South Africa: Western Cape Agriculture On Pest Affecting Tomato Crops

press release

The Western Cape Department of Agriculture is tracking several incidences of a pest affecting tomato crops.

Alan Winde, Minister of Economic Opportunities, said the tomato leaf miner (Tuta Absoluta), a species of moth which attacks tomato crops, had now been detected in the Western Cape, despite attempts to halt its progress in other provinces.

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