Determination of Preference of Tree Direction and Orchard Direction of Cherry Fruit Fly, Rhagoletis cerasi L. (Diptera: Tephritidae)

This study was carried out to determine the preference of tree direction and orchard direction of the Cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cerasi L. (Diptera: Tephritidae), which harmed growing cherry in Erzincan province, Turkey, in 2017-2018. The studies were carried out in 10 orchards, including five orchards in Erzincan Central district and five orchards in uzumlu district. Samplings were carried out according to Lazarov and Grigorov & apos;s (1961) method in randomly selected orchards during May through July. A total of 400 fruits were randomly collected and examined from the orchards where the study was carried out, 100 of them from all directions. As a result of the study, it was determined that R. cerasi was mostly harmful in the southern direction of the cherry trees and in the northwest direction of the orchards. In addition, it was found that Cherry fruit fly damage was higher south x northwest and east x northwest in tree direction x orchard direction interactions.

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This study determined the preference of the Cherry fruit fly for tree direction and orchard direction, finding that it caused the most harm in the southern direction of the cherry trees and the northwest direction of the orchards.