Home Gardening Tips

Home gardeners around the world are compelled to face the devastating effects of “Fruit Flies“ .It is one of the most dangerous pests. Sporadic outbreak incidences have been reported from across the globe during recent past. Sometimes this type of outbreak even continues the whole summer season in specific parts of the world.

The governments of several countries keep launching specific targeted programs to control such dangerous outbreaks. Among the governments of developed countries one of the widely applied programs includes releasing of sterile male Mediterranean fruit flies in to the environment.

The process of releasing male sterile fruit flies involves keeping the sterile male pupae until they grow up in to adults. These grown up male adult sterile fruit flies are then kept in buckets a vehicle carries all such buckets across the affected outbreak areas. The traverses may include the sub-urban areas as well.

The basic objective of such approach is to outnumber the wild fruit fly males with the sterile male fruit flies. According to the results obtained from specific studies conducted in affected areas there is a significant reduction in the overall population ration of wild fruit flies. This in turn will restrict the female reproducing opportunities and ultimately the number of fertile mating will also be reduced up to great extent.

This approach has been very successful in parts of Australia and the campaigns run were also participated by horticulturists, and people from public. It has been rated as one of the best preventive measures that can be implemented easily and more effectively.

Home gardeners therefore must be more vigilant against the dangerous effects of fruit flies. They must learn about the fruit and vegetable quarantine restrictions of their local government.