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MANGO FRUIT ORCHARDS INFESTATION: A CASE STUDY ON MANGO FRUITS IN PAKISTAN

. Muhammad Wahid Khan , Zahid Hussain and Irshad Ghafoor


Abstract

A review base case study was conducted on mango fruit production in Pakistan. The aim of the study was to find out the solution and cause of Mango fruit yield reduction in Pakistan. The literature and research investigated that, in Pakistan, two fruit fly species, Bactocera zonta and Bactocera dorsalius are the major pests and sources of mango fruit orchard infestation. Farmers and field workers prefer to use different toxic chemicals e.g., Diptrax as foliar spray management paratactic, etc but toxic chemicals have no positive results, and fly species produce resistance. The alternative solution is Male Annihilation techniques, Bait Application, and bagging method integrated into the mango orchard resulting in an improvement in mango yields and production.

 

 Keywords; Case study: Fruit fly; Mangoes; Orchards; Infestation

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