DetailDepartment of Agriculture Punjab has said that the host plants of fruit fly include guava, mango, loquat, jamon, tarshawa and arro etc. The fruit fly reproduces by staying inside the fruit and grows up and enters the ground from the fruit and remains in the ground in the form of a pupa. do Four types of fruit flies are found in Punjab province namely oriental fruit fly, peach fly, melon fly and plum fly. All bees have almost the same life cycle. Their number increases from April to November. After mating, the female bee lays eggs inside the fruit and continues her breeding. Methyl eugenal is used to control the gardener male fly, which is extremely attractive to the fruit fly.
The use of pheromone traps has improved the method of fruit fly control in fruit orchards, which is the best male pest control treatment. Pheromone solutions are prepared from methyl, eugenal and malathion. It is dipped in this solution and placed in round plastic traps at the rate of 6 traps per acre. It also reduces the use of pesticides for fruit fly control by 80 to 90 percent for growers. Also, soak cotton sacks in syrup and spray a small amount of trichlorophan on them. The spokesman has further informed that the damaged fruits fallen in the orchards should be buried in the ground by digging a hole and after picking, keep the fruit in 5% salt solution for 60 minutes, which will kill the eggs of the fruit fly and the fruit will be good later. Clean up. Be sure to apply it to other host plants, vegetables and herbs for fruit fly control.