Evaluation of optimum heights of pheromone trap on attraction of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in cucumber in North Eastern India

Saha, Tamoghna; Chandran, Nithya

doi:10.1007/s42690-023-00942-7

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“…There are many fruit fly species known to infest cucurbits, with Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), Z. tau (Walker) and Z. caudatus (Fabricius) being the most serious ones, reported from different states of India. (Arya et al, 2022a;Saha and Chandran, 2023). Various other fruit fly species are also known to be associated with cucurbits, which are collected through parapheromone traps of methyl eugenol and cue-lure installed in the cucurbit fields, but due availability of limited reports on the adult emergence from the infested fruits,their infestation in cucurbits is a mere speculation (Arya et al, 2022a).…”

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Evaluation of different concentrations of Cue-lure for effective management of the melon fruit fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), in cucurbits ecosystem

Sunda,

Arya,

Narayana

et al. 2024

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Aim: To identify the effective concentration of Cue-lure (CL) for efficacious management of melon fruit fly (Zeugodacus cucurbitae), associated with the cucurbits. Methodology: Wooden blocks were soaked in different concentrations of Cue-lure (0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%), installed in trap bottles along with commercially used McPhail traps baited with tablet lures, were tested for higher trap catches, in the bitter gourd field. The infested cucurbits were collected from the fields and placed in insect-rearing cages to check for the emergence of the adults. Results: The mean number of flies trapped/trap/week (FTW) was significantly highest in 25% Cue-lure compared with the remaining concentrations along with Tablet lures. On the basis of adults emerged from infested fruits, Z. cucurbitae proved to be the major fruit fly species infesting bitter gourd, with a sex ratio (♂:♀) of 1:1.3. However, in sponge gourd, a ♂:♀ of 1:1.9 was observed for Z. cucurbitae and 1:1.27 for Z. tau. Interpretation: Z. cucurbitae is the most damaging fruit fly species for cucurbits in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. 25% Cue-lure solution was found best for mass trapping of responsive fruit flies. Key words: Adult emergence, Cucurbits, Cue-lure, Parapheromone, Melon fruit fly

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