Ceratitis capitata Wied. (Diptera: Tephritidae)’nın altıntop bahçelerinde popülasyon dalgalanması ve sıcaklığın gelişimine etkisi

Abstract

Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata Wied. (Diptera: Tephritidae),turned into important pest of grapefruit in the last decade. As a result of changing consumer behavior in the fruit market, unsold or unripen grapefruits become favored food source for C. capitata in every spring. Therefore, population fluctuations in three different grapefruit orchards, Marsh seedless, Rio Red, and Star Ruby, through 2013-2015 in Balcali, Adana and effect of temperature on development time from egg to adult stage in Rio Red variety at laboratory conditions was investigated. The highest population peaks were observed on Marsh seedless in June 2013 and in May 2014 (1174 and 529 males/trap);on Rio Red in November 2014 (168 males/trap) and o n Star Ruby in September 2014 (4025 males/trap). It was determined that he grapefruit orchard which remains fruit on trees throughout the year increases, the C. capitata population considerably. The total development time on Rio Red grapefruit of C. capitate was 20, 24, 28, and 32°C ranged from 31.6 to 15.2 days.