##### Metadata for Douglas, Chang, Begum, Subramanian, Tooker, Alam and Ramasamy. "Evaluation of biorational insecticides and DNA barcoding as tools to improve insect pest management in lablab bean in Bangladesh"

#### Data from the first field experiment

The following datasets were collected from the first field experiment at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Center (Gazipur, Bangladesh) conducted in the winter of 2014-2015 in which plots of lablab bean were treated with various pesticides and then the responses of insect pests, flowering, and yield were observed. The experiment was a randomized block design. See Materials & Methods of the paper for full details on experimental design and sampling protocol.

### Lablab-flower-insect-data-1.csv

## Column key

Date		Date when data were collected
DateNo		Date expressed as a number
Block		Experimental block ID
Plot    	Experimental plot within block ID
Block.Plot  	Block-Plot combination ID
Treatment	Pesticide treatment (planned)
TrtNew		Pesticide treatment (realized)
Plant		Plant ID within plot
Stalk       	Stalk ID within plant
Thrips		Number of thrips observed on the flower stalk after tapping over paper
AphPres		Aphid presence (1) or absence (0) on the flower stalk

### Lablab-flowering-data-1.csv

## Column key

Block		Experimental block ID
Treatment	Pesticide treatment (planned)
TrtNew		Pesticide treatment (realized)
Date		Date when data were collected
DateNo		Date expressed as a number
Stalks		The number of flower stalks in the plot with at least one fully open blossom

### Lablab-yield-damage-data-1.csv


## Column key

Date		Date when data were collected
DateNo		Date expressed as a number
Block		Experimental block ID
Treatment	Pesticide treatment (planned)
TrtNew		Pesticide treatment (realized)
UndamNum	Number of undamaged pods harvested
UndamMass	Mass (g) of undamaged pods harvested
DamNum		Number of caterpillar-damaged pods harvested
DamMass		Mass (g) of caterpillar-damaged pods harvested
PercDam		Percentage of pods damaged by caterpillars

#### Data from the second field experiment

The following datasets were collected from a second field experiment at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Center (Gazipur, Bangladesh) conducted in the winter of 2014-2015 in which plots of lablab bean were treated with various pesticides and then then the response of insect pests, flowering, and yield were observed. The experiment was a randomized block design. See Materials & Methods of the paper for full details on experimental design and sampling protocol.

### Lablab-flower-insect-data-2.csv

## Column key

Date		Date when data were collected
DateNo		Date expressed as a number
Block		Experimental block ID
Plot    	Experimental plot within block ID
Trtmt		Pesticide treatment
Plant		Plant ID within plot
Stalk       	Stalk ID within plant
Thrips		Number of thrips observed on the flower stalk after tapping over paper
Blossoms	Number of open blossoms on the flower stalk
ThripsPBlossom	Thrips divided by blossoms
AphPres		Aphid presence (1) or absence (0) on the flower stalk

### Lablab-yield-damage-data-2.csv

## Column key

Date		Date when data were collected
DateNo		Date expressed as a number
Plot    	Experimental plot within block ID
Block		Experimental block ID
Trtmt		Pesticide treatment
UndamNum	Number of undamaged pods harvested
UndamMass	Mass (g) of undamaged pods harvested
DamNum		Number of caterpillar-damaged pods harvested
DamMass		Mass (g) of caterpillar-damaged pods harvested
PercDam		Percentage of pods damaged by caterpillars
Stalks		The number of flower stalks in the plot with at least one fully open blossom


### Lablab-regression-2.csv

## Column key

Block		Experimental block ID
Plot    	Experimental plot within block ID
Trtmt		Pesticide treatment
AphPerc		Percentage of flower stalks infested with aphids over the season
ThripsPerB	Thrips per blossom, weighted average over the season	
yield		Mass (g) of undamaged pods harvested over the season
PercDam		Percentage of pods damaged by caterpillars over the season