Effectiveness of fod attractants for fruit flies monitoring in Venezuela

  • Pedro Morales Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas (INIA), Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CENIAP), Maracay. Venezuela.
  • Lupe Martínez Instituto Nacional de Sanidad Agrícola Integral (INSAI), San Cristóbal. Venezuela
  • Angel Torres Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas (INIA), estado Táchira. Venezuela.
  • Humberto Rincón Instituto Nacional de Sanidad Agrícola Integral (INSAI), San Cristóbal. Venezuela
  • Eutimio González Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Facultad de Agronomía (FAGRO), Instituto de Química y Tecnología. Maracay. Venezuela.
  • Cecilia Yánez Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas (INIA), estado Táchira. Venezuela.
  • María Antolinez Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas (INIA), estado Táchira. Venezuela.
  • Alex Verenzuela Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas (INIA), estado Táchira. Venezuela.
  • Nelson Vivas Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas (INIA), estado Táchira. Venezuela.
  • Ligia Carolina Rosales A. Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas (INIA), Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CENIAP), Maracay. Venezuela.
Keywords: Ceratitis capitata, traps, Anastrepha

Abstract

Fruit flies are pests of numerous fruit trees. To apply control methods it is important to use traps in order to monitor their presence and population fluctuation over time, for which trap with attractants can be suitable. Urea with molasses, molasses, PedGo®, PedGo Plus® and Nulure® were used as attractants for the detection and control of fruit flies of the genera Anastrepha and Ceratitis (Diptera: Tephritidae) in fruit orchards of five municipalities of Tachira state during 11 months. In each locality, a random block design with four blocks and five treatments was used. Twenty JD EuGo 97 traps were filled with 300 ml of the attractant solution. A number of males and females captured were collected and identified fortnightly.  The largest adult populations of fruit flies were trapped using PedGo Plus® attractant, followed by PedGo®, Nulure®, urea with molasses, and molasses. The PedGo Plus® attractant differed statistically from the attractants urea with molasses, and molasses. The largest adult populations of fruit flies were captured in  Bramon,  differing statistically from the other municipalities. Anastrepha fraterculus was the specie with the most number of flies trapped in a great diversity of hosts, regardless of environmental factors and geographical location. PedGo Plus® can be used as an alternative attractant for monitoring and controlling fruit flies at different altitudes of Tachira State.

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Published
2016-12-30
How to Cite
Morales, P., Martínez, L., Torres, A., Rincón, H., González, E., Yánez, C., Antolinez, M., Verenzuela, A., Vivas, N., & Rosales A., L. C. (2016). Effectiveness of fod attractants for fruit flies monitoring in Venezuela. Agronomía Tropical, 66(3-4), 161-170. Retrieved from http://publicaciones.inia.gob.ve/index.php/agronomiatropical/article/view/164
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