The tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta colony used in this experiment was originally collected in Yuxi, Yunnan Province, in August 2018. The tomato variety planted is Maofen. In the laboratory, the tomato leaf miner was reared in an insectary at 25 ± 2 °C under 50–60% relative humidity with a 14:10 h light:dark cycle. The host plants were individually grown in 9-cm-diameter pots under the same conditions as the tomato leaf miner.
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