Comparison of two control methods of Ceratitis capitata Wiedeman (Diptera: Tephritidae) on pomegranate orchards

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

A. Khezri ¹ , E. Soleyman-Nejadian ² , Sh. Goldasteh ³ , H. Pezhman ⁴ , H. Farazmand ⁵

1 - Ph.D. Student, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran
2 - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran
3 - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran
4 - Plant Pest & Diseases Research Department, Agriculture Research Center and Natural Resources of Zarghan, Iran
5 - Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2013-11-06 Accepted : 2014-04-30 Published : 2015-08-23

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Abstract :

The Mediterranean fruit fly is a quarantine pest which was seen in Fars province, Iran in 2008. Pomegranate is one of the hosts of this pest in the late season, Two different methods, including trapping and bait spraying, were used in order to evaluate populalim suppression in shiraz in 2011 and 2012. Through trapping method, three attractants includeing Trimedlure, Biolure, Femilure, were investigated separately in a Tephri traps with three replications, in this way, the average number of infected fruits (with control) and also the number of trapped Mediterranean fruit flies (without control) were bait spraying method,Two types of hydrolyzed proteinin and smell bal were used the south side of the trees, In bouiting method, two types of hydrolyzed protein, Bioceboand Smelltol were sprayed mixed with 0.002 concewtratin of malathion on trunks and one meter width of south part of the tree crown Trimedlure and biolure had the same effect on number of infected fruits, but more effective than the control and Femilure. Howerer, the number offlies couptured was higher in Bcolure. In baiting method, no significant difference was observed among the treatments , howeres the place on the trees was significantly different .Number of infected fruits was less in one meter width spraying on the crown.