Fruit flies are significant agricultural pests that attack on vegetable crops. Fruit flies eat and deposit their eggs on crops, causing significant harm. These pests are considered crucial key pests due to the devastation they create. Fruit flies are hard to control since their eggs are laid inside the fruit. Controlling them is extremely difficult due to their polyphagous behaviour, strong reproductive potential, and adaptability to many environments. Therefore, suitable action needs to be made to manage this pest in a sustainable manner. Since one approach will not suffice to manage this pest, a combination of approaches, including mechanical, cultural, behavioural, chemical, and biological control, as well as host plant resistance mechanisms and quarantine, can be employed. We talk about each of these approaches to suppress the pest population and to minimize the damage level to the lowest extent.
Fruit fly, Vegetable crops, IPM, Environmental sustainability, Eco-friendly management
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