 Quality deteriorates and affects market price. _x000D_  Unless taken care of, up to 100% damage can occur. _x000D_  Fruit flies are more active during warm environment. _x000D_  Collect damaged fruits periodically and bury them in soil. _x000D_  Keep neat and clean field. _x000D_  Raise one or two rows of maize around the field and spray insecticides periodically. _x000D_  For control of adult fruit fly, dissolve 450 g jaggery in 10 lit of water and keep it for 24 hrs. Add 10 ml DDVP and do coarse spray on crop once a week from the beginning of flowering. _x000D_  Install “Cue lure trap” @ 8-10 per acre at one meter above crop canopy to attract & kill the male fruit fly. _x000D_  Collect & destroy the attracted flies, twice in a week from the traps. _x000D_  Such traps are effective throughout the crop period, do not replace further. _x000D_  Install traps in an equal distance to each other in field. _x000D_  If traps are installed with the help of wooden poles, takes care about termites. _x000D_  Traps should not be too lean as they can fall due to air or wind. _x000D_  Be careful about the trap’s damage caused by dogs or other animals. _x000D_ _x000D_ Video Source: vaibhav jamma MACL SOLAPUR_x000D_ Article Source : AgroStar Agronomy Center Excellence_x000D_ _x000D_ If you found this information useful, don’t forget to Like and Share it with your farmer friends._x000D_