A new pheromone-based technique is proving successful at controlling Tuta absoluta populations while biological treatments against root mat are looking promising in trials, as growers heard at this year's British Tomato Conference.AHDB-funded projects have shown how mating disruption, a technique new to glasshouse production, can contribute to controlling the leaf-mining pest Tuta absoluta and how use of microbial-based products might help to suppress root mat disorder.
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