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Development of Management Strategy Against Fruit Fly in Sweet Orange ,citrus Sinensis.

C. K. Dash
Scientific Officer
HARS, Khagrachari.

U. K. Sarker
Scientific Officer
HARS, Khagrachari.

M.M. Ullah
Principal Scientific officer
HARS, Khagrachari.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

An experiment was conducted at the Hill Agricultural Research Station, Khagrachari during 2007-08 and 2008-09 season to develop a suitable management strategy against fruit fly of sweet orange. The highest number of fruit fly was captured in methyl eugenol trap in both the seasons. Among the applied treatments, methyl eugenol trap significantly reduced the fruit fly infestation than all other treatments and the highest fruit infestation was found from control treatment. Fruit infestation reduction over control was found to be the highest in methyl eugenol trap and this was 86.5 % and 82.18% in 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively.

Keywords: Citrus, fruit fly, Methyl euginol

Location: Khagrachari

Start Date: 01-07-2007

End Date: 31-10-2009

Program Area: Pest Management

Commodity: Orange

Objectives:

To develop a suitable management option to control the notorious pest fruit fly in sweet orange

Methodology:

The experiment was conducted at HARS, Khagrachari during July-October, 2007-08 and 2008-09 sessions. The experiments were laid out in a RCB design with six treatments in three replications. One sweet orange tree was considered as one treatment replication. The evaluated treatments were T₁: Methyl eugenol pheromone trap. T₂=poison bait made with smashed banana, 100 g of banana wash smashed and 0.5g mipcin was mixed with necessary amount of water. It was changed at every 3 days. T₃=poison bait made with smashed sweet orange, T₄= Poison bait made with smashed sweet gourd T₅= three sprays of Sekuphone 80 SP @ 2g/L of water at 15 days interval starting from 2 months before harvesting and T₆=untreated control. Number of fruit fly captured in methyl eugenol was counted at every 7 days and in other conventional baits it was counted at every 3 days. Total no. of fruits per plant and infested fruit per plant was counted and percent infestation was calculated.

Source of Information: Annual Report 2008-2009, Entomology Division, BARI, Gazipur

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Funding Source:

1.	Budget: 35,000.00

Total Budget (Tk.) : 35,000.00

Achievement/Findings:

Methyl eugenol trap can significantly reduce the fruit fly infestation in sweet orange.

Knowledge Management: Report/Proceedings