IDENTIFICATION OF FRUIT FLIES ON BITTER MELON PLANTS (Momordica charantia L.) IN TUNAS MUDA BURAEN FARMING GROUP BURAEN VILLAGE, SOUTH AMARASI SUBDISTRICT, KUPANG DISTRICT
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Martyn Bunga Radja Riwu(1*)
Universitas Nusa Cendana
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Petronella S. Nenotek(2)
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Don H. Kadja(3)
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Rika Ludji(4)
(*) Corresponding Author
Abstract
This research aims to determine the types of fruit flies that exist in bitter
melon cultivation belonging to the Tunas Muda Buraen Farmers Group, Buraen
Village, South Amarasi District, Kupang Regency. This research was carried out on
land belonging to the Tunas Muda Buraen Farmers Group, Buraen Village, South
Amarasi District, Kupang Regency and the Plant Pest Laboratory, Faculty of
Agriculture, Nusa Cendana University in August-November 2024. The fruit flies
obtained from the traps were Bactrocera dorsali, Bactrocera papayae, and
Bactrocera carambolae. However, the species obtained from rearing is the
Bactrocera cucurbitae species, this species is a different species from the existing
trap results. The different results are thought to be because the species obtained had
different hosts, or the main host was not the bitter melon plant. The second factor is
because the rearing activity does not use all the fruit that is attacked, thus giving the
possibility that the unused fruit has been attacked by fruit flies, and the last factor is
because the traps have been set early so there is little chance for other species to
attack the bitter melon plants. From these factors, it is proven that the B. cucurbitae
species damages bitter melon plants with the intensity of damage to bitter melon fruit
being expressed as light damage intensity with an assessment of 6.21%.
