JOURNAL OF LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
(NATURAL SCIENCE EDITION)
LIAONING GONGCHENG JISHU DAXUE XUEBAO (ZIRAN KEXUE BAN)
辽宁工程技术大学学报（自然科学版）
EFFICIENCY OF PHEROMONE TRAPS AGAINST FRUIT FLY (Bactrocera zonata: Diptera) POPULATION IN PEACH ORCHARD KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, DISTRICT MARDAN
Muhammad Aamir, Shabir Ahmed, Saiqa Khattak, Syed Zaheer Abbas, Ayesha Zahir, Aqib Zahir, Siraj Ahmad, Khan Danish, Aafaq Khan, Azaz Ahmad, Javaid Iqbal
Abstract
Peach fruit fly, (Bactrocera zonata) is considered as one of the most economically important pests for several kinds of fruits and vegetables. In order to reduce the cost of annihilation technique for controlling B. zonata, doses of Methyl Eugenol, Cue-lure and Tri-Medlure, were evaluated along with Deptrix in peach orchards to determine the efficiency of pheromones traps in district Mardan. Cue-lure showed the mean number of captured males over eight (8) weeks was significantly higher than Methyl Eugeno and Tri-Medlure. However, it is concluded that Methyl Eugenol and Tri-Medlure did not show significant results in capturing male adults of B. zonata. Cue-lure worked effectively in controlling male population of B. zonata.
Keywords: fruit fly; pheromone traps; mardan