Observation of tomato acariosis in Dawady, Senegal

Cyriaque Crosnier Mangeat, from Agrosemens, provides advice in Dawady, where The Ivory Foundation has been developing a large collective vegetable garden since 2018, bringing together 150 village women on 450 cultivated plots.

Observation of a tomato plant affected by acariosis in Dawady, Senegal.

Characteristics: Brown leaves,
presence of red spots under the leaf.
Treat with Neem oil diluted with the sprayer,
on the top and underside of the leaf.
When crops are too badly affected
the diseased plants should be uprooted
and burn them, then
collect the leaves that have fallen to the ground
and burn them.