Management strategies for fruit flies in Fruit Crops: A Review

Abstract

Fruit flies are one of the major threats to the world horticulture sector. They cause significant value losses to the horticultural crops.They have attained the status of worldwide quarantine insect pest. Across the world various studies have been conducted on their status, biology, damage and management. Due to the adaptability of fruit flies to various regions, high reproduction rate and polyphagous nature their management is so challenging.Fruit flies cannot be managed by using a single management