It called tomato Ebola because, this pest can wipe down a farm in matter of days, and the female pest can produce up to 260 eggs in 21 days
Tomatoes now have been facing its epidemic in Nigeria,
The rise of a past called Tuta Abosoluta
(Tuta absoluta is a grey-brown species of moth that is about 7mm long, with the ability to wipe down out a farm within days. The female pest can produce up to 260 eggs in 21 days if not contained. This reproductive capability, were the reasons for its spread and the scales high).
Tomatoes is the main host plant, but tuta absoluta also attacks other crop plants, including potato and pepper plants. Eight to ten generations can occur in a single year if the conditions are favourable.
Devastation
The larva attacks the leaves of the tomato plant by feeding on it voraciously, producing large galleries in leaves, and consuming green and ripe fruits, consequently causing up to 100% loss in yield in some farms.
For economic propose the Nigeria government are expected to rise an effect pest control agency, going to all the main farms, tutoring the farmers how to contain this devastating issue
Tomatoes now have been facing its epidemic in Nigeria,
The rise of a past called Tuta Abosoluta
(Tuta absoluta is a grey-brown species of moth that is about 7mm long, with the ability to wipe down out a farm within days. The female pest can produce up to 260 eggs in 21 days if not contained. This reproductive capability, were the reasons for its spread and the scales high).
Tomatoes is the main host plant, but tuta absoluta also attacks other crop plants, including potato and pepper plants. Eight to ten generations can occur in a single year if the conditions are favourable.
Devastation
The larva attacks the leaves of the tomato plant by feeding on it voraciously, producing large galleries in leaves, and consuming green and ripe fruits, consequently causing up to 100% loss in yield in some farms.
For economic propose the Nigeria government are expected to rise an effect pest control agency, going to all the main farms, tutoring the farmers how to contain this devastating issue
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