author(s)
Babar Hussain, Aqleem Abbas and Shahid Ullah Khan

abstract
High quality and juicy contents make peach very popular fruit. However Peach fruit fly causes severe losses to peach quality and juicy contents. It is a serious pest of peach fruit in Pakistan. In the present survey, the peach fruit fly infestation was observed in Nomal Valley, Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region of Pakistan. Damages were determined through photographs and infestation (%) was calculated. Samplings were conducted in different sectors (Sigal, Majini, Jigot, Batot, Kamalabad, Ishphis, Momin Abad, Sadaruddinabad, Das and Khaltarot.) of Nomal Valley and consisted in fruit collection of Samplings were carried out in two sites and consisted in fruits collection on 10 randomly selected mature trees each sector of Nomal Valley(10 fruits/Tree). Healthy and damages fruits were separated and the percent infestation rate was calculated. The rate of damage fruits varied from 89% to 59%, being highest at Sigal and lowest at the Das sector. This study provides preliminary information which will be helpful to identify the peach fruit fly based on morphology and molecular methods and to set up sustainable management of this pest in GB.