Field evaluation for response of Mediterranean fruit fly ceratitis capitata and peach fruit fly bactrocera zonata (Diptera : Tephritidae )‎ by tested attractant materials

Abstract EN

Recently, the peach fruit fly Bactrocera zonata (Saunders) ( Diptera: Tephritidae ) is recognized as causing fruit damage on a range of fruits and other economic host plants .

Mediterranean fruit fly , Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) ( Diptera: Tephritidae ) is recorded in Egypt early last century and considerd as a serious pest of fruits.

The present investigation was conducted in two locations with two crops (peach and mango) , to study response of fruit flies B.

zonata and C.

capitata to different chemical compounds.

The obtained data indicated that 3 % Di- amunum phosphate recorded the highest mean numbers of weekly captured to B.

zonata and C.

capitata, followed by 10 % Amunum- Acetate and Trimethylamine (TMA) recorded a moderately attractiveness and other chemical compounds treated was less attractants .

While 5 % Buminal recorded the highest attractants to attract female C.

capitata captured .

But 10 % Urea Fertilizer [CO(NH2)2] recorded the highest attractants to attract female B.

zonata.

Data presented showed that the females number of B.

zonata and C .capitata were more attracted than male flies to tested different chemical compounds , also the number of attracted flies of B.

zonata and C.

capitata to plastic bottles traps (liquid trap) was highest than to using plastic containers (dry trap)