Species complex of fruit flies and their relative abundance in methyl eugenol traps in mango orchard.
Nagaraj K. S., Jaganath S., Raveendra Y. C., Srikanth L. G., Rachappa K.
Author Affiliation: Department of Horticulture, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore - 65, Karnataka, India.
Trends in Biosciences 7 : 1234-1235
Abstract : Studies were made on species complex of fruit flies and their relative abundance in methyl eugenol traps in mango orchard at G.K.V.K campus, Bangalore and Srinivaspur, Kolar. Three species of fruit flies of the genus Bactrocera viz., dorsalis, correcta and zonata were recorded from methyl eugenol traps in mango orchard at G.K.V.K campus, Bangalore and Srinivaspur, Kolar. In G.K.V.K campus Bangalore, Bactrocera dorsalis was the dominant species with per cent relative abundance of 49.41 followed by B. correcta (34.22) and B. zonata (16.35), however in Srinivaspur Kolar, B. correcta was the dominant species with per cent relative abundance of 67.88 followed by B. dorsalis (24.07) and B. zonata (8.04).