Bottom-up effects of irrigation, fertilization and plant resistance on Tuta absoluta: implications for Integrated Pest Management

摘要: Soil abiotic factors and plant traits are able to trigger bottom-up effects along the tri-trophic plant–herbivore–natural enemy interactions. The consequences could be useful for controlling insect herbivores. South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), a devastating invasive leaf-mining pest on other solanaceous plants, is currently threatening production worldwide. Recent knowledge of this has been gained, with fertilization, irrigation, resistance traits, as well their interactions, being major sources these effects. Evidence now emerging how they impact performance moth from perspective In review, we summarize essential experiments studying T. discuss implications those findings Integrated Pest Management programs. Future promising research directions then proposed.