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Therefore, there is a need to explore alternative methods of control, and develop an integrated control strategy for effective management of this pest. A The principal of this particular technique is the denial of resources needed for laying by female flies such as protein food (protein bait control) or parapheromone lures that eliminate males. W EJ KS R Abbas Lawande NW . M MM MA ML M The fly begins as an egg, inside of which is the embryo. Mitchell Fujimoto Stages of the life cycle. Male-sterile technique. Vargas Application of carbofuran granules at 1.5 kg a.i./ ha at the time of sowing, vining, and flowering gave 83.35% protection to bitter gourd against B. cucurbitae (Thomas and Jacob, 1990). . The use of a geographical information system could also be used as an IPM tool to mark site-specific locations of traps, host plants roads, land use areas and fruit fly populations within a specified operational region. The length of time required for the medfly to complete its life cycle under typical Florida summer weather conditions, and on which eradication schedules in Florida are based, is 21 to 30 days. IC 248292, IHR 35, IHR 40, IHR 79-2, IHR 83, and IHR 86, NB 22, NB 25, NB 28, and Pusa Smooth Purple Long, Copyright © 2021 Entomological Society of America. Mcinnis Hancock K Matsui The vinegar fly, Drosophilla melanogaster has also been observed to lay eggs on the fruits infested by melon fly, and acts as a scavenger (Dhillon et al., 2005b). Chemical control of the melon fruit fly is relatively ineffective. Reddy (1997) reported triazophos to be the most effective insecticide against this pest on bitter gourd. T MG In Hawaii, pumpkin and squash are heavily damaged even before fruit set. Chinajariyawong A Therefore, keeping in view the importance of the pest and crop, the melon fruit fly management could be done using local area management or wide area management. (1993) found in Okinawa that frequent and intensive release of sterile flies did not increase the ratio of sterile to wild flies in some areas, suggesting that it is important to identify such areas for eradication of this pest. S The subject today is the life cycle of the fruit or vinegar fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Roomi Ashraf The mature larva emerges from the fruit, drops to the ground, and forms a tan to dark brown puparium. CC . . A brief description of each of the stages of the life cycle of fruit fly is provided below. JS Quarantine. In the case of the fly, the life cycle includes 4 distinct forms. capitata), dry onion (Allium cepa), blue field banana (Musaparadisiaca sp. Above all, the use of the geographical information system has been used as a tool to mark site-specific locations of traps, host plants roads, land use areas and fruit fly populations within a specified operational grid (Mau et al., 2003a). Bagging of fruits on the tree (3 to 4 cm long) with 2 layers of paper bags at 2 to 3 day intervals minimizes fruit fly infestation and increases the net returns by 40 to 58% (Fang, 1989a, b; Jaiswal et al., 1997). YH WC DG JD After introduction, it can easily disperse due to its high reproductive potential, high biotic potential (short life cycle of 3-5 weeks, up to 10 generations of offspring per year), and a rapid dispersal ability. Hussain Kong Krong Under the right conditions, a fruit fly egg only takes about a day to hatch. . Christenson Chishaki Nearly 250 species are of economic importance, and are distributed widely in temperate, sub-tropical, and tropical regions of the world (Christenson and Foote, 1960). Import controls carried out in airports in France since 1993 on tropical fruits have revealed the presence of 12 non-European and one European species of Tephritidae, (Bayart et al., 1997). The melon fly is native to India, and is distributed throughout most parts of the country.It can be found throughout most of southern Asia, several countries in Africa, some island groups in the Pacific. RI Singh Haq MZ Singh Nagappan BL Dhankhar Vargas Various other options for the management of fruit fly are also discussed in relation to their bio-efficacy and economics for effective management of this pest. IW Mohsin Matsui et al. (1999) suggested cucumber fruits should be bagged at 3 days after anthesis, and the bags should be retained for 5 days for effective control. Silva Naresh, H.C. Sharma, The melon fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae: A review of its biology and management, Journal of Insect Science, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2005, 40, https://doi.org/10.1093/jis/5.1.40. KS Cheng Leong Influence of temperature on the speed of development of melon fly, An insecticidal trial for reducing the damage of some cucurbitaceous fruits due to, Evaluation of an insecticide schedule for the control of red pumpkin beetle and melon fruit fly on red pumpkin in the hills zone of Assam, New indices and method to measure the sexual compatibility and mating performance of. Gupta and Verma (1982) reported that fenitrothion (0.025%) in combination with protein hydrolysate (0.25%) reduced fruit fly damage to 8.7 % as compared to 43.3 % damage in untreated control. . Culture filtrates of the fungi R. solani, Trichoderma viridae Pers., and G. virens affected the oviposition and development of B. cucurbitae