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A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON VINEGAR-BASED BAIT AND ARTIFICIAL LURE ATTRACTANTS FOR TRAPPING AND MANAGEMENT OF DROSOPHILA SUZUKII (MATSUMURA) (DIPTERA: DROSOPHILIDAE) AT CHERRY FRUIT ORCHARDS AT KALAM SWAT PAKISTAN
. Sajid Ali khan, Muhammad Wahid Khan, Zahid Hussain, Fazal Maula, Irshad Ghafoor and Junaid khan
Abstract
Drosophila suzukii is an invasive pest worldwide. its family Drosophilidae (Diptera ) consists of approximately 4,200 species (Dos Santos et al., 2017). it is native to Asia and currently distributed in the whole world (Garcia, 2020).The two spotted wing drosophila has expanded its host range of plants from various types of berries, strawberries to cherries due to its polyphagous nature (Wollmann et al., 2020). The yield losses were reported at 50% in raspberry, black and blueberries 40%, and 33 % in cherries Orchards annually (Bolda, Goodhue, & Zalom, 2010; Walsh et al., 2011).