Old World Bollworm & Tomato Survey Farm Bill 2016

2017 FL CAPS Workshop

Farm Bill 2016Old World Bollworm & Tomato Survey

DR. ERIC LEVEEN

ROGER BLANCO

Florida Production Areas1. Palmetto/Ruskin (>55%)2. Immokalee (~19%)3. Homestead (9%)4. Palm Beach (7%)5. Quincy (3%)

Source: NASS, 2007

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U.S. Florida Acres planted 411,800 33,000Value of Production $2.67 billion $453 million

Source: NASS, 2015

U.S. Tomato Acreage

2015-2016 Farm Bill Section 10201

Tomato Commodity Survey in Florida

Kevin Everhart

Targets

E. Neering

Spodoptera litura and S. littoralis

Marja van der Straten

Tuta absoluta

M. Alma Solis

Neoleucinodes elegantalis

Eric Sylvestre

Helicoverpa armigera

Chrysodeixis chalcites

Additional Survey Sites

• Community gardens

• Public and private research fields

• Vegetable seed and seedling producers

• Tomato packing houses

• Tuta absoluta not known from the U.S.

• Major pest of tomato; also affects potato, eggplant, pepper

• T. absoluta originally from South America –Key pest of tomatoes

• In 2006, was reported from Spain - 50-100% losses reported in tomato

• Has since spread throughout Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Central America

Tuta absolutaGelechiidae

Pherobank

2010-2016 Survey for Tuta absoluta in Florida

Tuta absolutaNot detected

Sinoe capsanaNew to science, 2010

Several counties in South Florida

Tuta sp. nearchiquitella

Bay County

Non-targets

T. absoluta accurate sizes, very similar to Keiferia lycopersicella

Image by Dr. James Hayden, FDACS-DPI.

Tomato Commodity Survey – Noctuidae

• Not known from the U.S. (S. litura in HI)

• Polyphagous

• Major pests of tomato

• Intercepted 1800-4000 times since 1985 *

* AQAS database

Tomato Commodity Survey – Noctuidae

Spodopteralitura

Helicoverpa armigera

Spodopteralittoralis

Image by N. Wright

Image by J. Brambila

• N. elegantalis is not known from the U.S.

• 2013 CAPS additional pest of concern / 2014 AHP list

• Hosts include tomato, eggplant, pepper

• >1200 interceptions since 1984*• Baggage (852)• Stores and quarters (288)• Cargo (36)• Mail (16)

Neoleucinodes elegantalisCrambidae

* AQAS database

•Hosts include soybean, Levant cotton, tobacco, beans, tomato, potato, chrysanthemum, etc

• >300 interceptions since 1984*• Agricultural commodities (155)• Aircraft (3)• Cargo (1)•Container (1)•Tiles (1)

* AQAS database

Chrysodeixis chalcites

Image by Perry Hampson, Bugwood.org

2016-2017 Farm Bill Section 10201

2017 OWB & Tomato Commodity Survey

Kevin Everhart

Roger Blanco

2017 FL CAPS Workshop