Curative activity of insecticides on Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae) in apples.

Field-based experiments were used to determine the lethal activity of insecticides on apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera: Tephritidae), eggs and larvae in apple (Malis spp.) fruit. The organophosphates azinphosmethyl and phosmet and the neonicotinoids thiacloprid, acetamiprid, clothianidin, and thiamethoxam showed significant curative activity on the apple maggot postinfestation, when applied topically to apple fruit 24 h postharvest.