• Fn3Pt
  • Arvalis
  • innoplant
  • semae

Control measures

 

Recommended measures to control potato tuber moth are:

 

  • thorough disinfection of bags, crates and storage areas;

 

  • destruction of infected tubers, crop residues and leftover potatoes;

 

  • use of uninfested seeds tubers;

 

  • long rotations because the moth needs the potato plant to complete its life cycle;

 

  • deep planting with high and regular hilling to protect newly formed tubers from moth oviposition;

 

  • early harvest because the infestation rate increases during the end of the growing period;

 

  • applying insecticides during the growing season or prior to storage with regular moth monitoring.
Last change : 06/29/17