Chemical management
- Bait spray - combining any one of the below insecticides (Malathion 50 EC 2 ml/lit or Dimethoate 30 EC 1 ml/lit or Carbaryl 50 WP 4 g/lit) and molasses or jaggery 10 g/lit, Spray two rounds at 2 weeks interval before ripening of fruits.
- Fruit fly trap: Bait with methyl eugenol 1% solution mixed with malathion 0.1%. Take 10 ml of this mixture per trap and keep them in 25 different locations in one hectare.
- Under heavy infestation - application of dust and sprays of pyrethrum or malathion 50 EC @ 2 ml/lit.