Effect of attractants for trapping fruit flies infesting mango

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out on the effect of attractants for trapping of fruit flies infesting mango at Horticulture Nursery, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Dapoli during May to July 2017. Results revealed that the total number of fruit flies catched per trap during May 2017 in treatment T2 (Black Ocimum + Malathion) was found to be the best treatments by trapping maximum (140.00) number of fruit flies per trap and was found to be significantly superior over the rest of the treatments except the treatment T8 (Black Ocimum + Spinosad) which recorded 125.33 number of fruit flies and was at par with T2. In June 2017 total number of fruit flies trapped per trap maximum (190.00) in treatment T2 (Black Ocimum + Malathion) and the treatment was found to be significantly superior over the rest of the treatments except the treatment T8 (Black Ocimum + Spinosad) which recorded 173.00 number of fruit flies per trap but it was at par with treatment T2. While the total number of fruit flies trapped per trap during July 2017 maximum (33.67) in the treatment T2 (Black Ocimum + Malathion) and was found to be significantly superior over the rest of the treatments except treatment T8 (Black Ocimum + Spinosad) which recorded 27.00 number of fruit flies per trap and both the treatments were at par with each other.