Evaluation of tomato cultivars for field tolerance to American serpentine leaf miner, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess)
Abstract
Among the cultivars evaluated against L. trifolii Arka Abha recorded the least leaf damage (10.12 per cent), number of mines plant−1 (6.56) and number of larvae plant−1 (0.11). Arka Abha, Arka Meghali, Arka Vikas, Pusa Ruby, Anagha, Akshaya and LE 20 were recorded as tolerant cultivars whereas Manulekshmi, Arka Alok and Hissar Lalith were in the category of moderately tolerant and hybrids, Arka Rakshak, Arka Samrat and variety Vellayani Vijai were classified as susceptible ones. Hybrid Swaraksha and NS-538 were included under highly susceptible group.
Keywords
Tomato cultivars, field tolerance, leaf minor
