Susceptibility of different tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L., varieties to infestation with some insect pests in Egypt

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 1 Susceptibility of different tomato varieties to infestation with some insect pests during summer plantation (2013) at Assiut Governorate

Tomato varieties	Tuta absoluta Mean no./20 leaflets (±SE)			Phthorimaea operculella Mean no./20 leaflets (±SE)			Liriomyza trifolii Mean no./20 leaflets (±SE)
Tomato varieties	Tunnels	Eggs	Larvae	Tunnels	Eggs	Larvae	Tunnels	Eggs	Larvae
Strain B	2.0 ± 0.3ab	0.93 ± 0.24a	0.93 ± 0.2a	0.8 ± 0.17a	0.46 ± 0.1ab	0.6 ± 0.13a	17.6 ± 2.3a	N/I	10.8 ± 0.1a
Beto 86	2.26 ± 0.2ab	0.73 ± 0.28a	0.73 ± 0.2a	0.8 ± 0.2a	0.33 ± 0.1ab	0.4 ± 0.16a	14.0 ± 2.0a	N/I	8.1 ± 1.8a
El bandora	2.8 ± 0.43ab	1.13 ± 0.25a	0.93 ± 0.2a	0.4 ± 0.16a	0.00c	0.3 ± 0.15a	18.0 ± 2.1a	N/I	10.8 ± 0.16a
GS	3.0 ± 0.41a	0.6 ± 0.21a	0.93 ± 0.2a	0.6 ± 0.21a	0.53 ± 0.1a	0.2 ± 0.11	15.2 ± 2.1a	N/I	8.4 ± 1.5a
Casterlok	2.2 ± 0.4ab	0.8 ± 0.21a	0.66 ± 0.1a	0.8 ± 0.17a	0.13 ± 0.0bc	0.2 ± 0.15a	15.3 ± 2.2a	N/I	9.7 ± 0.9a
Super strain B	1.8 ± 0.2b	0.5 ± 0.2a	0.26 ± 0.1a	0.4 ± 0.1a	0.00c	0.5 ± 0.19a	12.4 ± 2.3a	N/I	6.3 ± 1.5a
F	1.91^ns	0.84^ns	1.26^ns	0.98^ns	3.7	0.81^ns	0.89^ns		1.27^ns

Means in rows with the same letters are not significantly different (p ≥ 0.05)
N/I not identified, ns not significant