| Species: | |
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Liriomyza trifolii (Burgees, 1880) |
| Common name: | |
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American serpentine leafminer |
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Serpentine leaf miner |
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Chrysanthemum leaf miner |
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American clover miner |
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gram pod borer |
| Damaging stage: | |
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Larvae |
| Crops Affected: | |
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Cucurbits, solanaceous, legumes, brassicas, onion |
| Characteristic Damage: | |
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Larval feeding causes characteristic tunnels/ irregular mining patterns that enlarge as the larvae mature. |
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Mining reduces the photosynthetic capacity of the leaves. |
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Severe mining causes premature dropping of leaves. |
| Management and Control: | |
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Monitor the area regularly. |
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Use yellow sticky traps to reduce adult leaf miner. |
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Remove and dispose properly heavily infested leaves. |
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Cultivate the soil by plowing and harrowing and use plastic mulch to minimize pupation in the soil. |
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Use of natural enemies like parasitic wasps from the families Braconidae, Eulophidae, and Pteromalidae can keep leaf miner population below economic threshold level. |
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Apply insecticides like buprofesin, lambda-Cyhalothrin (BidaⓇ, KarateⓇ, DescarteⓇ), acephate (e.g. Acetam®, BlackhawkⓇ), dimethoate (e.g. Perfecthion®) when necessary. |
| References: | |
| http://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/30965 | |
| http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/leaf/a_serpentine_leafminer.htm | |
| http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/type/liriom_t.htm | |
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