Repelling Fruit Flies with Essential Oils and Their Components: the Peach Fruit Fly Bactrocera zonata.

ABSTRACT: The peach fruit fly (PFF) Bactrocera zonata (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a major agricultural pest attacking at least 55 plants of economic importance. Previous studies have identified unique compounds in each sex, but none of these appear attractive to either sex. However, it is well known that methyl eugenol (ME) found in nectaries of many plants is strongly attractive to males, while food baits are weakly attractive to both sexes. The present study was designed to find repellent substances for the PFF to implement "push-pull" methods as part of efforts to control the pest and protect orchards. The push-pull method requires an attractant, such as ME, for the fly, and a repellent, which has yet to be discovered. A substance is repellent if it can reduce the attraction of insects to a trap wi

SUBMITTER: Levi-Zada A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12335404 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature