Pest & Disease Control for your Crop
Fruit fly
Ridge Gourd
Symptoms
- Maggots cause damage by feeding on near-ripe fruits.
- The maggots feed on the pulp of fruits and cause premature dropping.
- The attacked fruits decay because of secondary bacterial infection.
Preventive Measures
Early maturing varieties are less affected than later ones. Changing of sowing dates.
Collection and destruction of infested fruits.
Control Measures
Mix in 200 litres of water and spray
Or
Mix in 200 litres of water and spray
Or
Description
- Maggots feed on the pulp of the fruits.
- Premature dropping of fruits and also unfit for consumption.
- Oozing of resinous fluid from fruits.