The Oriental Fruit Fly Host Database

The Oriental fruit fly (OFF), Bactrocera dorsalis, is one of the most destructive pests in the world, with 437 species of known host plants. These include many of Florida’s fruit crops, vegetables, and ornamental plants. Because of the potential of OFF to economically damage Florida’s agricultural industry, an interactive database was created to help emergency programs focus their control efforts by using accurate fruit phenology for all potential hostplants in Florida at any time. For each hostplant, the database provides the counties where it is found, its common and scientific names, and months of fruit production. The database is easily searchable and hosted online, https://go.ufl.edu/offhosts. The database was created by a grant from the US Department of Agricultural, Animal, and Plant Health Inspection Service.