TutastopTHE CREATORS ensure RELIABILITY OF NEAR THE HUNDRED PERCENT.

The company Agrocomponentes, It has developed a trap to capture and control "tomato moth", Tuta absoluta, they have called “Tutastop.”

The novelty of this trap is that only attracts Tuta absoluta and this is achieved by a specific light and a selective mesh which does not allow passage of other insects.

Tutastop consists of a container containing a mirror housed inside and in which a compound of aqueous base to capture insects and plunge poured. At the top of a perforated cover is placed and containing the focus of specific intensity and brightness whose function is twofold. On the one hand, allow passage of the insect preventing us to capture interest and other beneficial insects, prevent entering TUTAS can leave.

The creators recommend the following times for use:

1.- From 4 to 5 days before planting.
2.- put 1 to 2 traps, to detect the level of attack.
3.- When the level exceeds attack 3 from 4 adults per trap, it is necessary to put 10 to 12 traps per hectare.

According to its manufacturers are the advantages of Tutastop:

• Capture both males and females of the species.
• The intensity of focus light does not attract insects from outside our greenhouse.
• It is selective, so it does not catch beneficial insects.
• You can become total solution to the plague, in field trials there experiences with farmers who stopped trying to install fully Tutastop.
• It is compatible with biological control because it acts on the larvae and adults on Tutastop.
• It is used at night, which it is the busiest time of Tuta.

The combination of this new plant next to biological control are emerging as the most effective tools to control this pest.