EVALUATION OF THREE DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS OF TRIMEDLURE AS ATTRACTANT LURES FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY, CERATITIS CAPITATA (WIED.)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

Standard trimedlure (TML) loaded on cotton wicks was compared with two other TML dispensers as attractants for the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wied.) in Jackson sticky traps. The three tested formulations differed in their efficacy and persistence under field condi­tions through the course of the experiment. Host plant plays a very im­portant role in directing and attracting medfly irrespective to the type of TML formulation Trap direction and its interaction with TML formula­tions had no effect on the attractancy of medfly.