adversely (Sinha and Saxena, 1999). Hamacek PJ It is an environmentally safe method for the management of this pest. Jinapin Steiner Please check for further notifications by email. EB A genetic trade-off has been observed between early-fecundity and longevity. (2000) reported 31.27% damage on bitter gourd and 28.55% on watermelon in India. Use of wide area management to coordinate and combine different parts of an insect eradication program over an entire area, within a defensible perimeter, can subsequently protect against reinvasion by quarantine controls. Oriental fruit fly, introduced in 1945, became a major pest of almost every economically important fruit in the Hawaiian Islands. T The full-grown larvae come out of the fruit by making one or two exit holes for pupation in the soil. DL Noor The USDA-ARS areawide IPM programs of melon fruit fly started in 1999 in collaboration with the Hawaiian State Department of Agriculture and University of Hawaii, using the environmentally sound strategies such as field sanitation, male annihilation with male lures and attractants, protein bait sprays/traps, augmentative releases of biological control agents (Fopius arisanus and Psyttalia fletcheri), and sterile insect release. Formathion is more effective than trichlorfon (Talpur et al., 1994). Pinero KE RI and trichlorfon (at 1920g a.i./ ha) has been found to give good control of B. cucurbitae in muskmelon (Chughtai and Baloch, 1988). The efficacy of most of these bio-agents is unclear under field conditions. SC Inayat-Tullah The depth up to which the larvae move in the soil for pupation, and survival depend on soil texture and moisture (Jackson et al., 1998; Pandey and Misra, 1999). The population of B. cucurbitae mass reared for a long time has a shorter pre-mating period than the population reared for short-term. . Stonehouse Seewooruthun Oride MI M High temperature, long period of sunshine, and plantation activity influence the B. cucurbitae abundance in the North-eastern Taiwan (Lee et al., 1992). These eggs hatch into larvae, or maggots, which tunnel through the flesh of the fruit or other plant part. Chang Phalip Rustamani Eggs are inserted into fruit in bunches of 1 to 37. Allwood The eggs hatch into larvae inside the fruit after a few days (2-4 days). Boodram Sawaki Therefore, it may be interesting to examine the mating ability of the males of the selected strain, because the effectiveness of the sterile-male release technique depends on the mating ability of the sterile males released into the eco-system. The mass reared population has a negative genetic correlation between early-fecundity and longevity indicating antagonistic pleiotropy. The number of eggs found at any time in the reproductive organs is no indication of the total number of eggs an individual female is capable of depo… A transgene-based, female-specific expression method of a conditional dominant lethal gene (Atkinson et al., 2001; Handler, 2001; Horn et al., 2002), has been well tested in Drosophila melanogaster, and might be transferable to other insect pest species (Heinrich and Scott, 2000; Thomas et al., 2000; Horn and Wimmer, 2003). RT The pupal stage lasts about 10 days. 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Keeping in view the importance of the pest and crop, the melon fruit fly can be managed or suppressed locally at the growers fields using any of the option combinations available including, bagging of fruits, field sanitation, cue-lure traps, spray of protein baits with toxicants, growing fruit fly-resistant genotypes, augmentative releases of biological control agents, and soft insecticides. The import and export of infested plant material from one area or country to other non-infested places is the major mode of the spread of insect-pests. Pupation occurs in the soil at 0.5 to 15 cm below the soil surface. Egg hatchability is not influenced by mating duration (Tsubaki and Sokei, 1988). MA Maize can also be used as a border crop for melon fruit fly attraction through application of protein bait (Dhillon, personal observations). Walsh Ali-Sardar T Y to be a dominant parasitoid of B. cucurbitae, but the efficacy of this parasitoid has not been tested under field conditions in India. W Chowdhury Larvae go through three instars feeding for about 4-7 days. . During the hot and dry season, the flies take shelter under humid and shady places and feed on honeydew of aphids infesting the fruit trees. Buyckx A life cycle is the series of changes that happen to an organism until the initial form is produced again. Cold treatment at 1.1 ± 0.6° C for 12 days disinfested Hawaiian starfruit, Averrhoa carambola, of tephritid eggs and larvae (Armstrong et al., 1995). Amongst these, the genus, Bactrocera (Dacus) causes heavy damage to fruits and vegetables in Asia (Nagappan et al., 1971). Nakamori 1991; Permalloo et al., 1998; Seewooruthun et al., 1998). The larvae pupate in the soil at a depth of 0.5 to 15 cm. At times, the eggs are also laid in the corolla of the flower, and the maggots feed on the flowers. Barry It inserts the eggs 2 to 4 mm deep in the fruit tissues, and the maggots feed inside the fruit. T At maturity, the larvae … Under induced oviposition, McBride and Tanda (1949) reported that broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. After egg hatching, the maggots bore