Tomato Varieties Influence the Performance of (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) on (Hemiptera: Triozidae) Nymphs.

The potato/tomato psyllid is the Liberibacter solanacearum bacterium vector that causes diseases in Solanaceae crops. Pest control is based on synthetic chemical insecticides, plant extracts, and natural enemies such as parasitoids. feeds on nymphs of , reaching up to 95% parasitism. This work aimed to evaluate the parasitic performance of on tomato leaves with N3 nymphs, using two domesticated (Floradade and Micro-Tom) and one Wild tomato variety. Several assays were completed to identify the parasitoid attraction toward un-infested plants (healthy) and infested plants (damaged) of three varieties. Parasitism preference and "Y" tube olfactometer tests were performed, respectively. The parasitism of showed a preference toward plants of the Floradade variety by 44% compared with the other two varieties ( = 0.0003). was more attracted to damaged plants of the Wild variety ( 0.0523). Healthy plants of Floradade and Micro-Tom varieties attracted a higher proportion of parasitoids, except in the Wild variety, where was more attracted to damaged plants. Taken together, the results of this study show that the domestication degree in tomato plants positively influenced the interactions between tomato plants and the parasitoid,