Soaked-wood killer blocks for mat fruit fly control in Pakistan.
Muhammad Afzal, Riaz Mahmood, Stonehouse J.
Author Affiliation: University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
: 97-100
Abstract : Soaked-wood blocks were evaluated to replace the plastic traps currently used for Male Annihilation Technique (MAT) control of fruit flies in mango orchards in Pakistan [date not given]. Below blocks were hung three collectors, of increasing size with descending height, to allow the total kill by each block to be calculated. Each block killed nearly twice as many flies as a trap and lasted nearly twice as long and were preferred to traps for on-farm fly control in all cases. Oblong plywood traps caught slightly more flies than other shapes, and catch size appeared positively associated with the block edge length. Relatively spongy date wood caught more flies than other, harder woods, but did not last as long. Most flies caught were Bactrocera zonata, although up to 10% B. dorsalis was also found.