🌹 Knowledge Series 2_1 (Pests) 🌹🌱
Mango season is about to start. Save your mangoes at the flowering stage itself. Protect them from Fruitflies, There are different types of fruit flies that generally attack
vegetable – Pest name – Bactrocera cucurbitae – Melon fruit fly – attacks Bitter gourd, Bottle gourd, Bitter gourd, Bottle gourd, Cucumber, Gherkin , Melons, Muskmelon, Pointed gourd, Pumpkin, Ridge gourd, Teisel gourd, Tindoora, Watermelon)
Fruits – Pest Name – Bactrocera correcta, Bactrocera dorsalis – Guava fruit fly = Attacks Guava, Mango, Peach
SYMPTOMS OF FRUIT FLY ATTACK
If you observe that the fruits are turning yellow and fall on the ground prematurely, a small hole is seen on the Vegetable or the fruit. It is an incidence of fruit fly attack and immediate removal of the vegetable/Fruit should be done. else the fruit will fall on the ground and larvae will develop into fruit fly.
Precaution : fruit fly traps need to be arranged to trap the male fruitflies and stop further reproduction of the fruit flies
Sridhar P