JOURNAL OF LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

STUDIES ON THE EFFICACY OF VARIOUS FOOD LURES AGAINST OF FRUIT FLY

Muhammad Hamza Gul, *Noor Ul haq, Shoreen Akhtar, Umar Shah zaib, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Shehzad Khan, Mehran Ullah, Atiq Ur Rahman, Mohammad Haris, Syed Zaheer Abbas, Shabir Ahmed, Muhammad Inam Ul Haq

Abstract

The field experiment (population trend of fruitflies in persimmons orchard) was conducted in New Developmental Farm, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar during 2023. The results revealed that fruitflies appeared in the field during 1^st September where maximum population was recorded from T2 (43.67 No. of fruitlies trap^-1) while minimum was recorded from T5 (21.67 No. of fruitflies trap^-1) as compared with the control (18.00 No. of fruitflies trap^-1). Then fruitflies population reach to its peak on 3^rd October where maximum population was recorded from T2 (108.67 No. of fruitflies trap^-1) while minimum was recorded from T5 (87.00 No. of fruitflies trap^-1) as compared with the control (84.00 No. of fruitflies trap^-1) then declined was noticed and disappeared from the field after 2^nd November 2024. Overall mean data showed that maximum number of fruitflies was recorded from T2 (68.15 No. of fruitflies trap^-1) while minimum was recorded T5 (48.84 No. of fruitflies trap^-1) as compared with control (46.03 No. of fruitflies trap^-1). Thus T2 (75% methyl eugenol+10% Guava essence with 10% sugar solution and 5% Spinosad) has been recommended for the farmers of the Peshawar region.

Keywords: Fruit flies, population dynamics, persimmon orchard, trap efficacy, field monitoring