Orientation behavior of Bemisia tabaci to locate underside of host leaves.
Author of the article:AN Xin-Cheng, REN Shun-Xiang, QIU Bao-Li
Author's Workplace：Department of Entomolog
y, College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural Univer
sity, Guangzhou510642, China
Key Words：Bemisia tabaci; host plant; orientation behavior;
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Abstract：Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) has a good ability to land on underside of host leaves for feeding and ovipositing under natural condition. It could be regarded as instinctive behavior. In this case, with selection and nonselection experiments, we stu