Management

  • Sanitation should be maintained in orchard.
  • Harvest the fruits before full ripening to prevent the attack of fruit flies.
  • Collection and disposal of all the fallen fruits is also recommended during the fruiting season. Collection of fallen fruit in polythene bag and tide firmly for 4-5 days can effectively kill the maggots in the fruits. Avoid the dumping of fallen fruits in soil.
  • Installation of methyl eugenol impregnated wooden plywood block based fruit fly trap (‘Nauroji Stonehouse’/Mineral water bottle trap) @ 10 traps/ha and should be changed or replenished once in 2-3 months.
  • Conservation and augmentation of naturally occurring parasitoids and predators at fruiting stage.