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Field Evaluation of Different Pest Management Strategies against Citrus Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel

Field Evaluation of Different Pest Management Strategies against Citrus Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel

Muhammad Ismail1, Abu Bakar Muhammad Raza1,2, Zarina Qasim3, Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed1*

1Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan.
2Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
3Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan
 
Corresponding Author: Muhammad Zeeshan Majeed
zeeshan.majeed@uos.edu.pk

Figure 1:

Fruits having maggots inside the fruit pulp (A) and spoiled citrus fruits (B) counted as fruit fly damaged fruits, burying of fruit fly infested fruits in soil (C) and methyl eugenol pheromone-based male fly traps (D).

Figure 2:

Percent fruit infestation (mean ± SD) incurred by Bactrocera dorsalis activity in citrus orchards treated with different IPM strategies in years 2015 and 2016.

Punjab University Journal of Zoology

December

Vol.38, Iss. 2, Pages 137-236

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