside is white.

Caterpillar fruit controlled with manual picks up grubs and eggs then burned. Keep hygiene a garden of weeds and shrubs. In the form of ngegat can be controlled with traps

ultraviolet. To use this type of spraying insecticide.

Caterpillar ground b.

Caterpillar ground attack the base of the stem and the leaf stalk. The affected shaft worm bites the ground will break easily and die. In addition, the larval Caterpillar fruit attack the surface of the leaf on the young tomato plants. Caterpillar ground attacks usually escalated at the beginning of the dry season.

Caterpillar soil body shape is shorter than the length of the fruit, grubs approximately 2 cm. color ulkat dark brown soil with the lines next to it. Fruit growing and Silkworm larvae lurking below the surface of the soil to a depth of 10 cm. Larvae are going out at night and start menggiti tomato plants.

The caterpillars can be controlled with the picking up of the larvae in the afternoon or evening. The larvae are usually assembled at ground level. Processing of good soil can suppress the development of Caterpillar of land. When the attack escalated can be sprayed with insecticide.