Pest status of Tuta absoluta in South Africa
- Publication Date
- Fri, 29 Sep 2017, 13:21
- Last Updated
- Sept. 29, 2017, 1:21 p.m.
- Report Number
- ZAF-36/1
- Country
- South Africa
- Pest Id
- Tuta absoluta - (GNORAB)
- Report Status
- Final
- Hosts
- Detections in the above provinces were mainly from Tomatoes while minor detections were from Potatoes.
- Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )
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- Present: subject to official control
- Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)
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- Present: not widely distributed and under official control
- Geographical Distribution
- Tuta absoluta is considered to be present, actionable and under official control in the above mentioned provinces of South Africa.
- Summary
Tuta absoluta is present in the nine provinces of South Africa.
- Danger
- Tuta absoluta cannot be completely eradicated; however, it can be contained and suppressed to lower population levels.
- Contact for info
- Ms Maria Mafadza, Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Private Bag x14 Gezina 0031 Email: [email protected]
- Report files
- Tuta absoluta pest report
- Website
- Issue keywords
- Delimiting survey National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO) Risk Management
- Commodity keywords
- Potatoes, fresh or chilled Tomatoes, fresh or chilled