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Tomato-Spider mite Tetranychus spp. Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Management-biological control Spider mite populations are held down in cool conditions early in the season by various predators such as ...

Tomato-Tomato fruitworm (Corn earworm) Helicoverpa zea Pest description and crop damage Tomato fruitworm moths are about 0.75 inch long, robust, with a wingspan of 1 to 1.5 inches, and range from olive green to tan to dark reddish brown. Eggs are pale gre ...

Tomato-Tomato hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata Pest description and crop damage The tomato hornworm larvae is over 3 inches long when full grown, green, with eight chevron-shaped white stripes and a distinctive large "horn" on the posterior end ...

Tomato-Whitefly Includes Greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vapariorum) Silverleaf whitefly (Bemesia argentifolii) Sweetpotato whitefly (Bemesia tabaci) Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Management-cultural ...

Tomato-Wireworm Limonius spp. Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Management-biological, cultural, tactical See: Potato, Irish-Wireworm Management-chemical control: HOME USE bifenthrin (often as a mix with z ...

Turnip (roots and tops) and rutabaga-Aphid Includes Cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) Turnip aphid (Hyadaphis pseudobrassicae) Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops There ...

Turnip (roots and tops) and rutabaga-Cabbage maggot Delia radicum Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Pest monitoring Once the crop emerges, watch for wilting, lighter green or purpled plants, or reduced gro ...

Turnip (roots and tops) and rutabaga-Diamondback moth Plutella xylostella Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Pest monitoring Natural enemies and insecticides applied to control other pests keep the diamondb ...

Turnip (roots and tops) and rutabaga-Flea beetle Includes Phyllotreta cruciferae Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Pest monitoring Monitor fields for flea beetles soon after transplanting or as seedlings e ...

Turnip (roots and tops) and rutabaga-Wireworm Includes Ctenicera spp. Pest description, crop damage and life history See: Common Pests of Vegetable Crops Management-biological, cultural, tactical See: Potato, Irish-Wireworm Management-chemical control: HO ...