Understanding long-term
fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) population dynamics: implications for area wide management.
Biological control can be a practical, safe and economically effective means of
fruit fly control, and its importance continues to grow in regions where pesticide use is less desirable (e.
Toxicological studies of organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides for controlling the
fruit fly Dacus ciliatus (Diptera: Tephritidae) J.
Key words: Biology, Morphometric, Oriental
fruit fly, Mango varieties.
'The
fruit fly is not our main concern when it comes to being blocked from the international market,' he said, adding that most mango shipments that had been prepared to leave Cambodia had met the SPS requirements.
He said
fruit fly was a very damaging insect for fruit trees which can decrease production of mango, orange and guava up to 30 per cent.
Two species of fruit flies established in different regions of Pakistan include, peach
fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata and cucurbit
fruit fly Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett).
The presence of
fruit fly can also result in loss of valuable interstate and export markets.
1: Fruit infestation (%) marketable fruits/plant yield losses/plant (g) and marketable yield/plant (g) demonstrated by melon
fruit fly in bitter gourd crop sown at different plant-to-plant distances (Means of bars sharing similar letters are not significantly different at p = 0.05; Error bars indicate the SE)
To film
fruit fly flight required years of refining a 3-D video monitoring setup.
The Oriental
fruit fly (Bactrocera dorsalis) is a pest well known in the United States and is causing severe damage to French Polynesian agriculture, a major industry with exports of several tropical fruits and vegetables.