Alternate between insecticides to prevent pest resistance. Preserve natural enemies by delaying and minimizing pesticide use for other pests through the use of scouting, monitoring, action thresholds and the use of alternative management strategies. Alternate between insecticides to prevent pest resistance. It is essential to determine if this pest is present on your farm before switching to a reduced or microbial insecticide program. At present, there are no selective materials available that will control or suppress this pest.
Alternative methods are available.
Another common cause of fruit soft rot. Or, Rotate to a distant off-farm location where it is certain that PM does not exist. Eliminate the alternate host , horse nettle, from fields and borders. This will preserve beneficials on main crop. If not using trap crop, spray all peppers after the first adult fly is captured or oviposition scars begin to appear on the fruit of indicator plants.