Methyl eugenol attracts female mango fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel.
Abraham Verghese
Author Affiliation: Division of Entomology & Nematology, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta Lake P.O., Bangalore - 560 089, India.
Insect Environment 4 :101
Abstract : Methyl eugenol, which is categorized as a bait for male tephritids, was also found to attract a small number of females of Bactrocera dorsalis during the active breeding time in a mango orchard at Bangalore, Karnataka, India, in May-June 1998. At the time of harvest, numbers of males and females trapped were in almost equal proportions. The potential of these findings for avoiding post-harvest mango losses due to B. dorsalis is noted.