Tomato plants on four continents are currently under attack from the South American tomato pinworm (Tuta absoluta), which destroys billions of dollars of crops each year. The impact can be ...

The study is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The South American tomato pinworm is the larva of Tuta absoluta, a species of moth. Over the past several decades ...

The tomato pinworm (Phthorimaea absoluta) is an invasive pest species that originates in South America and is now found in Europe, Asia, and Africa. The pest can cause 100% tomato crop failure ...

Increased soil salinity can reduce damage from prominent tomato pests such as the tomato fruitworm, according to researchers ...

That led the researchers on this new effort to test whether the chemical element might help tomatoes fight off pinworms. They added different amounts of silicon to soil samples used to grow tomato ...