Agronomía Tropical (2001) 51, 259-267

Nancy Boscán de Martínez, Alberto Valle and Freddy Godoy (2001)
Atrayentes de moscas de la fruta en plantaciones de mango localizadas en Maracay, Venezuela
[Fruit fly attractants in mango plantations localed in Maracay, Venezuela]
Agronomía Tropical 51 (2), 259-267
Abstract: Five attractants for capturing fruit fly adult (Anastrepha spp and Ceratitis capitata) were tested in mango plantations in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela. The attractants used were hydrolyzed protein Nulure^R 9% + borax 3% (N), animonium 16% (A), urea 16% (U), torula extract (T) and sugar cane juice 80% (S). Homemade traps were built using disposable twó-liter plastic bottles, with a circular hole 3 cm wide for the entrance of the flies. From February 19^th to August 08^th every 15 days all traps were collected and trapped flies counted. A completely randomized design with five treatments and four repetitions was used and the capture data analyzed through variance and Tukey means test at 5% of probability. Resuits showed that best attractant was A, it was 2.3, 4.4, 10.7 and 25.6 times superior than U, N, S and T, respectively. Anatrepha showed larger numbers of captured adults compared to Ceratitis.
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(original language: Spanish)
Database assignments for author(s): Nancy Boscan de Martinez

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
pheromones/attractants/traps

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Ceratitis capitata	Mango (Mangifera indica)	Venezuela
	Anastrepha obliqua	Mango (Mangifera indica)	Venezuela
	Anastrepha striata	Mango (Mangifera indica)	Venezuela
	Anastrepha serpentina	Mango (Mangifera indica)	Venezuela