Fly (Diptera) pollination efficiency and reproductive needs within crop agroecosystems - Dataset

This dataset consists of eight tabs (the first four relating to Chapter 2 and the remaining four relating to Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 of my thesis). All data related to this thesis was collected online from the Web of Science and Scopus search engines (Chapter 2), the CropPol and Rader et al. 2020 public databases, and in the field from Griffith, New South Wales, Australia (Chapters 3, 4, and 5), from the East-North Coast of New South Wales, Australia (Chapter 6), and from Northern Tasmania, Australia (Chapter 6). Each tab has an excel spreadsheet with data from each thesis research chapter, and the content of each tab is explained below: Chapter 2.1: A review of the life history needs of the larval and adult stages of crop flower-visiting flies (Diptera). This dataset consists of family, genus, and species names extracted from public pollination databases ('CropPol' or 'Rader et al. 2020'), the total number of searches the species name received from Scopus and/or WOS (Web of Science), whether the information for the diet and habitat needs were found ('Accessible' or 'Inaccessible'), the total number of larval and adult feeding guilds the fly may utilize ('Unknown', 'One', 'Two', 'Three', 'Four', 'Five', or 'Six'), whether the fly utilizes the same feeding guilds in both active developmental stages of life ('Unknown', 'Different', or 'Same'), and finally the dataset in which the species name was extracted from ('CropPol' or 'Rader et al. 2020'). Chapter 2.2: A review of the life history needs of the larval and adult stages of crop flower-visiting flies (Diptera). This dataset consists of adult fly life history information extracted from reviewed articles, such as the feeding mechanism (e.g., chewing decaying animal flesh, sucking blood, etc.), habitat, and feeding substrate of specific crop flower-visiting fly species. The quality of this extracted information is placed in two categories ('Validated in experiment', or 'Inferred (by authors)'). Chapter 2.3: A review of the life history needs of the larval and adult stages of crop flower-visiting flies (Diptera). This dataset consists of the larval fly life history information extracted from reviewed articles, including the feeding mechanism (e.g., chewing decaying animal flesh, sucking blood, etc.), habitat, and feeding substrate of specific crop flower-visiting fly species. The quality of this extracted information is placed in four categories ('Validated in experiment', 'Inferred (by authors)', '(Validated by) Expert', and 'Unable to access'). Chapter 2.4: A review of the life history needs of the larval and adult stages of crop flower-visiting flies (Diptera). This dataset consists of the data on the biogeographic host range of the species and was extracted from species catalogues, manuals, and websites (‘References’) managed by experts in the field of Dipterology. One species may occupy more than one biogeographical region. Chapter 3: Floral visitation surveys of insect visitors of hybrid seed carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus) crop plants. Surveys were conducted up to three times a week during full bloom (22 November to 5 December 2021) at six sites throughout the day (05:00 to 17:00). Surveys were conducted along two, 10 m transects: one along the edge of the carrot field and an additional walk in the middle (> 30 m into the field). All transects were conducted walking slowly (1 m per minute when possible) between two rows of carrot plants (either ‘Male’ and ‘Female’ or ‘Monoecious’ and ‘Monecious’). The temperature and relative humidity was recorded using Kestrel® Drop D2 data loggers permanently deployed in a shaded location within, or nearby, all study sites. All insects were identified to the lowest taxonomic level using dichotomous keys. Chapter 4: Deploying habitat to support the immature life stages of eristaline flies (Syrphidae) in hybrid seed carrot crop agroecosystems. In a paired experimental design, two habitat pools filled with substrates (‘carrot’ and ‘soil’) intended to attract eristaline flies were deployed at 7 sites. The pools were placed between 15 November to 24 November 2021 and left to decay for 12 to 21 days. Surveys of the immature life stages (‘eggs’ and/or ‘larvae’) were identified and counted within the pools. The state of the larvae (‘first instar’, ‘second instar’, ‘third instar’, or ‘dead’) as well as the location where batches of eggs were laid within the deployed habitat were determined. Chapter 5: Effectiveness of fly and bee pollinators at pollinating hybrid carrot plants grown for seed. This dataset consists of stigmas collected after a single visit by one pollinator species. The first column is date the replicate was collected, the second column is the pollinator species, the third column is the duration of time in seconds the pollinator spent visiting the replicate, the fourth column is the number of stigmas mounted on the slide, the fifth column is the number of pollinated stigmas (at least one pollen grain touching the stigma), and the sixth column is the total number of pollen grains touching the carrot stigmas. Chapter 6: Efficiency of fly and bee pollinators at pollinating blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) and raspberry (Rubus ideaus) crop plants. This dataset consists of berries harvested after single visitation (one visit to a flower), unlimited visitation (allowed access to flowers in a small cage setting), and open pollination (scale of a farm polytunnel) treatments under field conditions. The first column is the unique pollinator ID, the second column is the pollinator species, the third column is the type of trial (‘Cage’ or ‘Field’), the fourth column is the weight of the harvested fruits, the fifth column is the number of drupelets per fruit, the sixth column is type of defect found in the fruit (’None’, ‘Progressive’, or ‘ Critical’) as per industry standards, and the seventh column explains the type of defect seen in the fruit (if any).

