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Sudan Journal of Agricultural Research

Evaluation of some plant materials as food-base attractants for the mango fruit fly, Ceratitis cosyra Walker (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Yasir G. A. Bashir , Nabil H. H. Bashir, Elameen M. A. Eltoum and Yousif O. Hussein

Abstract:

This study was conducted in North Kordofan State at Elban Gadid region (20 km south of Elobeid) during November 2002 - May 2003. The objective was to evaluate the fruits of guava (Psidium guajava L.), sidir/nabag (Zizyphus spina-christi L.) and mango (Mangifera indica L.) as food-base attractants for fruit flies capture in mango orchards. A protein hydrolyzate attractant, named ICIPE Yeast was used as standard and the control was treated with water. The results showed that all fruits proved effective for Ceratitis cosyra trapping. During November 2002, there was no significant difference (P< 0.05) between sidir and ICIPE Yeast attractant (5.9 and 6.8 adults /trap/week, respectively). Guava- and sidir showed superiority (7.4 and 3.8 adults /trap/week, respectively) over the ICIPE Yeast attractant (1.0 adult /trap/week) during December 2002. During January 2003, there was no significant difference between ICIPE Yeast attractant and guava (2.0 and 2.3 adults/trap/week, respectively), but the performance of sidir was superior to both (4.0 adults/trap/week). Mango baited traps showed low efficiency (0.5, 0.9 and 0.2 adults/trap/week) during March, April and May 2003, respectively compared to ICIPE Yeast (8.5, 9.7 and 3.4 adults /trap/week) for the same respective period. However, traps provided with only water (control) did not attract any fruit fly species. The use of guava, sidir and mango as fruit fly base attractants could provide a cheap, safe and a low-tech alternative for the emerging problems of fruit flies in Sudan.

 

Sudan Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 11  (2008) PP. 99-103