Fruits and Plantation Crops
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Jackfruit fruit fly
Flies sting the rind of maturing fruits, maggots feed inside, and the flesh under the sting marks turns soft and rotten.
Crops it attacks
Where the damage shows
On fruits, pods or nuts
When to act
Hang methyl eugenol traps in the orchard and count the males each week. When the catch climbs as fruits near maturity, check every unbagged fruit for sting marks with oozing sap, and bag or pick at once.
How to prevent it
- Wrap each fruit in a sack, net or plastic bag while still young and firm, and keep it on until harvest.
- Gather and bury fallen and rotting fruits every few days, so the maggots cannot pupate in the soil.
- Harvest at maturity and do not leave ripe fruits on the tree.
- Kill the males with methyl eugenol blocks or wicks spread through the area. This fly comes to that lure.
- Clear unpicked breadfruit and jackfruit near the farm and work with the neighbors.
Natural enemies and biological help
- Native wasps parasitize the eggs and maggots inside the fruit. They survive where cover sprays are few.
- Weaver ants, other ants and chickens take maggots and pupae under the trees.
Where this comes from
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