POPULATION DYNAMICS AND CONTROL OF FRUIT FLIES BY USING DIFFERENT TRAPS IN UNIVERSITY ORCHARD

Fruit fly belongs to family Tephritidae, found all around the world. It consists of 4,700 spp. in almost 500 genera. In the present paper the population dynamics and efficacy of different traps were studied. The present experiment was conducted at University orchard consisting of mango, citrus, loquat, guava, almond and peach trees. Four different traps were used to attract and capture the fruit flies. These traps include Methyl Eugenol, Apple, Peach fruits, Apple Vinegar, and bait of Banana, mango. Steiner type traps were placed in the orchard by complete randomized design. Fruit flies were collected from the traps after every seven days and preserved. The result indicated that methyal eugenol captured the maximum number of fruit flies. The maximum number of fruit flies were captured during the week 34-40. The oriental fruit fly was the dominated species in the University orchard.