Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue: 1

Diachasmimorpha (Biosteres) longicaudata (Ashmead): A potential parasitoid for biocontrol of fruit flies, Bactrocera spp. in Punjab

  • Author:
  • Sandeep Singh
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 94 to 95

ICAR-AICRP on Fruits, Department of Fruit Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 141004, Punjab, India. E-mail: sandeep_pau.1974@pau.edu

Online published on 15 May, 2017.

Abstract

Field surveys were conducted in Punjab to explore the potential biocontrol agents of fruit flies, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) and B. zonata (Saunders) on fruit crops like peach, pear, guava, mango, Kinnow mandarin and plum. Parasitoid, Diachasmimorpha (Biosteres) longicaudata (Ashmead) was recovered from maggots and pupae of fruit flies among infested fruits in large numbers.

Keywords

Diachasmimorpha (Biosteres) longicaudata, Parasitoid, Punjab, Tephritids