It is a serious pest found in cucumber crops. Female flies lay eggs on the inside of the rind of the young fruit. Then the maggot eats the pulp of the fruit, due to which the fruit begins to rot. The fly makes a hole in the fruit, due to which the shape of the fruit deteriorates and the fruit slowly rots.
Control: To control it, take neem oil foliar spray with Neemgold (Neem Oil)1000 ml/Acre or apply Pheromone-Fruit fly trap at the rate of 10 Pic/Acre or Bave Curv (Bavaria bassiana 5% WP) at the rate of 500 gm/acre in 200 litres of water. Mix and spray.
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