Guava Fruit Fly Pest Control

Protein bait spray and some pesticides such as dimethoate may cause leaf burn in guava and other tropical trees.

Guava fruit fly pest control.

Guava trees produce sweet smelling fruits with an edible rind with a creamy white yellow or pink flesh. Pest control for guava fruit. The top of the thorax is black with yellow patches the abdomen is yellow orange with a dark t shaped mark and the face has two black spots which bleed toward each other sometimes connecting to each other in the middle. Guava trees are hardy aggressive perennials native to tropical and subtropical america.

It is a native of tropical america. Fruit fly is the most serious pest of different horticultural crops among the world it is also the most destructive pest. Detailed life history and effective control measures for most of these pests still remain to be worked out. Insect fruit fly.

Sudden changes may stress plants and attract fruit flies and other pests. Guava fruit fly chemical cont. How to control guava fruit fly. Among the more important are guava whitefly red banded thrips guava fruit moth caribbean fruit fly mealybugs and several species of scales.

Control of fruit fly management of fruit fly get rid of fruit fly fruit flies control. It is recorded that crop losses caused by fruit fly ranging from 20 80 percent usually depend upon the crop locality season and variety. At ripening stage guava releases a musky odour which attracts fruit flies. When ripe guavas release a sharp musky odour that draws fruit flies.

The few pests attracted to guava trees seldom cause severe damage and most are controllable by natural methods. Scientific name bactocera correcta. California department of food and agriculture. The adult guava fruit fly gff is about the size of a housefly 5 millimeters mm in length.

Identification mainly this insect damages the guava crop in rainy season this fly has yellow in color. Guava psidium guajava is a common fruit of indian sub content. Fruit flies are considered as a highly destructive pest of guava fruit production causing yield losses and quality degradation of the produce. Guava fruit production isn t affected by many pests.

In india it was introduced in 17th century and is now a household fruit especially in uttar pradesh and bihar. Fruit flies are among the world s most serious pests of different horticultural crops due to their direct impact on economy.