The Role of Olive Trees Distribution and Fruit Bearing in Olive Fruit Fly Infestation

The role of fruit bearing percentage in olive fruit fly infestation is investigated through a simulation model where the spatial law of dispersion distances were modeled via an appropriate exponential law. The dispersal of olive fruit flies was simulated for two distinct cases, an olive grove with no olive fruits and an olive grove with 100% olive fruit bearing. Results showed that when no olive fruits were present the olive fruit flies scatter in all directions away of the starting point, while when the olive grove is full of olive fruits the olive fruit flies form a cluster around the starting position with almost zero mean travel distance.