Influence of Host plants on longevity, fecundity and Y-tube olfactometer response of Bemisia tabaci B (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

M Mostafizur Rahman Shah

doi:10.18034/ajase.v10i1.18

Authors

M Mostafizur Rahman Shah Entomology Division, Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute, Nashipur, Dinajpur-5200, Bangladesh

Keywords:

Host plants

Bemisia tabaci

fecundity

longevity

olfactometer

Abstract

The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci B (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is one of the serious sucking pest insects throughout the world on vegetables, fruits, ornamentals, and broad leaf agronomic crops. In this experiment, we observed fecundity and adult longevity of B. tabaci on four different host plants and compare its host plant attraction through a Y-tube olfactometer. Results showed that daily fecundity was different in the entire period of B. tabaci life and more number of total eggs laid on eggplant and medium on tomato and cucumber and lower on pepper. Female life longevity was higher than male life where both of them survive longer on eggplant, medium on tomato and cucumber, and lower on pepper. The Y-tube olfactometer results showed that comparison preferences between cucumber vs. eggplant and tomato vs. eggplant did not differ significantly. Host plant attraction between tomato vs. cucumber, eggplant vs. pepper, cucumber vs. pepper, and tomato vs. pepper differed significantly. The olfactometer results confirmed that eggplant, cucumber, and tomato are preferred hosts where pepper is the non-preferred host for B. tabaci B. These basic results will provide important information for a better understanding of B. tabaci biology as well as dispersal subject to the development of management strategies to successfully combat infestations of the whitefly in a cropping system with different crops.

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