Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research (2006) 4, 351-354

S. Pascual (2006)
Mechanisms in competition, under laboratory conditions, between Spanish biotypes B and Q of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 4 (4), 351-354
Abstract: Laboratory studies were carried out on aspects affecting competition between biotypes B and Q of whitefly [Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)]: mating behaviour, egg viability and pyriproxyfen resistance. Pairs of biotype B females and males spent more time as courting couples than pairs with Q males, regardless of female biotype. Mixed pairs of biotype Q females and biotype B males spent more time as courting couples than biotype Q pairs. Egg viability from the different crosses and from single females was similar. Pyriproxyfen application to a mixture of whiteflies with a biotype ratio B/Q of one gave a reduction in the ratio because of higher resistance of the Q biotype to the insecticide. The data agrees with the observed displacement of biotype Q by biotype B whiteflies under laboratory conditions, and vice versa in the field. (Full text free for older issues.)
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Database assignments for author(s): Susana Pascual

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution
pesticide resistance of pest

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bemisia tabaci biotype MEAM1
	Bemisia tabaci biotype MED