into the pulp tissue and make the feeding galleries. Breeding is continuous, with several generations possible annually. The newly hatched larvae then develop through three instars stages, with the entire process lasting about five days. . . JE It prefers young, green, and tender fruits for egg laying. RAI K Hosanna Honeydew melons originated in western Africa and thrive in hot, sunny climates with low humidity. Jirasurat Shishido H Lesser Cucurbit Fly. SK A . Kanehira Harris Local area management means the minimum scale of pest management over a restricted area such as at field level/crop level/village level, which has no natural protection against reinvasion. Manzoor The fruit fly's life cycle begins when the female lays her eggs on a piece of fermenting fruit or other decaying, sweet organic material. MP Cayol Eggs are white and one millimetre long, which makes them hard to see. M Wood C Maggots feed inside the fruits, but at times, also feed on flowers, and stems. C Joomaye Copulation duration and sperm transfer in the melon fly, Tephritid fruit flies in China: Historical background and current status, Successful eradication programs on fruit flies in Japan, Assessment of the male population of the fruit flies through kairomone baited traps and the association of the abundance levels with the environmental factors. . A few maggots have also been observed to feed on the stems (Narayanan, 1953). DA FL Eggs. Dhankhar JP HC N Fruit fly development (life cycle) depends on temperature. Irabu Thomas They hatch in 2 to 4 days. Rendon Long Katpar T Satpathy . JC A Khan To break the reproduction cycle and population increase, growers need to remove all unharvested fruits or vegetables from a field by completely burying them deep into the soil. Miller Hollingsworth H . A new protein bait GF-120 Fruit Fly Bait® containing spinosad as a toxicant have been found to be effective in the areawide management of melon fruit fly in Hawaii (Prokopy et al., 2003, 2004). . The fly life cycle starts from the egg, to the larva, pupa and finally the adult. . There are four stages in the life cycle of QFF: egg, larva (maggot), pupa and adult. Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. . MP E HR RV The Growth Cycle of a Honeydew Melon. The application of molasses + malathion (Limithion 50 EC) and water in the ratio of 1: 0.1: 100 provides good control of melon fly (Akhtaruzzaman et al., 2000). Yang et al. Lee Neem oil (1.2 %) and neem cake (4.0 %) have also been reported to be as effective as dichlorvos (0.2 %), (Ranganath et al., 1997). There are no reports on the successful use of bio-control agents against the melon fruit fly. However, longer developmental period was not necessarily associated with greater fecundity and longevity (Miyatake, 1996). . Walters TB AH Kinjo A . Bhatia and Mahto (1969) reported that the life cycle is completed in 36.3, 23.6, 11.2, and 12.5 days at 15, 20, 27.5, and 30° C, respectively. Mahajan Conventional sterilization based on ionizing radiation causes chromosome fragmentation without centromeres, where the chromosome fragments will not be transmitted correctly to the progeny, and can have adverse effects on viability and sperm quality, resulting in reduced competitiveness of sterilized individuals (Holbrook and Fujimoto, 1970; Hooper and Katiyar, 1971; Mayer et al., 1998; Cayol et al., 1999). (1993) reported < 1% damage by pseudo-punctures by the sterile females in cucumber, sponge gourd and bitter gourd. Results of four years of import control on fruits in France, Indian Tephritids (fruit flies) in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. More recently, a new parasitoid, Fopius arisanus has also been included in the IPM program of B. cucurbitae at Hawaii (Wood, 2001). Screening of different cucurbit crops for the attack of the melon fruit fly. Malik There is a positive correlation between cue-lure trap catches and weather conditions such as minimum temperature, rainfall, and minimum humidity. Life cycle. Miyatake NJ There are total larval periods was 5.9±0.979 and 5.19 ± 0.245 days while, pupal period was 7. 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M In situations where chemical control of melon fruit fly becomes necessary, one has to rely on soft insecticides with low residual toxicity and short waiting periods. Fruit fly life cycle. DD Kamiwada ST RC Sinha (1997) reported that culture filterate of the fungus, Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn, to be an effective bio-agent against B. cucurbitae larvae. Pogoda LD HR Jang Higa RI Sperm transfer increased to nearly 6400 until 4 h, and thereafter, the number of sperms remained almost unchanged up to 8 h of copulation. It prefers to infest young, green, soft-skinned fruits. Cool temperatures slow the development cycle, while warm temperatures speed it up. Pupation occurs in the soil. Life cycles of fruit flies . Although, the protein baits, parapheromone lures, cue-lures, and baited traps have been successful for the monitoring and control of melon fruit fly, the risk is the immigration of protein-satiated females. Didacus ciliatus. B Tsuchiya Akhtaruzzaman TTY On the other hand, the incorporation of a number of different techniques including the sterile insect technique, transgene based embryo-specific lethality system, and quarantine, in addition to the available local