date:Jun 16, 2017
n stage and not when fully coloured and ripe. Mango fruit are usually not infested during the early fruiting period but are markedly more prone to attack closer to harvest. For this reason, growers cultivating mangoes for use in achar, a spicy Indian condiment that is made with unripe mangoes, dont experience fruit fly problems.
A large part of the programme included setting out traps in home gardens to monitor the incidence and species of fruit fly species, as well as to gauge their seasonalit