Processing tomato in the sub-middle São Francisco valley and the pests limiting its production.

Abstract

In this paper the economic importance, the best planting period and the main pests limiting the tomato crop production in the Sub-Middle São Francisco region are reported. The pests are: Scrobipalpula absoluta (Meyrick, 1917); Aculops lycopersici (Massée, 1937); Tetranychus evansi (Baker & Pritchard, 1960); Heliothis zea (Bod, 1850) and Pseudoplusia oo (Cramer, 1782); Liriomyza sativae (Blanchard) and Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1776