Effect of buprofezin on adult life span, oviposition, egg hatch and progeny production of the cotton whitefly,Bemisia Tabaci

Abstract

The 50% survival ofBemisia tabaci Genn. females was reduced to 5.9 days by exposure to bean seedlings treated with 1000 ppm buprofezinvs 8.9 days in the control. At lower concentrations ranging from 50 to 500 ppm, survival was extended to 11.8–14.2 days. Mean fecundity was significantly reduced on plants treated with 1000 ppm as compared with the control, whereas at 50 to 500 ppm the oviposition period was extended with a considerable increase in mean fecundity, irrespective of concentrations. Overall mean percent hatch dropped gradually from 25.8 to 12.9 with increase of concentration from 50 to 1000 ppm, as against 96.9% in the control. The survival of hatched nymphs was greatly affected at all buprofezin concentrations. No immature stages survived at 50, 100, 250 and 500 ppm; nymphal survival was 13.8, 7.0, 1.9 and 1.2%, respectively, as against 81.6% in the control.