Pest attack: Fruit fly threat looms large

MUZAFFARGARH: Agriculture Officer Mehr Aabid Hussain has warned the public to take extra care of their orchards to save them from the fruit fly attack.

Talking to growers, Hussain said that fruit fly was a serious threat to fruits, especially guava. “The average female lays 10 to 15 eggs in a fruit. Sometimes, it can lay 50 to 200 eggs. These eggs mature into flies within 10 days,” he said. He said that mango, guava and orange production could suffer considerable damage due to the fruit fly attack.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 3^rd, 2014.