TOMATO MINING MOTH AND HOW TO DEAL WITH IT
The article talks about the quarantine pest of vegetable crops, tomato moth, its spread and harmfulness. Information is provided on the effectiveness of various insecticides against the pest, and measures are proposed to protect tomatoes from this moth. The results of studies are presented, according to which the caterpillars of this pest do not expose peppers and eggplants to economically significant damage. Different genotype breeding lines and individual tomato plants are affected by tomato moth to varying degrees. On this basis, it is assumed that it is possible to create a tomato moth-resistant tomato variety.