Solanum scabrum Mill.

McQuate, Grant T. & Liquido, Nicanor J., 2013, Annotated World Bibliography of Host Fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Insecta Mundi 2013 (289), pp. 1-61 : 36

Solanum scabrum Mill.

GRIN Nomen number: 404901

Family: Solanaceae

Common Name: garden-huckleberry (English), sträv nattskatta (Swedish).

Cultivated: only cultivated.

Field Infestation: Mwatawala et al. 2009: Mostly after October 2006, a total of 17,397 fruits (20.18 kg) was collected in the Morogoro region of Tanzania. Bactrocera latifrons was recovered from 34 out of 52 collections (65%) with an overall average infestation rate of 20.22 emerged adults per kg fruit.

Mziray et al. 2010a: From April 2007 to March 2008, fruits were collected weekly, as available, at the Sokoine University of Agriculture horticulture unit ( Tanzania), with an average monthly infestation rate (for months where B. latifrons was recovered) of 75.5 B. latifrons per kg fruit, with B. latifrons recovered from about 82.5% of collections. From February to April, 2008, a total of 289 B. latifrons adults was recovered from a total of 5,118 fruits (5.17 kg) collected from different elevations in the Morogoro region ( Tanzania). There was an overall infestation rate of 55.9 B. latifrons per kg of fruit.

Mziray et al. 2010b: From March 2007 to March 2008, a total of 27,698 fruits (29.34 kg) was collected from the Morogoro region of Tanzania. Bactrocera latifrons was recovered in 115 of 175 collections (65.71%) with an overall infestation rate of 63.12 B. latifrons per kg of fruit (61.73 flies per kg infested fruits).

Solanum scalare C. H. Wright , see Solanum anguivi Lam.