LAWAL, Sulaimon Abidemi2023-07-272023-07-272016https://nigeriareposit.nln.gov.ng/handle/20.500.14186/825Tomato (Solanum lyccopersicon), a favourite condiment in Nigeria and a good source of vitamin C, lycopene and carotenoid is prone to attack of fruit borer which can cause about 50% losses of its yield. The health risk and development of resistance associated to synthetic insecticides necessitates the manipulation of some of agronomic practices to check the incidence and damage caused by this insect on tomato fruit. This study was conducted using randomized complete block design with four treatments and three replications to investigate the effect of intercropping tomato with maize, cowpea and soya beans on the incidence and damage caused by fruit borer on tomato plant. The results showed significant lower larval holes/plant, number of damaged fruits/plant, higher fruit weight and higher fruit yield (P<0.05) in all the treatments where tomato was intercropped with maize, cowpea and soya beans when compared with sole crop tomato. It is thus recommended that intercropping should be encouraged in planting of tomato, and interplanting tomato with maize, cowpea and soya beans should be employed to check the damage caused by fruit borer on tomato plant and to increase total yield of tomato.Introduction; Purpose of the study; Hypotheses; Significance of the study; Methodology; Discussion of findings; Conclusion; Recommendations; References.enArticle