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How do I control fruit fly in late-ripening Chausa mango during the rains?

Chausa Mango📍 Saharanpur
MMohan Lal Kashyap4mo ago · 221 views

My Chausa ripens in the monsoon and fruit fly maggots ruin a lot of fruit. By the time I see it the inside is spoiled. How do I control fruit fly safely when fruit is near harvest?

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🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓3mo ago

Late monsoon ripening makes Chausa very prone to fruit fly because warm humid weather peaks fly activity. The core method is trapping plus sanitation, not heavy spraying near harvest. Install methyl eugenol pheromone traps (about a few per acre) from before colour break to mass-trap males. Critically, collect and destroy all fallen and infested fruit daily by deep burying or solar bagging, because larvae pupate in soil and restart the cycle; this single step makes the biggest difference. Bagging individual fruit with paper bags before they soften gives clean export-grade fruit. If a cover spray is justified, use only recommended bait sprays or insecticides at label dose and strictly observe the pre-harvest interval, since this fruit is eaten fresh; never spray close to picking. For export, fly-free area and hot water or VHT treatment may be required.

NNaseem Ahmad3mo ago

Methyl eugenol traps cut my damage a lot. But picking up fallen fruit every day is what really stopped the cycle. Lazy years I get more maggots.

SSuraj Pal3mo ago

Fruit bagging is labour but the bagged Chausa is spotless and sells at top rate. Worth it for the best trees.

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