area management options, could be exploited for better results in wide area management of melon fruit fly. Sterilization is accomplished through irradiation, chemo-sterilization, or by genetic manipulation. S . AJ Khattra WA Genetic changes of life history and behavioral traits during mass rearing in the melon fly. NK Z Rathburn However, insecticides such as malathion, dichlorvos, phosphamidon, and endosulfan are moderately effective against the melon fly (Agarwal et al., 1987). Pareek SV Stark The GF-120 Fruit Fly Bait® would be highly effective, when applied to sorghum plants surrounding cucumbers against protein-hungry melon flies, but would be less effective in preventing protein-satiated females from arriving on cucumbers. Sookar Ali-Sardar Although, sterile insect programs have been successfully used in area-wide approaches, more sophisticated and powerful technologies should be used in their eradication program such as insect transgenesis, which could be deployed over wide areas. EA The females either do not lay eggs or lay sterile eggs. AP K Sharma Atkinson M M DB Some critical observations on the biology of melon fly, Research Bulletin of Punjab University (Science). DD Srinivasan Oblong pupae with a forked breathing tube at one end occur wherever larvae are found. EL UH S Fujitani . This species of fruit fly, ... is a familiar pest on cucurbit crops, specifically melons, pumpkins, watermelons, cucumbers, marrows and even tomatoes. BS Adult Stage: Adult flies emerge from the puparium. M LM Talpur The first report on melon fruit flies was published by Bezzi (1913), who listed 39 species from India. EB . (1993) captured 2.36 to 4.57 flies/ trap/ day in poison bait traps containing trichlorfon in bitter gourd. A Mexican strain of the nematode, Steinernema carpocapsae Weiser (Neoaplectana carpocapsae), has been reported to cause 0 to 86% mortality to melon fruit fly after an exposure of 6 days to 5000 to 5,000,000 nematodes/cup in the laboratory, and an average of 87.1% mortality under field conditions when applied at 500 infective juveniles/cm2 soil (Lindegren, 1990). RFL M BGM Hendrichs LS This reduces the market value of the produce. Veenakumari Newell There is a distinct possibility of transferring resistance genes in the cultivated genotypes from the wild relatives of cucurbits for developing varieties resistant to melon fruit fly through wide hybridization. RS . C The use of male lure cearlure B1® (Ethylcis-5-Iodo-trans-2-methylcyclohexane-1-carboxylate) have been found to be 4-9 times more potent than trimedlure® for attracting medfly, Ceratitis capitata males (Mau et al., 2003b), and thus could be tried for male annihilation strategies of melon fruit fly areawide control programs. AR Perez The available information on the melon fruit fly has been reviewed in this manuscript to explore the possibilities for successful management of this pest in cucurbits. (1993) reported that the males and females survived for 65 to 249 days and 27.5 to 133.5 days respectively. F Fruit fly (Carpomyia vesuviana), a major pest of cucurbits causes low yield and poor quality of fruits. Maeda The life cycle takes about 2.5 weeks during summer. . There are four stages to the life cycle of fruit flies, these are: eggs, larvae (maggots), pupae and adults. Thank you for submitting a comment on this article. . RI DL WR AS In sterile insect programs the terms ’sterility’ or sterile insect’ refer to the transmission of dominant lethal mutations that kill the progeny. Jang S The adult flies congregate on foliage and fruit to feed on bacterial colonies and later to mate. Hancock Jinapin In the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, it was detected in 1943 and eradicated by sterile-insect release in 1963 (Steiner et al., 1965; Mitchell, 1980), but re-established from the neighboring Guam in 1981 (Wong et al., 1989). The life cycle from egg to adult requires 14-27 days. It was detected in Nauru in 1982 and eradicated in 1999 by male annihilation and protein bait spraying, but was re-introduced in 2001 (Hollingsworth and Allwood, 2002). Completion of the life cycle normally requires one to two months under warm conditions, but may … This is an open access paper. In general, its life cycle lasts from 21 to 179 days (Fukai, 1938; Narayanan and Batra, 1960). Thus, the transgene based, dominant embryo lethality system can generate large numbers of competitive and vigorous sterile males, and can be used successfully in a sterile insect program. Completion of the Queensland fruit fly life cycle is dependent on temperature and moisture. The time from egg to adult emergence varies, and is generally about 2–3 weeks, and longer over winter. Xu Sharma MJ In cucumber (Cucumis sativus L) and bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) field infestation problems caused by B. cucurbitae are very common in Thailand (Ramadan and Messing 2003). H Host specific demographic studies of the melon fruit fly. YB Under favourable conditions one generation takes about four weeks. Since, the maggots damage the fruits internally, it is difficult to control this pest with insecticides. Heat treatment of avocado fruits infested with eggs and larvae of B. cucurbitae for 40° C for 24 h reduced the estimated surviving population by 99.5 to 100% (Jang, 1996). 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