This work was carried out in a greenhouse in the Federal University of Viçosa, to evaluate the antibiosis of Lycopersicon peruvianum (CNPH 101) to tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and its possible chemical causes. The treatments were represented by the species of tomato Lycopersicon esculentum (cv. Santa Clara and IPA-5: susceptibility patterns to T. absoluta) and the introduction CNPH 101 of L. peruvianum. The characteristics assessed were: larval mortality, pupal weight, sexual proportion, length of larval and pupal phases and the number of eggs/female. Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometer was used to identify the substances in the hexanic extract of leaves. The introduction CNPH 101 of L. peruvianum showed resistance to T. absoluta affecting the larval mortality and length of pupal phase. Two compounds (probably the 4-methyl-2,6-di-tert-buthylphenol and another with retention time of 18.8 min. by chromatogram) were associated to fact that L. esculentum is more susceptible to T. absoluta than L. peruvianum. Two compounds were associated to plants of the cultivar Santa Clara (probably the transcarophyllene) and L. peruvianum (probably the hexadecane) most susceptible to T. absoluta. A compound (with retention time in the of 22.796 min. by chromatogram) was associated the plants of L. peruvianum most resistant to T. absoluta.
Lycopersicon esculentum; Tuta absoluta; 4-methyl-2,6-di-tert-buthylphenol; transcarophyllene; hexadecane
