Male Annihilation Through Mass-trapping of Male Flies with Methyleugenol to Reduce Infestation of Oriental Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Larvae in Papaya

Abstract

Mass-trapping of male oriental fruit flies, Dacus dorsalis Hendel, with methyleugenol plus malathion at the rate of nine saturated fiberboard blocks per ha produced male population reductions >99% in a papaya orchard (63 ha). However, because the surrounding jungle was not trapped, fruit infestation rate was reduced only 48%.