Pal et al., Biological Forum – An International Journal (SI-AAEBSSD-2021) 13(3b): 148-154(2021) 148 ISSN No. (Print): 0975-1130 ISSN No. (Online): 2249-3239 Impact Assessment of Pheromones Traps and Lures for Fruit fly, Bactrocera spp. in Bundelkhand region Sundar Pal 1 , David Chella Baskar 2 , Pradeep Kumar 3 and Amit Kumar Patel 4 1 Teaching Associate, Department of Entomology, RLBCAU, Jhansi, (U.P.), India. 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, RLBCAU, Jhansi, (U.P.), India. 3 Teaching Associate, Department of Entomology, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, (U.P.), India. 4 Research scholar, Department of Entomology, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, (U.P.), India. (Corresponding author: Sundar Pal) (Received 01 July 2021, Accepted 30 September, 2021) (Published by Research Trend, Website: www.researchtrend.net) ABSTRACT: The following eight species of fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae and B. caudate in cue lure and B. affinis, B. caryeae, B. correcta, B. diversa, B. dorsalis, and B. zonata caught in methyl eugenol baited traps. Rabi season, characterized by the active presence of B. cucurbitae, B. correct, B. diverse, and B. dorsalis, zaid by B. caudada, B. zonata, and B. affinis and kharif by B. caryeae. The cuelure performance held the highest caught 80.16%, and the bottle fruit fly trap trapped the highest number of fruit flies (48%) during zaid season, and it trapped 153.1 FFs after a rupee investment. There was a correlation between B. correcta, B. cucurbitae, B. diversa, and B. dorsalis population with abiotic factors that prevalence was negative with maximum and minimum temperatures, wind, and rainfall. Fruit fly management is challenging because of their feeding habits, high reproduction rates, habitat variation, and polyphagous nature. One management tactic will not be able to handle fruit flies. Therefore, must use many tactics collectively. It is discussed in this paper how to manage fruit flies using male annihilation techniques that can assist in structuring a great fruit fly management program. Keywords: Abiotic factors, Fruit fly, Lures, Population, Traps. INTRODUCTION Fruit flies, Bactrocera species (Tephritidae: Diptera), are sometimes called 'true fruit flies'. These insects fall under the quarantine insect pest where control is difficult after lay eggs and can cause economic loss to cucurbits, vegetables, and fruit crops when they fruit.Regarding fruit flies' impact on crops, cucurbitaceous vegetables were down 79%, fruits 14%, and solanaceous vegetables 6% (Adhikari et al., 2020). Larvae feed on fruit flesh in their third and final instars using the anterior mouth hooks laid under the fruit peel. Furthermore, larval feeding and infection allow bacteria and fungi to enter the fruit (Abd- Elgawad, 2021). In addition to buds and stems, larvae can feed on seedlings, saplings, and succulent tap roots of host plants (Weeks et al., 2020). Of the nearly 4,400 species of fruit fly found throughout the world (Norrbom, 2004). The Indian subcontinent is home to 200 species (Madhura and Verghese, 2003). Cucurbitae is an economically important species for cucurbit cultivation (Atwal and Dhaliwal, 2002), and B. dorsalis, B. zonata, and B. correct for fruit crops (Verghese and Devi, 1998). By feeding on the pulp of the fruit, the larvae of the fruit fly lay their eggs under the skin and produce maggots that pollute and destroy the fruit (Marc et al., 2010). In addition to the frequent outbreaks of fruit flies in horticulture, climate change makes these outbreaks more frequent (Sultana et al., 2017). It will require various management techniques to manage fruit flies effectively, as proposed by Reddy et al., (2020). Should be used different methods of control in combination, such as cultural control, physical custody, behavioral control, mechanical control, biological control, chemical control, etc. Semiochemicals have proven helpful in monitoring and reducing fruit fly populations as part of an integrated pest management program (Ballo et al., 2020). Monitoring fruit flies is accomplished through bait application technique (BAT) and male annihilation technique (MAT) (Souder, 2020). According to Sulaeha et al. (2020), monitored fruit fly in watermelon in the South of Sulawesi via pheromone traps baited with methyl eugenol and cue lure. Several studies have been carried in India and abroad to assess the relative performance of species-specific baited traps and to figure out the species variation in fruit flies, these aspects of Bundelkhand (UP) have little information about them. Therefore, keeping these aspects in mind, this study is planned around four major areas viz., seasonal dynamics of fruit flies; effective and economic traps for catching fruit flies; and the correlation between fruit fly populations and abiotic factors, as well as species diversity. MATERIAL AND METHODS The experiment was carried on Jhansi's Research Farm of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agriculture University, in the 2019-20 academic years. To catch the adult male flies used two types of traps, McPhail fruit fly traps, and bottle fruit fly traps, as well as two types of lures: methyl eugenol and cue lure. Installed pheromone traps using bamboo poles at 15m above ground level and 25m apart from each other in a vegetable and fruit crop with the help of plastic ropes. During the study period, recharged the traps with lures the first week of kharif, zaid, and rabi's seasons. The fruit flies were collected separately every weekand identified using a fruit fly key provided by Dr. C.A. Viraktamath, Principal Investigator, ICAR Network Project on Insect Bio- systematic, Department of Entomology, GKVK, Bangalore. Biological Forum – An International Journal (SI-AAEBSSD-2021) 13(3b): 148-154(2021)