Evaluation of food lures and pheromone based yellow sticky lure traps for tephritid fruit flies in mango and sapota in Kerala.
Thiyagarajan P., Thomas J., Mani Chellappan, Ushakumari R., Sosamma Jacob, Nazeem P. A., Suresh P. R.
Author Affiliation: College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara - 680 656, Thrissur, Kerala, India.
International Journal of Tropical Agriculture 33 : 951-954
Abstract : In Single Killing Point (SKP) cage experimentation, among different banana fruit macerates tested, varieties poovan and robusta were found to be with maximum fruit fly attraction and orientation Among the different mango and different fruits tested, prior variety of mango and rose apple were found to be the highest responding food lures to fruit fly. Methyl eugenol based yellow sticky lure traps in mango and sapota orchards revealed that the yellow poly pack board of size 30×20 cm in a vertically hanging position recorded the maximum number of fruit flies.