Field evaluation of some attractants for attracting the adults of Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wied) and peach fruit fly, Bactrocera zonata (Saund.), in mango orchards.
Saafan M. H.
Author Affiliation: Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki-Giza, Egypt.
Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research 83 : 1107-1119
Abstract : Two experiments were conducted during 2003 and 2003 to evaluate the efficiency of some different attractants for adults of the Mediterranean fruit fly (MFF), Ceratitis capitata, and the peach fruit fly (PFF), Bactrocera zonata, in mango orchards in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt. In the first experiment, all attractants attracted PFF adults only, with Diammonium phosphate 3% being the most effective treatment followed by Buminal 5%, Bactrogel 1.3% and Buminal 10%. In the second experiment, all attractants attracted both flies (MFF and PFF), but the capture of MFF adults were very low compared to the capture of PFF adults. Buminal 2.5% and 10% was the most effective in attracting MFF adults, followed by Diammonium phosphate 2%, Diammonium phosphate 3%, and Buminal 5%. Diammonium phosphate 2% was the most effective in attracting PFF adults, followed by Diammonium phosphate 3%, Buminal 2.5%. Buminal 5% and Buminal 10%.