Odanga James J, Mohamed Samira, Olubayo Florence, Nyankanga Richard, Mwalusepo Sizah, Subramanian Sevgan, Johansson Tino, Ekesi Sunday
ICIPE-African Insect Science for Food and Health, P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Data Brief. 2017 Sep 27;15:308-313. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2017.09.051. eCollection 2017 Dec.
Avocado, Miller (Lauraceae), is an important fruit crop cultivated by small-holder farmers along Afrotropical highlands of Taita Hills in South-eastern Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro in Northern Tanzania. The small-holder farmers in these East African regions generate substantial food and cash from avocado fruits. However, the avocado crop is faced with challenges of infestation by insect pests such as the common blossom thrips ( Trybom) which feeds on pollen and floral tissue thereby reducing productivity of the trees. Moreover, there is no information describing distribution patterns of and associated weather in East African avocado orchards despite the fact that small-scale farming is dependent on rainfall. This article was, therefore, initiated to provide dataset on abundance of from the avocado plants that relates with monthly rainfall and air temperatures at Taita Hills and Mount Kilimanjaro. was collected using white coloured beating tray and camel brush whereas air temperatures (°C) and rainfall (mm) was recorded daily using automatic data loggers and rain gauge, respectively. The survey at the two transects commenced during peak flowering season of avocado crop in August up to end of harvesting period in July of the following year. Temporal datasets were generated by Kruskal-Wallis Chi-square test. Current temporal datasets presents strong baseline information specifically for Kenya and Tanzania government agencies to develop further agricultural strategies aimed at improving avocado farming within Taita Hills and Mount Kilimanjaro agro-ecosystems.
鳄梨，属于樟科鳄梨属，是一种重要的水果作物，由肯尼亚东南部泰塔山和坦桑尼亚北部乞力马扎罗山的热带高地的小农户种植。这些东非地区的小农户通过鳄梨果实获得了大量的食物和现金收入。然而，鳄梨作物面临着诸如普通花蓟马（Trybom）等害虫侵袭的挑战，这种蓟马以花粉和花组织为食，从而降低了树木的生产力。此外，尽管小规模种植依赖降雨，但目前尚无关于东非鳄梨果园蓟马分布模式及相关天气情况的信息。因此，本文旨在提供与泰塔山和乞力马扎罗山的月降雨量和气温相关的鳄梨植株上蓟马数量的数据集。蓟马是使用白色拍打盘和骆驼毛刷进行采集的，而气温（摄氏度）和降雨量（毫米）分别使用自动数据记录器和雨量计每日记录。在两个样带的调查于8月鳄梨作物的盛花期开始，一直持续到次年7月收获期结束。通过Kruskal-Wallis卡方检验生成了时间数据集。当前的时间数据集为肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚政府机构提供了有力的基线信息，以便制定进一步的农业战略，旨在改善泰塔山和乞力马扎罗山农业生态系统内的鳄梨种植。
