EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 08 - 1997 Num. article: 1997/161

Liriomyza trifolii is present in Sudan


In Sudan, studies were carried out on the impact of sowing date of untreated faba bean (Vicia faba) on the populations of Liriomyza trifolii (EPPO A2 quarantine pest). The EPPO Secretariat had previously no data on the presence of Liriomyza trifolii in Sudan.


Sources

Tag Elsir Elamin Abdalla (1995) Optimizing sowing date of faba bean for grain yield and to counter leaf miner Liriomyza trifolii (Berg) in New Halfa, Sudan.
FABIS Newsletter, ICARDA, no. 36/37, 19-20.