ACTA SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE (ISSN: 2581-365X) Volume 3 Issue 11 November 2019 Feeding Potential of Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Different Artificial Diets under Laboratory Conditions Iqra Aslam 1 , Muhammad Ahsan Khan 2 , Taskeen Ahmad 2 *, Tayybah Gul 2 , Namrah Nazeer 1 , Farwa Aslam 1 and Kiran Shehzadi 1 1 Department of Zoology, Wildlife and Fisheries, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan 2 Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan *Corresponding Author: Taskeen Ahmad, Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. Research Article Received: September 26, 2019; Published: October 22, 2019 Abstract Keywords: Bactrocera zonata; Fruit Fly; Diptera; Tephritidae Fruit flies are a serious pest of fruits and vegetables. They can lose to the GDP of any country by damaging the fruit and vegetable industry. It has a great economic threat to worldwide. In the present study, five different artificial diets were used and the life cycle (Fecundity, egg hatchability, larval development, pupal formation, adult emergence, and sex ratio) of Bactrocera zonata was checked. Results showed that diet V (100ml water, 18.8g sugar, 0.07 sodium benzoate, and 5 g beaker yeast) gives significant results in all life stages of the fruit fly. Fecundity, egg hatchability, larval development, pupal formation, adult emergence, and the sex ratio was ob- served maximum in the diet V and diet I (100ml water, 18.8g sugar, and 0.07sodium benzoate) gives minimum means results of the life cycle of B. zonata. The results of this study showed that all types of diets had a significant effect on the B. zonata life cycle but diet 5 showed more significant (p<0.05) results than other artificial diets. Introduction The most serious fruit fly pests of the specialized sector having approx. 4000 species, are belonging to family Tephritidae and leads to premature ripening and damaging of fruits by feeding them. Up to 99% of the result may be broken by way of fruit fly while left out of control. As such, the pleasant and industrial cost of the crop that affects the fruit yield and reduces the fruit and their infestation no longer [1]. In Pakistan, the essential and different fruit flies that damage the veggies, Bactrocera zonata (saunders); damage the peach, eastern fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel; melon fruit fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae and Bactrocera ciliates Loew [2]. Annually, these fruit flies cause losses of veggies up to climactic levels with an anticipated value of 200 dollars. A yield of guava plants with the aid of small farmers go through 25-70% losses attributable to the inclined types is measured [3]. The prevalence of fruit flies at the same time influences quan- tity and high quality of culmination. The fruit fly maggots bore in the fruit for feeding of pulp which is dangerous for human use. The result [4] is the rotting starts that evolved at the point of per- foration. In the host plant species, a great loss to a higher level is caused by fruit flies. According to the whole study of science, the most hazardous species of pest is the eastern fruit fly that motives a five-100 percentage loss to numerous culmination [5]. Bactroc- era zonata laid 22 eggs per day in a line and approximately 500 to 800 eggs throughout their life cycle. The female gender of fruit flies injects their eggs to the pores and outer covering of ripening culmination. In hot climatic conditions, eggs burst out in 5 to 3 days to gives rise to their off springs. The hatching ability of eggs is appreciably improved with the aid of decreased temperature [6]. When larvae hatching starts consuming, and make damage at first, Citation: Taskeen Ahmad., et al. “Feeding Potential of Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Different Artificial Diets under Laboratory Conditions". Acta Scientific Agriculture 3.11 (2019): 109-113. DOI: 10.31080/ASAG.2019.03.0693