Entomological Research (2005) 35, 79-84

Muhammad Ahsan Khan, Muhammad Ashfaq, Waseem Akram and Jong-Jin Lee (2005)
Management of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of the most perishable fruits
Entomological Research 35 (2), 79-84
Abstract: We investigated to minimize the dependency on the use of chemicals and thus develop safe and environmental friendly control program for the most perishable fruits i.e., apple,'ber', guava and mango. Our findings on the composition of fruit fly species reveal that Bactrocera dorsalis was dominant on apple (33.96% existence), Carpomya incompleta on 'ber' (51.91% existence) and Bactrocera zonata on guava (49.62% existence) and mango (74.66% existence). The correlation between population and infestation percentage was non-significant in apple orchards, whereas positive and highly significant in between population and infestation, as well as on the cumulative basis in'ber', guava and mango orchards during 1998-1999. Hoeing, baiting and methyl eugenol were statistically equal resulting about 77% decrease in infestation. The maximum control of 91.68% was observed where all four-control operations including Dipterex® were integrated together. Weather factors, when computed together, had maximum effect on population fluctuation and infestation with rainfall contributing the major role. For guava fruits, the months of August (14.06A individuals/trap/day) and September (13.81A individuals/trap/day) were important, resulting in maximum infestation percentage of 10.76 to 14.74%, respectively.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bactrocera dorsalis	Apple (Malus)
	Bactrocera zonata	Guava (Psidium)
	Bactrocera zonata	Mango (Mangifera indica)
	Carpomya incompleta	Jujube (Ziziphus)