Cumulative weekly counts for six cotton bollworm species monitored across geolocated plots in Benin. The data covers smallholder and experimental plots over five cropping seasons from 2018 to 2023. It was authored by LEGROS Quentin and contributed by the CIRAD Harvested Collection.
Use Cases
- Model pest population trends based on weekly monitoring data.
- Analyze species distribution and prevalence across different cotton-producing areas.
- Correlate pest counts with seasonal and geographic variables mentioned in the description.
- Develop early warning systems for pest outbreaks based on historical time-series patterns.
Strengths
- Covers five years of weekly monitoring data from 2018 to 2023.
- Includes counts for six specific pest species: Diparopsis watersi, Earias sp., Helicoverpa armigera, Pectinophora gossypiella, Spodoptera littoralis, Spodoptera frugiperda.
- Data is geolocated across a network of smallholder and experimental plots.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- CIRAD Harvested Collection
- Collection Method
- Weekly monitoring on a network of geolocated smallholder and experimental plots.
- Time Range
- 2018 to 2023
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-16 09:10:08; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Cotton-producing areas of Benin