- Fruit fly in cucurbits
- Fruit fly is the most problematic insect pest of the cucumber group plants (cucurbits)
- It is sever pest in bitter guard, ridgeguard,cucumber,bottle guard ..etc
- Fly is mixing with reddish brown with yellow markings on body with spotted wings
Life cycle includes
- eggs, maggots ,pupa, adult
- The adult penetrate into the rind and lays eggs in the pulp eggs period 1-9 days
- only maggots can cause the damage and feeds inner pulp and bacterial infection takes place
- Fruits at early stage also are attacked. Such fruits do not develop.
- The fruit are decay due to bacterial infection and get foul smell
- The fruits are dropped in early stages
- The fully grown maggot puppate in the soil
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CONTROL FRUITFLY IN CUCURBITS
- By using traps 15/acres to effective control of fly
- CUE LURE” is an effective attractant being used to trap for cucurbits fruit fly
- Caution 1 fruits are harvested only before spraying
- 2 spraying should be done under surfaces of leaves
- For killing of pupas poison baits are used
- Poison baiting with malathion 100 ml + sugar/jaggery 100 g as saturated solution + water 1 litre distributed in earthen lids.
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CONTROL FRUITFLY IN CUCURBITS
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Chennagane Madhu | Business Analyst | B.Sc Agriculture | Rythu Agro Market LLP | mobile: +91 8465922591 | email: madhu.ch@rythuagro.in | website: www.rythuagro.in |
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