Probing and Feeding Behavior of Two Distinct Biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on Tomato Plants

1999 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. X. Jiang ◽  
H. Lei ◽  
J. L. Collar ◽  
B. Martin ◽  
M. Muñiz ◽  
...  
PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. e0231496
Author(s):  
Redouan Qessaoui ◽  
Abderrahim Amarraque ◽  
Hind Lahmyed ◽  
Abdelhadi Ajerrar ◽  
El Hassan Mayad ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junzhi Qiu ◽  
Feifei Song ◽  
Lihui Mao ◽  
Jie Tu ◽  
Xiong Guan

The fungus Aschersonia placenta FJSM was evaluated for control of the sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci. Bemisia tabaci nymphs (1st–4th instars) on tomato plants in the greenhouse (25–27 °C, 70%–85% relative humidity) were sprayed with suspensions containing 0, 104, 105, 106, 107, or 108 A. placenta FJSM conidia/mL. Mortality of fungus-treated 1st to 3rd instar nymphs ranged from 93% to 100% but was <25% for 4th instar nymphs; the fungus sporulated from 70% to 80% of the fungus-treated B. tabaci cadavers. LD50 and LD90 values decreased with time after treatment and increased with instar. LT50 values decreased with conidial concentration. The data were then described with time–dose–mortality models. The results indicate that A. placenta FJSM has potential as a mycoinsecticide for control of B. tabaci.


2001 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murad Ghanim ◽  
Shai Morin ◽  
Henryk Czosnek

Whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci, biotype B) were able to transmit Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) 8 h after they were caged with infected tomato plants. The spread of TYLCV during this latent period was followed in organs thought to be involved in the translocation of the virus in B. tabaci. After increasing acquisition access periods (AAPs) on infected tomato plants, the stylets, the head, the midgut, a hemolymph sample, and the salivary glands dissected from individual insects were subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) without any treatment; the presence of TYLCV was assessed with virus-specific primers. TYLCV DNA was first detected in the head of B. tabaci after a 10-min AAP. The virus was present in the midgut after 40 min and was first detected in the hemolymph after 90 min. TYLCV was found in the salivary glands 5.5 h after it was first detected in the hemolymph. Subjecting the insect organs to immunocapture-PCR showed that the virus capsid protein was in the insect organs at the same time as the virus genome, suggesting that at least some TYLCV translocates as virions. Although females are more efficient as vectors than males, TYLCV was detected in the salivary glands of males and of females after approximately the same AAP.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Milenovic ◽  
Everlyne Nafula Wosula ◽  
Carmelo Rapisarda ◽  
James Peter Legg

2008 ◽  
Vol 147 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna Mason ◽  
Piero Caciagli ◽  
Gian Paolo Accotto ◽  
Emanuela Noris

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1105
Author(s):  
Claudia Aparecida de Lima Toledo ◽  
Franciely da Silva Ponce ◽  
Moisés Daniel Oliveira ◽  
Eduardo Santana Aires ◽  
Santino Seabra Júnior ◽  
...  

Infestation by Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) causes damage to tomatoes with production losses of up to 100%, affecting the physiological and biochemical aspects of host plants. The objective of this study was to analyze the influence of infestation of cryptic species of B. tabaci MED and MEAM1 on the physiological and biochemical aspects of tomato. Tomato plants ‘Santa Adélia Super’ infested with B. tabaci (MED and MEAM1), and non-infested plants were evaluated for differences in gas exchange, chlorophyll - a fluorescence of photosystem II (PSII), and biochemical factors (total phenols, total flavonoids, superoxide dismutase—SOD, peroxidase—POD, and polyphenol oxidase—PPO). Plants infested with B. tabaci MED showed low rates of CO2 assimilation and stomatal conductance of 55% and 52%, respectively. The instantaneous carboxylation efficiency was reduced by 40% in MED and by 60% in MEAM1 compared to the control. Regarding biochemical aspects, plants infested by MED cryptic species showed high activity of POD and PPO enzymes and total phenol content during the second and third instars when compared to control plants. Our results indicate that B. tabaci MED infestation in tomato plants had a greater influence than B. tabaci MEAM1 infestation on physiological parameters (CO2 assimilation rate (A), stomatal conductance (gs), and apparent carboxylation efficiency (A/Ci)) and caused increased activity of POD and PPO enzymes, indicating plant resistance to attack. In contrast, B. tabaci MEAM1 caused a reduction in POD enzyme activity, favoring offspring performance.


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