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The miner fly Liriomyza sativae (Blanchard) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) is an insect of economic importance for tomato culture. The conventional control with insecticides is complex due to the mining eating habit that provides protection to the larvae inside the leaves. Therefore, farmers can opt for biological control agents, or substances that provide protection to the plant. Thus, the objective of our research was to evaluate the use of silicon to induce resistance in tomato plants against L. sativae. The results showed that in tomato plants treated with SiO2/F and K2SiO3/F there was a reduction in the net reproduction rate (Ro), in the intrinsic rate of increase in number (rm), in the finite rate of increase (λ), in the average interval between generations (IMG), in the doubling time (TD), in the number of eggs/ female/day and the accumulated egg laying of F1 females of L. sativae. The products SiO2/F and K2SiO3/F gave the tomato a protective effect against injuries caused by L. sativae.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We are grateful to Dr. Karla Diana da Silva Sombra for the morphological and molecular taxonomy of L. sativae and to the GTS chemistry group for their partnership in the project.
FUNDING
We wish to thank Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for funding the first author’s scholarship.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
 
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