Sapota chiku fruit fly seed borer maggot rot fruit harvest diagnosis trap sanitation bagging
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Maggots and rotting inside ripening sapota usually mean fruit fly, and in some areas a seed or fruit borer can also attack the fruit. Cutting an affected fruit will show whether it is the soft legless maggots of fruit fly or a borer caterpillar, which matters because the control differs, so please confirm with your KVK. For fruit fly the proven approach is sanitation plus trapping: collect and destroy all fallen and infested fruit daily by deep burying or sealing in a sun-exposed bag, and hang traps with a male lure such as methyl eugenol at the number per acre your KVK advises. Harvest at the correct maturity and do not let fruit over-ripen on the tree. For borer, sanitation of affected fruit and well-timed sprays at the right stage are used. Bagging fruit where practical keeps both pests off. If a spray or bait is needed, use the spot-patch protein bait for fruit fly to keep residue low, and for any cover spray follow the label, the pre-harvest interval, residue and MRL limits, and rotate modes of action. Get the pest confirmed first so the timing and method match.
We hang methyl eugenol traps and clear the dropped fruit every day. Letting rotten fruit lie under the tree is what keeps the flies breeding. Harvest on time, do not let them over-ripen.