Mango Infestation by Oriental Fruit Fly in La Réunion, 18-Month Study

An 18-month study of Bactrocera dorsalis infestation in mango orchards in 'Grand-Fond', La Réunion, France. The dataset likely contains records linking infestation indexes to farmer practices, landscape composition, and mango varieties. It was authored by Laura Moquet and harvested from the CIRAD collection.

Use Cases

• Modeling pest infestation based on landscape composition and habitat diversity.
• Analyzing the impact of specific farmer practices, such as sanitation, on fruit infestation rates.
• Studying the relationship between mango varieties and susceptibility to Bactrocera dorsalis.

Strengths

• Data collection spanned 18 months, providing temporal depth.
• Integrates multiple data sources: field surveys, farmer interviews, and high-resolution satellite imagery.
• Analysis includes landscape factors calculated within a 500-meter buffer around each orchard plot.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is specific to a single tropical island agroecosystem, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

CIRAD Harvested Collection, Dataverse

Collection Method

Field surveys, semi-structured farmer interviews, and analysis of high-resolution satellite imagery.

Time Range

Study conducted over 18 months (specific dates not provided).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 15:42:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

'Grand-Fond', Saint-Paul, La Réunion, France.