Surveillance and Documentation of Fruit Flies Parasitoids from Infested Fruits Collected from District Larkana and Hyderabad

Survey and documentation of bio-control agents from Sindh

Authors

  • Zain-Ul-Aabdin Abro Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Naheed Baloch Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Raza Muhammad Memon Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tandojam, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Niaz Hussain Khuhro Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tandojam, Sindh, Pakistan
  • Qadeer Ahmed Soomro Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Tandojam, Sindh, Pakistan

Keywords:

Trybliographa daci, Guava, Bio-control agents, Fruit flies

Abstract

Fruit flies belong to family (Tephritidae-Diptera) are the most injurious fruit pests of the fruits and vegetables. Biological control is an environmental friendly control method that has been used against pest fruit flies. Parasitoids have been one of the most widely used groups of natural enemies. In present studies we have surveyed the biological control agents from two different zones of Sindh. The field locations were Hyderabad and Larkana districts from where infested fruits were collected from guava and mango orchards. The results revealed that significantly (P<0.05) higher number of larval cum pupal parasitoid Trybliographa daci were (62.2 ± 3.03, 50.20 ± 4.45) recorded in guava from both districts. Furthermore, Maximum number of Bactrocera zonata infestation was recorded (395.6 ± 4.50, 288.00 ± 11.57) from guava orchards of both districts. This study established that Larval/pupal parasitoid Trybliographa daci proved most promising biocontrol-agent in limiting the population of fruit flies in guava and guava observed most susceptible host for fruit flies in terms of infestation.

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2019-06-13

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Abro, Z.-U.-A. ., Baloch, N. ., Memon, R. M. ., Khuhro, N. H. ., & Soomro, Q. A. . (2019). Surveillance and Documentation of Fruit Flies Parasitoids from Infested Fruits Collected from District Larkana and Hyderabad: Survey and documentation of bio-control agents from Sindh. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: B. Life and Environmental Sciences, 56(2), 45–48. Retrieved from http://ppaspk.org/index.php/PPAS-B/article/view/138

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Vol. 56 No. 2 (2019)

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