本数据集包含8个标签页（前4个与论文第2章相关，其余4个分别对应第3、4、5、6章）。论文相关数据的来源包括：在线数据（第2章），取自Web of Science和Scopus搜索引擎、CropPol公共数据库及Rader等人2020年的公共数据库；实地数据（第3、4、5章），取自澳大利亚新南威尔士州格里菲斯；实地数据（第6章），取自澳大利亚新南威尔士州东北海岸及塔斯马尼亚州北部。每个标签页对应一个Excel表格，包含各章节的研究数据，具体内容如下：

第2.1章：访花作物蝇类（双翅目，Diptera）幼虫期与成虫期生活史需求综述。本数据集包含以下信息：从公共传粉数据库（CropPol或Rader等人2020年数据库）提取的科、属、种名；该物种名在Scopus和/或Web of Science（WOS）中的搜索总次数；食性及栖息地需求信息是否可获取（Accessible或Inaccessible）；蝇类幼虫期与成虫期可能利用的取食集团数量（Unknown、One至Six）；蝇类在两个活跃发育阶段是否利用相同取食集团（Unknown、Different或Same）；以及物种名的来源数据库（CropPol或Rader等人2020年数据库）。

第2.2章：访花作物蝇类（双翅目，Diptera）幼虫期与成虫期生活史需求综述。本数据集包含从已评审文献中提取的成虫生活史信息，例如特定访花作物蝇类的取食机制（如咀嚼腐肉、吸血等）、栖息地及取食基质。提取信息的质量分为两类：Validated in experiment（实验验证）或Inferred (by authors)（作者推断）。

第2.3章：访花作物蝇类（双翅目，Diptera）幼虫期与成虫期生活史需求综述。本数据集包含从已评审文献中提取的幼虫生活史信息，包括特定访花作物蝇类的取食机制（如咀嚼腐肉、吸血等）、栖息地及取食基质。提取信息的质量分为四类：Validated in experiment（实验验证）、Inferred (by authors)（作者推断）、(Validated by) Expert（专家验证）及Unable to access（无法获取）。

第2.4章：访花作物蝇类（双翅目，Diptera）幼虫期与成虫期生活史需求综述。本数据集包含物种的生物地理寄主范围数据，提取自双翅目学（Dipterology）领域专家管理的物种目录、手册及网站（References）。一个物种可能分布于多个生物地理区域。

第3章：杂交胡萝卜种子作物（Daucus carota subsp. sativus）的昆虫访花调查。盛花期（2021年11月22日至12月5日）期间，在6个站点每周开展至多3次全天（05:00至17:00）调查。调查沿两条10米样线进行：一条沿胡萝卜田边缘，另一条深入田中央（>30米）。所有样线调查均在两行胡萝卜植株（‘Male’与‘Female’行，或‘Monoecious’与‘Monecious’行）之间缓慢行走（尽可能保持每分钟1米）完成。所有研究站点内或附近的阴凉处均永久部署Kestrel® Drop D2数据记录仪，用于记录温度和相对湿度。利用二分检索表将所有昆虫鉴定至最低分类阶元。

第4章：在杂交胡萝卜种子作物农业生态系统中部署栖息地以支持管蚜蝇亚科蝇类（食蚜蝇科，Syrphidae）未成熟期。采用配对实验设计，在7个站点部署两个填充有吸引管蚜蝇亚科蝇类基质（‘carrot’和‘soil’）的栖息地池。栖息地池于2021年11月15日至24日放置，自然腐解12至21天。调查并计数池内的未成熟阶段个体（‘eggs’和/或‘larvae’），同时确定幼虫状态（‘first instar’、‘second instar’、‘third instar’或‘dead’）及批次卵在部署栖息地内的产卵位置。

第5章：蝇类与蜂类传粉者对杂交胡萝卜种子作物的传粉效率。本数据集包含单一传粉者物种单次访问后采集的柱头信息。列1为重复样本采集日期，列2为传粉者物种，列3为传粉者访问重复样本的时长（秒），列4为载玻片上的柱头数量，列5为已传粉柱头数量（至少1粒花粉接触柱头），列6为接触胡萝卜柱头的花粉粒总数。

第6章：蝇类与蜂类传粉者对黑莓（Rubus fruticosus）及覆盆子（Rubus ideaus）作物的传粉效率。本数据集包含田间条件下三种处理后收获的浆果信息：单次访问（单花一次访问）、无限访问（小型笼内花朵自由访问）及开放传粉（农场塑料大棚规模）。列1为唯一传粉者ID，列2为传粉者物种，列3为试验类型（‘Cage’或‘Field’），列4为收获果实重量，列5为单果小核果数量，列6为按行业标准划分的果实缺陷类型（‘None’、‘Progressive’或‘Critical’），列7为果实缺陷类型说明（若存在）。