A. C. PARAB*, S. D. DESAI, V. S. DESAI, S. K. MEHENDALE AND G. M. GOLVANKAR

The present investigation was carried out on screening of five mango varieties against fruit flies under laboratory condition in the Department of Agril. Entomology, College of Agriculture, Dapoli during May to July 2017. Result revealed that out of five varieties tested two varieties viz., "Pairi" and "Sindhu" were completely free from fruit fly infestation. The per cent infestation was maximum in Alphonso (30.00 %), followed by Keshar (20.00 %) and Ratna (15.00 %). The observations recorded showed that the varieties Alphonso, Keshar, and Ratna were preferred by fruit flies. The results obtained are based on natural preference of fruit flies in the field.