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September 10, 2025Ecology Environment and Conservation

Study on impact of fruit fly (Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett)) management tactics in Pumpkin

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SSSanghomitra SarmaSBSudeshna BaruahHSHemanta Saikia

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Overview

Field study evaluates pest management tactics, revealing pheromone traps significantly reduce fruit fly infestation.

Key Points

  • Pheromone traps resulted in the lowest ovipositional punctures at 1.52 per fruit.
  • Fruit infestation dropped to 13.64% using pheromone traps compared to 47.11% in untreated controls.
  • Maximized yield of 267.45 q/ha was recorded with pheromone traps versus 151.3 q/ha in control plots.
  • Pheromone traps demonstrated a cost benefit ratio of 3.05, making them a highly effective management method.

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Sarma et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1c63654b1d3bfb60f21fehttps://doi.org/10.53550/eec.2025.v31i04s.038
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