Principal Insects Affecting Tobacco Plants in the Field

• Main Author: Edde Peter A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2018-10-01
• Series: Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International
• Subjects: tobacco; field insect pests; tobacco aphid; black cutworm; tobacco budworm; tobacco hornworm; tobacco flea beetle; thrips; japanese beetle; and tobacco wireworm
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2018-0013

Tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum, is a high-value crop grown in many temperate and tropical countries of the world. Several insects attack tobacco throughout the season, from transplant production, growth in the field, during storage, and in the marketed product. This review focuses on economically important insects of the seedling tobacco or the growing crop in major tobacco-producing regions of the world. The species covered herein are tobacco aphid, black cutworm, tobacco budworm, tobacco hornworm, tobacco flea beetle, thrips, Japanese beetle, and tobacco wireworm. The occurrence and economic importance of these insects vary from region to region.